Obit: Svetlik, Anthony C. "Tony" (1914 - 2011)

 

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Surnames: Svetlik, Sedlacek, Blumenthaler, Lewis, Dornbach, Sturtz, Busby, Lohr

 

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, WI) 07/19/2011

 

Svetlik, Anthony C. "Tony" (22 DEC 1914 - 17 JUL 2011)

 


Anthony "Tony" C. Svetlik, 96, of Neillsville died Sunday, July 17, 2011, at Memorial Medical Center, Neillsville.


Anthony Charles Svetlik was born Dec. 22, 1914, in Cadott to Frank and Mary (Sedlacek) Svetlik. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps July 22, 1941, and served in World War II. He married Ann Blumenthaler Nov. 10, 1945, at the Topeka Army Air Base. He was honorably discharged on December 3, 1945. The couple moved to Neillsville, where he worked as a mechanic, body repair man and later in his career as a salesman for the Svetlik Ford Motor Co. He retired in 1978.


He is survived by his wife, Ann M. Svetlik, five children, Kathleen (George) Lewis of Roseburg, Ore., Barbara (Thomas) Dornbach of Pacific Grove, Calif., Ronald Svetlik of Paicines, Calif., Toni (Rick) Sturtz of Neillsville and Victoria (Daniel) Busby of Stillwater, Minn., six grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, one sister, Carolyne Lohr of East Troy and a brother, Thomas (Patricia) Svetlik of Gillette, Wyo.


A memorial service for Tony will be held at a later date.


Online Condolences may be made at www.geschefh.com.


The Gesche Funeral Home is assisting Tony's family with arrangements.

 

 


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