Matilda Evelyn Kokolay

1922 - 2006  (84 years)

• Name	Matilda Evelyn Kokolay
  Born	22 Aug 1922	Willard, WI, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	10 Sep 2006	Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire, WI, USA
  Person ID	I1219	Konieczny-Szczech
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	Frank Kokaly,   b. 18 Dec 1876, Yugoslavia ,   d. 28 Oct 1951, Willard, Clark, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Antonia Krizmanic,   b. 10 May 1883, Belgrade, Yugoslavia ,   d. 24 Oct 1930, Hospital in Chippewa Falls, WI  (Age 47 years)
  Married	18 Feb 1905	Sunnyside, Carbon, Utah, United States
  Family ID	F308	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lowell Brown
  Married	22 Mar 1979	Eau Claire, WI, USA
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2006
  Family ID	F474	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Joseph Hartwig
  Children	1. Sharon Hartwig   2. Cynthia Hartwig   3. Marilyn Hartwig   4. Barbara Hartwig
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2006
  Family ID	F488	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Mathilda E. Brown, 85, of Eau Claire passed away Sunday, September 10, 2006, at Sacred Heart Hospital with her family at her bedside. She was born August 22, 1921, in Willard, Wisconsin, to Francis and Antonia (Krizmanich) Kokolay. Mathilda graduated from Greenwood High School in 1939, and then attended Stevens Point College. After college she worked at the Dodge plant in Chicago as an inspector for B-29 Bomber parts until World War II ended. She later worked for a cleaning service in Chicago for several years. Mathilda married Lowell D. Brown on March 22, 1979, in Eau Claire. They lived in Eau Claire for 27 years. She was a member of the Council of Catholic Women. Mathilda loved baking, reading, writing, bingo, red roses and dancing, especially the polka. She was a sharp dresser and loved shopping for clothes. She had a wonderful zest of life. She loved to go to the movies and eat shrimp at the Red Lobster. Mathilda and Lowell’s greatest joy was spending time together, watching Packer football games and the “Millionaire” game show. Mathildaresided at Mt. Washington in Eau Claire for the last 10 years. Mathilda is survived by her husband, Lowell; four daughters, Sharon (Eugene) King of Brawley, Calif., Cynthia (late Dennis) Orbin, and her special friend Milton, of Madison, Marilyn (John) Todd of Brookfield, Ill., and Barb (Dave) Balliett of Augusta; three grandchildren, Alicia Todd, Harold King and Ray Luedtke; two step-grandchildren, Mitch Balliett and March Balliett; two brothers, Darwin and Rudy Kokolay; and two sisters, Ann Boh of Marshfield and Carolyn Feitl of LaGrange Park, Ill. She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Frank, Tony and Martin; and two sisters, Sylvia Boh and Mary Kokolay. Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday at Lenmark-Gomsrud-Linn Funeral Home, 814 First Ave., Eau Claire, Wis. (phone (715) 832-8301). Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, September 15, 2006, at Lenmark-Gomsrud-Linn Funeral Home with the Rev. Steve Kaste officiating. Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery.