Great Aunt Angie

Today was the funeral for my Great Aunt Angie. She was my Grandmother’s younger sister and had just turned 90 this year. Angie was a spunky, nice lady and her children and grandchildren are some of my favorite relatives. When my mom was young she would be sent to Angie and her family’s farm for a few weeks during the summer and inevitably my Mom would be injured playing around the farm equipment or the silos. Around 10 years ago Angie and my Mom had an argument about how to make goulash. To prove that she was correct, Angie sent my mom a box of macaroni! I will always remember her wild sense of humor and her playing bingo at the family picnics. She will be missed.

Here is the obit from the funeral home:

“ANGELINE J. GULCZINSKI
January 16, 1923 – September 19, 2013

Visitation: Monday, September 23, 2013 – 9:30AM to 11:00AM
St. Mary’s Catholic Church 121 N. Main Street Greenwood, WI 54437

Services: Monday, September 23, 2013 – 11:00AM
St. Mary’s Catholic Church 121 N. Main Street Greenwood, WI 54437

ANGELINE J. GULCZINSKI, age 90, formerly of Greenwood, passed away peacefully Thursday, September 19, 2013, at the House of the Dove in Marshfield, WI, surrounded by family. Funeral services will be held at 11am on Monday, September 23, 2013 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Greenwood. Rev. Steve Brice will officiate and burial will follow in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery. Pallbearers will be: Steve Gulczinski, Harold Briski, Jake Dudley, Matt Peterson, Mark Briski and Jon Marx. Visitation will be held at the church, on Monday, from 9:30am until time of service.

Angeline Judith Briski was born on January 16, 1923, on the family farm in Greenwood, the daughter of Matt and Katherine (Zagar) Briski. She was the 8th of 14 children. She spoke fondly of childhood memories and family events. She graduated from Maple Ridge School, near Greenwood, WI and later received a certificate from the School of LaSalle, Chicago, where she studied millinery techniques while working at various factory jobs during World War II.
Angeline returned to Greenwood to marry Florian Gulczinski, the love of her life, on June 15, 1944, at St. Hedwig’s Catholic Church in Thorp, WI. They purchased a farm south of Greenwood in 1945, where she lived until 1988. In 1988, Angeline moved to the city of Greenwood. She resided in Greenwood through February 2013. At that time she moved to Clark County Health Care Center.

She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and was an active member of St. Ann’s Society.

She is survived by four children: Judith (Orville) Loberg of Neillsville, WI; Janice Marx (Dick Rislove) of Rochester, MN; Rita Furlong of Shoreview, MN; and Rodney (Dawn) Gulczinski of Big Lake, MN; 9 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; 3 sisters: Kay Gulczinski of New Brighton, MN, Dolores Lendosky of Greenwood, Rose Malaszuk of Owen; 2 brothers: Robert (Taimi) Briski of Greenwood, John (Florence) Briski of Greenwood; several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Angeline was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Florian, who passed away in 1975; granddaughter Kelly Furlong, 5 brothers: Matt, Tony, Frank, Ted and Albert Briski; and 3 sisters: Mary Malnar, Elizabeth Stimac and Julia Vivoda.

She was a kind and generous person who will be missed by family and friends.

Angeline’s family is thankful for the care she received at the Clark County Health Care Center, St. Joseph’s Hospital and especially the House of the Dove.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to St. Mary’s Catholic School Fund, Greenwood, WI” (http://www.cuddiefh.com/view.php?oid=571).