Rosalie Klesmith

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Year: 1900; Census Place: Sharon, Portage, Wisconsin; Enumeration District: 0110 1,7602::63974369

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Year: 1900; Census Place: Sharon, Portage, Wisconsin; Enumeration District: 0110 1,7602::63974369

Mrs. Rose Klesmith, age 80, a Portage county resident for nearly 75 years, died this morning at 6:50 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth wife of Frank Jurgella, 1014 Briggs street. Mrs. Klesmith's death followed by a month that of her son, Frank, who died on March 21 at his home in the town of Stockton.

Mrs. Klesmith had been ailing for two years and was confined to bed for three weeks. She was born in what was then known as German-Poland and came to this country at the age of six with her parents, the late Michael and Anna Petarski.

The family located in Sharon and the daughter was married there to Martin Klesmith 65 years ago. The couple lived in Sharon until 43 years ago when they moved to the present farm home of the Frank Klesmith family.

The senior Mr. Klesmith died three weeks after moving to the Stockton farm. Mrs. Klesmith married Frank Puzdrowski three years later and after living at the Stockton farm for a short time they moved to Stevens Point. Mr. Puzdrowski died 15 years ago. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Klesmith made her home with a son, Nick, in Stockton until two years ago when she came to the Jurgella home.

Surviving are nine children, Mrs. Martha Kirschling and Nick Klesmith of Stockton, Mrs. N.L. Kirschling, Mrs. Catharine Kalababky and August Klesmith of Hibbing, Minn., Mrs. Jurgella of Stevens Point, Leo Klesmith of Bancroft, the former Theresa Puzdrowski, who is married and lives at Milwaukee, and Edward Puzdrowski, who was serving with the air corps in the Pacific and is now a Jap prisoner, 47 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. Mrs. Klesmith was the last surviving member of a family of four children. Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 9:30 o'clock at St. Stanislaus' Catholic church and burial will follow in Guardian Angel cemetery. The body is at the Crosby funeral home. The rosary will be said this evening and Saturday and Sunday evenings at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Klesmith was a member of the Rosary society of St. Stanislaus' church.

She was buried on 23 April 1943 at Guardian Angel Cemetery, Stevens Point, Portage Co, WI.