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ANNA MARY GRUNWALD age 93 of Friendship, Wisconsin died Saturday, June 26, 2004 at the Moundview Memorial Hospital & Clinics following a long illness.

Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 30th at Trinity Lutheran Church in Adams. Interment will be in the Mount Repose Cemetery. Visitation will be on Tuesday, from 4 to 7p.m. at Roseberry’s Funeral Home in Friendship.

She was born Anna M. Krakora in Chicago in February 2, 1911, the daughter of Frank J. and Mary A. (Jindra) Krakora. She was raised in Grand Marsh with her brothers Joe and Frank, and spent most of her life in Adams. Anna spoke fondly of the various jobs she held in her lifetime. She said, "I was never afraid of hard work." She was an inspiration to us all because of her cheerfulness, energy and adaptability.

After her school years, Anna moved to Chicago to be a domestic employee. During the Great Depression, she returned to Adams to work for the Works Progress Administration sewing clothing with other ladies in Friendship. Anna later returned to Chicago to work at a Bohemian orphanage. She then worked in Adams as a telephone operator. During World War Two, Anna worked at the Merrimac Ordnance Plant in Portage. There, she and other local ladies, the original Rosie the Riveters, assembled military equipment for the war effort.

Anna married Alvin O. Grunwald, of Adams, a North Western Rail Road employee, on May 1, 1938. Shortly afterwards, she was confirmed in the Trinity Lutheran Church in Adams, where she was a member for the next 65 years.

Anna, Alvin and their children Ruth Ann and Gilbert Bullock moved to Escanaba, MI in 1944. There, Alvin worked for the North Western Railroad, Anna worked for Montgomery Ward as a clerk, and their children attended school.

The couple later moved to Fond du Lac, where Anna worked for Infant Socks. They then returned to Adams where she became a nurse’s aid at the Adams-Friendship Hospital.

Anna was an active member of the Bohemian Lodge, and a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, where she donated lighting in honor of her husband. She had a true sense of fun and adventure, and loved to travel by train and bus around the U.S. to sightsee, and visit her friends, children and grandchildren. Anna also enjoyed refinishing furniture, needlework and playing cards.

She became a resident of Liberty Manor Assisted Living in 2000, where she enjoyed comfort and friendships. She moved to Villa Pines Living Center in 2004.

Anna was the devoted mother of her children Gilbert (Jean) Bullock of Wenatchee, WA and Ruth Ann (Paul) Dufresne of Upper Marlboro, MD. She was the cherished grandmother of Mark (Debbie) Bullock, Spokane, WA, Mary Jo (Bruce) Bendickson, Scott (Diane) Bullock, Jeff (Jan) Bullock of Wenatchee, Kevin (Sue) Bullock of Three Forks, MT, Laura Redmond of Crofton, MD and Carol (Bill) Trent of Hoboken, NJ. She was the loving great grandmother of Justin, Shane, Camy and Casey Bullock of Spokane. Amy Peters and Kelsey Jacobs of Wenatchee, Ryon and Miles Bullock of Three Forks and Julienne Trent of Hoboken. Ann also leaves behind a host of other relatives and friends.

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