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Section 30, Town of Waupaca, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
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The Portage County Gazette - Date unknown
Evelyn Augustinak

Evelyn Augustinak, 77, Waupaca, a Stevens Point native, died Wednesday, July 3, 2002, at Riverside Medical Center in Waupaca.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church in Waupaca, with the Rev. James Vennix officiating. Burial of cremains will be St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery in Waupaca.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Holly Funeral Home in Waupaca, with a prayer service at 7 p.m.

Mrs. Augustinak was born July 29, 1924, in Stevens Point, a daughter of the late Peter and Anne (Dulak) Yenter.

She was married to Peter Augustinak on May 20, 1950, at St. Adalbert Catholic Church in Rosholt.

She was a member of St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church in Waupaca.

Survivors include her husband; one daughter, Linda A. Barrigas, Corona, Calif.; three sons, Cary (Linda), Oak Creek, Randall A. (Debbie), Amherst Junction, and Peter Jr., Slinger; two sisters, Bernice Swendrzynski, Rosholt, and Lorraine (Ronald) Kedrowicz, Almond; two brothers, Leonard (Muriel) Yenter, Amherst Junction, and Richard (Lorraine) Yenter, Rosholt; three grandchildren; and two stepgrandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Eleanore Trzebiatowski and Gladys Ziolkowski; and three brothers, Larry, Gerald and Raymond Yenter.

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The Portage County Gazette - Date Unknown
Elaine B. Oldakowski

Elaine B. Oldakowski, 68, Waupaca, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2002, at Weyauwega Health Care Center.

Mass of Christian burial will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday at St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church, Waupaca, with the Rev. John Becker officiating. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Holly Funeral Home, Waupaca. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established.

Elaine was born April 1, 1933, in the Shawano County town of Morris, a daughter of the late Floyd and Nellie (Low) Buckholt. She was married to Steven Oldakowski on July 1, 1950, at St. John's Catholic Church, Heffron.

Survivors include her husband, Steven, Waupaca; one daughter, Marjorie (Bill) Sarnowski, Waupaca; three sons, Steve (Linda) Oldakowski, Gene Oldakowski and Ben Oldakowski, all of Appleton; nine grandchildren, Jaime Stephens, Jill Oldakowski, Jana Oldakowski, Jada Sarnowski, Jonas Sarnowski, Nathan Abrahamson, Amber Oldakowski, Joseph Oldakowski and Lindsey Oldakowski; seven great-grandchildren; five sisters, Nancy Degler, Almond, Mary Adams, Oconomowoc, Sherry (Richard) Hunkins, Bancroft, Brenda (Ken) Batten, Waupaca, and Taffy (Jim) Morgan, Amherst; two brothers, Gerald (Lila) Buckholt, Weyauwega, and Jay (Theresa) Buckholt, Plainfield; two brothers-in-law, Dan Morgan, Amherst, and Donald Murray, Berlin; special friends, Curt and Kathy Eddy; and many other relatives and friends.

Elaine was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter, Sue Abrahamson, two brothers and two sisters.

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The Portage County Gazette - Date unknown
Steven J. Oldakowski

Steven J. Oldakowski, 73, Waupaca, an Almond native, died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2003, at Weyauwega Health Care Center.

A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church in Waupaca, with the Rev. John Becker officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Cemetery in Waupaca.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Holly Funeral Home in Waupaca.

A memorial has been established in lieu of flowers.

Mr. Oldakowski was born Feb. 14, 1930, in Almond, a son of the late Ben and Martha (Jazdzewski) Oldakowski.

He was married to Elaine Buckholt on July 1, 1950, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Heffron in the town of Belmont. She died Feb. 27, 2002.

Survivors include one daughter, Marjorie (Bill) Sarnowski, Waupaca; three sons, Steve (Linda), Waupaca, Gene, Appleton, and Ben, Mauston; two brothers, Ed, Milwaukee, and Chet, Wisconsin Rapids; one sister Janett (Bill) McCarthy, Amherst; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by one daughter, Sue Abrahamson; and one sister, Bernice Neijdl.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal – September 1, 1961
Harold G. Helbach

Services were held Wednesday morning at St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church. Waupaca. for Harold G. Helbach. 40 of the Town of Farmington
Waupaca County) a native of the Town of Buena Vista.

Mr Helbach owned and operated a heavy equipment and road construction business, as well as owning livestock.

He died unexpectedly at his home early Monday morning. He was in apparent good health until then.

The Rev. Michael S. Wasniewski officiated at the funeral, with burial made in the parish cemetery.

Mr. Helbach was born Dec. 24, 1920. a son of the late George Helbach and Mrs. Neva Helbach, who lives at Route 1, Amherst.

He married Fern Jensen in the Town of Lanark April 11, 1942.

Surviving are the widow; three sons, Richard, Bruce and Victor, at home; his mother: three brothers. James and David Helbach, Amherst, and Robert, in the Marine Corps: and four sisters, Mrs. Henry Prochnofski, Menasha, Mrs. Ronald Riley, Town of Lanark, Mrs. Stanley Turzinski, Town of Buena Vista, and Mrs. Donald Shulfer, Milwaukee.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal – Stevens Point, Wisconsin – February 5, 1966
Louella Dineen

Funeral services are pending at the Voie Funeral Home in Iola for Louella Dineen, 64, Iola, who died at 6:40 a.m. today at St. Michael's Hospital.

She had been a patient at the hospital since Wednesday.

Stevens Point Daily Journal – Stevens Point, Wisconsin – February 7, 1966

Dineen Rites Set

Funeral services have been set for Mrs. Claude Dineen, 64, Village of Iola, for many years the chairman of the American Cancer Fund drive for the Township and Village of Iola.

The Rev. Michael Wasniewski will officiate at the services, scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church in Waupaca, of which she was a member.

Burial will take place later in the parish cemetery. Friends may call at the Voie Funeral Home in Iola, where a general
rosary is scheduled for 8 o'clock this evening.

Mrs. Dineen, the former Louella Ebert, was born Oct. 8, 1901, in Amherst, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ebert. On Nov. 16, 1920, she married Claude Dineen at Amherst.

The couple lived in Amherst until moving to the Town of Iola for six years, and then to the Village of Iola. where they have resided for the past 22 years. Mr. Dineen is a retired cattle dealer.

She was a member of the St Mary Magdalene Parish Ladies Sodality, the Iola American Legion Auxiliary, the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary of Manawa, and the Iola Rural Woman's Club.

Surviving are her husband: three daughters, Mrs. Norman (Mabel) Gullikson, Kingston, Tex., Mrs. Justin (Mildred) Bestul, Tampa, Fla., and Mrs. Marion (JoAnn) Thompson, New London; two sons, Harold Dineen, Caledonia, Minn., and Donald Dineen, Springfield, Va.: three brothers, John and William Ebert, Milwaukee, and Ralph Ebert, Madison; one sister, Mrs. James (Lucille) Tews, Point Comfort, Tex.; and 11 grandchildren.

Two brothers and two infant sisters preceded her in death. A memorial fund for the American Cancer Society has been established in Mrs. Dineen’s name.