Evelyn T. Kulas

Evelyn T. Kulas, 90, town of Franzen, Marathon County, a town of Sharon native and the mother of several Portage County residents, died unexpectedly Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, at Ministry St. Michael’s Hospital in Stevens Point.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Galloway, with the Rev. Augustine Bentil officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.
Visitation will be at the church from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, with a rosary service at 7:30 p.m., and again from 9 a.m. Tuesday until the Mass.
Schmidt & Schulta Funeral Home in Wittenberg assisted
with arrangements. Condolences may be offered online at schmidtschulta.com.
Mrs. Kulas was born Aug. 24, 1925, in the town of Sharon in
Portage County, a daughter of the late Walter and Johanna (Bushman) Schulist.
She was married to Harry Kulas Nov. 12, 1947, at St. Mary
Catholic Church in Torun.
She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Galloway
and its Rosary Society, the Parish Council of Catholic Women and the Elderon
Memorial Post Auxiliary. She also worked in the kitchen baking items for
various church functions throughout the years.
Survivors include her husband of 68 years, Harry; nine
children, Gary (Marilyn) Kulas, Amherst Junction, James (Mary) Kulas, Galloway,
Phyllis (Ralph) Lepak, Stevens Point, Kenneth (Marlene) Kulas, West Bend, Teri
(Gary) Lepak, Plover, Thomas (Debra) Kulas, Rosholt, Steve (Pat) Kulas,
Galloway, Susan (Jeff) Karcheski, Plover, and Duane (Teresa) Kulas, Galloway; one
daughter-in-law, Valerie Kulas, Wittenberg; one sister, Agnes Laska,
Rhinelander; 35 grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one son, Jeff; four brothers,
John, Clarence, Edmund and Stanley Schulist; two sisters, Tillie Gagas and
Clara Pepowski; and one grandson.