MARION A. WOJTA

Marion A. Wojta, age 80, of 17425 Highway 42, Two Rivers, died early Wednesday
morning, March 24, 2004, at Aurora Medical Center, Two Rivers.
The Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 27, 2004,
at St. Isadore the Farmer Catholic Church, Nativity of the BVM site in Tisch
Mills, with the Rev. Joseph Coopmans, O.Praem officiating, with the Rev. Mark
Stangel concelebrating. Burial will take place in the parish cemetery.
Marion was born Nov. 27, 1923, in Osman, to the late Alvin and Minnie Wallander
Hickmann. She attended Catholic grade school in Osman and later graduated from
the Sheboygan High School. She then attended and graduated from the Manitowoc
County Teachers College. She married Hilary Wojta June 11, 1946 at St. Isadore
Catholic Church in Osman. The couple enjoyed 57 years of marriage. She worked
as an elementary school teacher for three years at Point River Elementary School
and for six years at the Tisch Mills and Saxonburg Elementary Schools. She was a
member of the Lakeview Twin Elder Homemakers Club and served as past Chairperson
for the Tisch Mills Mission Circle. She enjoyed organizing many sewing projects
in her home, which included quilting. She also enjoyed gardening. She and her
husband owned and operated the family farm in Two Creeks. She and Hilary liked
to dance. The couple took many trips to many different locations, including Europe.
Her greatest joy was to watch her children and grandchildren growing up.
Survivors include her husband: Hilary; six daughters and four sons-in-law: Mary
Jane and Carl Bruss, Two Rivers; Theresa and Jerome Herrmann, Reedsville; Bernadine
and Gary Maigatter, Two Rivers; Katherine Wojta, Manitowoc; Doris Wojta, Honolulu,
Hawaii; Diane and James Allen, Lake Elmo, Minn.; four sons and two daughters-in-
law: Francis and Susan Wojta, Kewaunee; Paul and Jeanne Wojta, Francis Creek; Jon
Wojta, Two Rivers; Donald Wojta, Two Rivers; 21 grandchildren: Michelle, Jennifer,
Joy and Carla Bruss, Patricia (Steve) Meister, Dawn, Michael, Adam, Lucas, Vanna
and Jordan Herrmann, Ryan, Craig, and Nicole Maigatter, Matthew, Holly and Andrew
Wojta, Brian, Kevin and Julie Wojta, Kenneth Allen. She is further survived by two
brothers: Eugene (Caroline) Hickmann, Newton; Ronald (Judy) Hickmann, Baldwin,
Mich., two sisters: LaVerne Hartlaub, Manitowoc; Joan (John) Brennan, Sheboygan;
three sisters-in-law: Phyllis Hickmann, Cleveland; Dorothy Stangel, Kewaunee; and
Angeline Wojta, Two Rivers; and by her nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was also
preceded in death by two grandsons: Jason Herrmann and Gregory Wojta; one brother:
Norbert Hickmann; and brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Victor Hartlaub, Ignatz
Wojta, Walter and Adeline Kubiak, Louis and Alice Kanera, Virgil Stangel, Anna
and Angeline Wojta.
Relatives and friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday, March 26, 2004, at
the Lambert-Eckert Funeral Home in Mishicot. Visitation will continue after 10 a.m.
on Saturday at St. Isadore the Farmer Catholic Church, Nativity of the BVM site in
Tisch Mills, until the time of service at 11 a.m. There will be a 7 p.m. parish
wake service Friday evening at the funeral home led by Father Joe.
The Wojta family wishes to express a very special thank you to the entire staff
of the Visiting Nurses Association, Aurora Medical Center of Two Rivers, and the
North Ridge Medical and Rehabilitation Center for their love, special care and
concerns shown to Marion and our family during Marion's illness.
Herald Times Reporter, March 2004
Contributor: Shari Milks (49043446) •