Obit: Karaba, Amelia (1918? - 2014)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
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Surnames: Farkas, Hamm, Karaba, Kusnir

----Source: The Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, WI) 6/14/2014

Karaba, Amelia (1918? - 8 JUN 2014)

Amelia Karaba, age 96, of Owen, passed away on June 8, 2014 at the Clark County Health Care Center in Owen.

Private services will be held at a later date. Amelia was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa to John and Marie (Kusnir) Karaba. The family then moved to a small farm north of Owen, WI and she attended school in the Township of Holway. After completing school she helped on the farm and then moved to Cleveland, Ohio working numerous jobs there.

Amelia returned to Wisconsin in 1978, once again staying on the home farm for the next three years. She entered the Clark County Health Care Center in 1981, where she continued to live until the time of her death. In her spare time she enjoyed doing her crafts, gardening and cooking.

She is survived by her niece; Cynthia Hamm of Owen, her nephew; Rick Hamm of Owen, 2 great nephews, 1 great niece, 1 great-great nephew and 2 great-great nieces.

Amelia is preceded in death by her parents, four brothers; Edward Karaba of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Mike, Frank and Joe Karaba of Owen, WI, two sisters; Julia Farkas of Newbury, Ohio and Geraldine Hamm of Owen, WI, neice; Theresa Farkas of Newbury, Ohio and two nephews; Jim and Tom Farkas of Medford, WI.

The Maurina- Schilling Funeral Home in Owen is assisting the family with funeral arrangements. Friends may send online condolences to www.maurinaschilling.com.

Note: Birth information not published with obituary.
           

 

 


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