Frank
Joseph Gasienica, age 87, of Friendship, Wisconsin died
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at his home surrounded by his loving
family following a long battle with cancer.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. on Friday, May 25,
2007 at the St. Joseph's Catholic Church in
Friendship, Wisconsin. Father James P. McNamee will
officiate. Interment will be at the St. Leo�s Catholic
Cemetery, Friendship, Wisconsin.
Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at Roseberry's
Funeral Home. A prayer service will be held at 7:45 p.m.
Frank was born June 25, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois to John
and Bernice (Roj) Gasienica. He attended school in Chicago
thru the 8th grade. Frank moved with his family
to Friendship in 1935. The family bought a farm, working it
for a number of years while working for John Vana on his
farm and cutting ice for Ted Ashworth on Friendship Lake. He
also worked for L. Picus and Sons, Gambles Store, Red Owl
Grocery Store as a meat cutter for 26 years, A-F High School
as a custodian for 10 years and then transferred to the
Adams Grade School until his retirement in 1987.
Frank married Anne E. Viktora on October 25, 1954 at the
St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Adams, WI.
Frank enjoyed gardening, working in the woods, playing
cards, spending time with his family and grandchildren,
watching the Chicago Cubs and the Milwaukee Brewers baseball
games, and his enjoyment of model trains.
Frank was preceded in death by his Father, John
Gasienica; Step-Father, John Slowinski; Mother, Bernice
Slowinski; two sisters and one brother in the 1918 flu
epidemic.
