Obit: Briski, Dorothy B. (1925 – 2018)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Briski, Stanislaus, Arndt, Olsak, Harycki, Benzschawel, Straszkowski, Kautenberger

Source: Tribune/Record/Gleaner (Abbotsford, WI) 29 Aug 2018

Briski, Dorothy B. (23 MAR 1925 – 19 AUG 2018)

Dorothy B. Briski, 93, Greenwood, passed away at her home on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 1 p.m., on Friday, Aug. 24, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Greenwood. Rev. Leo Stanislaus officiated, and burial followed in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery. Pallbearers were Brian Briski, Nathan Briski, Brian Arndt, Tom Olsak, Gerald Harycki and Dale Benzschawel.

Dorothy Barbara Harycki was born on March 23, 1925, in Schiller Park, Ill., to Basil and Martha (nee Straszkowski) Harycki. When she was a young girl, her family moved to Thorp, where she attended Yaeger State Graded School and graduated from Thorp High School in 1944. After high school, Dorothy worked at Thorp Finance until her marriage to Michael C. Briski Jr. on Aug. 2, 1947, at St. Hedwig’s Catholic Church in Thorp. She was a homemaker and farmwife, working on their farm, and also helping her sons when possible. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, where she volunteered at St. Mary’s school for 17 years, was very active in St. Ann’s Society, and had worked on the town of Reseburg Election Board for several years. Dorothy had many interests, but especially loved her husband’s concertina music, doing things for her family, baking, flowers, gardening, needle work, knitting and crocheting, and playing bingo. She was an avid traveler after retiring, and was a 13-year cancer survivor.

She will be dearly missed by her two sons: Jerome (Gay) Briski and Duane (Linda) Briski, both of Greenwood; four grandchildren: Erin Briski, Amber (Brian) Arndt, and Brian and Nathan Briski; two sisters: Ann Briski of Chippewa Falls and Florence Olsak of Elk Grove, Ill.; and nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Mike, on Dec. 19, 1986; one sister, Marie Kautenberger; and one brother, Joseph Harycki.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.cuddiefh.com. 

Cuddie Funeral Home, Greenwood, assisted the family with arrangements.