Mary J. Ziolkowski

Mary J. Ziolkowski, 84, Wisconsin Rapids, a town of Stockton native, died Thursday, July 21, 2016, at Edgewater Haven Nursing Home in Port Edwards.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 26, at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church in Wisconsin Rapids, with the Rev. Mark Miller officiating. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in Wisconsin Rapids.
Visitation will be at the church from 9:30 a.m. Tuesday until the services.
Ritchay Funeral Home in Wisconsin Rapids assisted with
arrangements. Condolences may be offered online at www.ritchayfuneralhome.com.
Mrs. Ziolkowski was born Aug. 22, 1931, in the town of
Stockton in Portage County, a daughter of the late Leo and Emma (Bronk)
Klesmith.
She was married to Sylvester Ziolkowski June 2, 1956, in
Plover. He died March 5, 2005.
She was a homemaker.
Survivors include three children, Martin (Julie) Ziolkowski,
Wisconsin Rapids, Daniel (Nancy) Ziolkowski, Muskego, and Pamela (Arnold)
Napiwocki, Mosinee; one daughter-in-law, Laurie Ziolkowski, Wisconsin Rapids; four
brothers, Carl Klesmith, Edwin Klesmith, Stanley Klesmith and Hubert Klesmith; two
sisters, Henrietta Balazo and Wanda Gierszewski; and 10 grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one son, Randy Ziolkowski;
three sisters, Dorothy Peplinski, Delores Gilmeister and Helen Gierszewski; and
one younger brother, Jerry, who died when he was 9.