Obit: Bauer, Josephine C. (1924 – 2017)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Bauer, Losiewicz, Grendzinski, Rothenberger, Hermundson, Szczech, Dalbec, Leudtke, Thorn

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 06 Dec 2017

Bauer, Josephine C. (13 MAR 1924 – 3 DEC 2017)

Josephine Clara Bauer, 93, Wausau, died December 3, 2017. She was born to Alex and Jennie (Losiewicz) Grendzinski on March 13, 1924, on the family farm in Thorp (Clark Co.), Wisconsin, the eldest of six children. She attended Sunny Lawn Elementary School and graduated from Thorp High School in 1942. She then graduated from Wausau Business Institute in 1943, after which she was employed by Wausau Electric, Humphrey Chevrolet, The Fashion Store, Employers Mutual, and Northern Realty Company. After WWII, she married returned soldier, Edwin Bauer, on September 25, 1948, at St. Hedwig's Church in Thorp. Josephine and Edwin resided in Wausau, WI. They had three children who kept them active with school and scout activities at St. Mathew's Grade School and Newman High School. Josephine and Edwin were married 58 years before he died in March of 2006. Josephine was a lifetime member of the Women of the Moose, starting in 1962. She served on Senior Regent and Graduate Regent, earned the Regents and Academy of Friendship. Josephine belonged the Wausau VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post 388, and the Wausau Homemakers. She was a member of St. Bernard's Circle of St. Mathew Catholic Church, and taught Sunday morning pre-school religious education. In their retirement years, Josephine and Edwin often helped with funeral luncheons at St. Mathew's.

Survivors include daughter, Rita Bauer, St. Louis Park, MN; daughter-in-law, Karen Bauer; one granddaughter and five great-grandchildren, Madison, WI; brothers: Casimer Grendzinski, Tempe, AZ, Leon (Betty) Grendzinski, Wausau, WI, Alex (Hilda) Grendzinski, Thorp, WI, Thomas (Kathie) Grendzinski, Burnsville, MN; many nieces and nephew; five grandchildren: Ruth Ann (Merwin) Rothenberger, Lo Ann Bauer, Jane Lynn (Luedtke) Hermundson, David Grendzinski, and Ann (Grendzinski) Szezech. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Edwin; sons: Ronald and Richard; brother, Bernard, and godchild, Christopher Dalbec.

The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at noon, Thursday, December 7, 2017, at St. Mathew Catholic Church, Wausau. The Rev. Robert Thorn will preside. Visitation will be Wednesday, December 6, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Peterson/Kraemer Funeral Home, 3400 Stewart Ave., Wausau, and again Thursday at St. Mathew Church, 229 S. 28th Ave, Wausau, from 11 a.m. until the time of the services at the church. There will be a parish rosary service at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday evening at the Stewart Avenue funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to St. Mathew Catholic Church. Online condolences may be expressed at www.petersonkraemer.com.

 

 


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