Obit: Dmytro, Cecilia #2 (1933 - 2016)
Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail:
dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Dmytro, Bonczkiewicz, Szczesniak, Tolzman, Syryczuk, Collura, Micke,
Halpin, Krueger, Vang
----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark Co., WI) 10/26/2016
Dmytro, Cecilia (16 May 1933 – 23 October 2016)
Cecilia Dmytro, 83, formerly of Lublin, died Sunday, October 23, 2016, at the
Bethel Nursing Home in Arpin. She was born in Taylor County at her family home
on May 16, 1933, to the late Savery and Regina (Bonczkiewicz) Szczesniak.
Cecilia was one of seven children and grew up on the family farm. She attended
Clark Elementary School grades 1-8 and proceeded to Withee High School.
Following graduation, she attended teachers’ college in Medford and continued
further education at the University of Eau Claire where she graduated with a
degree in Elementary Education. After acquiring her degree, she taught at
Lublin, Owen, Withee, Redville and finally in Gilman where she retired in 1996
after 43 years of teaching.
Cecilia married William Dmytro on May 16, 1954, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in
Milwaukee. She was an avid seamstress and was also an excellent baker who
prepared many holiday meals for her family. Cecilia was also an avid skier,
teaching all her grandchildren and hosting an annual event to have the entire
family together for a weekend on the hill.
She is survived by her sons: Robert Dmytro of Watertown and David (Lisa) Dmytro
of Wausau; daughter-in-law, Geraldine Dmytro of Perkinstown; her five
grandchildren and six great grandchildren: Hillary (Dan) Tolzman and their
children: Emma and William of Marshfield; Dustin (Sherri) Dmytro and their
children: Clark and Claire of Gilman; Barry (Eric) Dmytro of Lublin; Stacy
(Nick) Syryczuk and their children: Henry and Jane and Brandi Dmytro of
Minnesota. She is further survived by her siblings: Jean (Frank) Collura of
Milwaukee, Gertrude (Klayton) Micke of Appleton, Lorraine (James) Halpin of
Coatesville, PA and Bernard (Fran) Szczesniak of Rosemount, MN.
Cecelia is preceded in death by her husband, Bill (2014); her parents; son,
Jeff; a brother, Edward; and her sister, Dorothy (Richard) Krueger.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, October 28, 2016 at St.
Paul’s Lutheran Church, Thorp with Pastor Dan Vang officiating. Burial will
follow in the East Side Cemetery, Thorp. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until
time of service Friday at the church. Plombon Funeral Home assisted the family
with arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are appreciated to the Gilman Schools for the
readers are leaders program.
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