Obit: Krysko, Peter (1892 - 1970)

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

Surnames: Krysko, Worna, Yarmolovich

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 10/29/1970

Krysko, Peter (12 March 1892 - 24 October 1970)

Funeral services for Peter Krysko, 78, of Rt. 1 Neillsville, who died October 24, were held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. from the Georgas Funeral Home. The Rev. Nicolaus Yarmolovich, Minneapolis, Minn., officiated. Burial was made in the Neillsville City Cemetery.

Mr. Krysko was born March 12, 1892, in the Ukraine, to Mr. and Mrs. Trophim Krysko. He was married there to the former Anna Worna, who preceded him in death. Mr. Krysko, who was educated in the Ukraine, moved to the United States in 1950. He worked in St. Paul, Minn., for 12 years before moving to his farm at Neillsville in 1962, where he lived until the time of his death.

Survivors include two sons, Walter of New Brighton, Minn., and John of the Ukraine, a brother, Simon Krysko, also living in the Ukraine, and two grandchildren.