Obit: Zwaschka, Joanne Clara #2 (1949 - 2013)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Zwaschka, Routar, Hribar, Eaton, Denk, Dew, Paredes, Suda

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 1/01/2014

Zwaschka, Joanne Clara (1 July 1949 - 22 December 2013)

Joanne Zwaschka, 64, of Willard, passed away Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, due to pancreatic cancer.

Joanne Clara Zwaschka was born in Marshfield July 1, 1949, to Walter and Clara (nee Routar) Hribar. She graduated from Greenwood High School in 1967 and attended UW-La Crosse for one year. After leaving college, she worked various jobs before beginning her 30-year career at Adult Development Services (ADS) in Greenwood, Clark County. She retired from ADS in 2008.

She married Tom Zwaschka Oct. 20, 1976, and together they raised two sons, Adam and Lucas, on the Hribar home farm in Willard. Joanne was a quiet pillar of the Greenwood/Willard community and was actively involved in the development of Settlers’ Park in Willard. She was one of the founding members of the Greenwood School District Fine Arts Booster Club and remained its president until stepping down in 2005. She assisted senior citizens remain independent in their homes by helping them keep their medical appointments and perform activities of daily living. She also raised her beloved sheep for many years and enjoyed her birds, working in her garden and long walks with the family dog “Miss Kitty of Dalhart, Texas.”

Joanne is survived by her husband, Tom, of 37 years; sons, Adam Zwaschka, of Emerald, and Lucas Zwaschka, Greenwood; her father, Walter Hribar, Greenwood; brothers, Wally (Cheryl) Hribar, Prior lake, MN, and Tom (Lynn Eaton) Hribar, New Prague, MN; sisters, Mary (Gerry) Denk, Crystal Lake, IL, Kathy (Tim Dew) Paredes, Conroe, TX, and Patti (Dennis) Suda, Spencer.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Clara C. Hribar.

Family and friends are invited to join Joanne’s family at a Celebration of Life dinner, Jan. 4, 2014 at 12 noon at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Willard.