Lucille Agnes
(nee Piwoni) Szemraj, age 94, formerly of Gilman, died July 14, 2021 at the Clark
County Rehabilitation & Living Center in Owen.
A funeral
service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, July 17 at St. Mary’s Polish
National Catholic Church in Lublin with Fr. Marion Talaga officiating. Interment will follow at the Polish National
Cemetery, also in Lublin.
Visitation
will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of service at 11 a.m., Saturday at St.
Mary’s Catholic Church in Lublin.
Lucille was
born September 11, 1926 in the town of Withee to Katherine (Strzok) and Peter
Piwoni. She attended the Yaeger School
in the town of Thorp.
On August 1,
1946, Lucille married Joseph Szemraj at St. Mary’s Polish National Catholic
Church in Lublin. They farmed in the
town of Roosevelt from 1946-1977. Then
they moved to the village of Gilman where she had resided until moving into the
assisted living center in Owen.
Lucille
enjoyed cooking, baking, trips to the casino, cheering on the Milwaukee
Brewers, and following her grandchildren’s sports. She was very proud of each of her
grandchildren and their accomplishments.
She is
survived by her children, Joseph (Judy) Szemraj of Lublin, Charles (Deana) Szemraj
of Thorp, Susan (David) Ertl of Medford; sisters, Annette Tauscher of Florida,
Julia Kendel of Minocqua; 13 grandchildren, Faye (Ken), Wayne (Marcia), Jolene
(Keith), Jeremy (Connie), Josh, Jed (Melinda), Jon (Katie), Jamison (Stephanie),
Steven, Stephany, Chloe, Wyatt and Ryan; and 18 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.
She was
preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Joseph in 1984; a son, James in
2018; daughter, Annette Kostick in 2020; son-in-law, Doman Kostick; grandson,
Eric Tyznik; sisters, Ida, Mary, Frances, Helen and Josephine; brothers, John,
Louis, Thomas, Leon, Clarence and Aloise “Rusty”.
