Full Obituary

     LORRAINE V. ZAWACKI, age 95, of Thorp, WI, passed away on Sunday, August 20, 2023 at Oakbrook Health & Rehab in Thorp.  A memorial service will be held at 10:30am on Friday, September 15, 2023 at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Lublin, WI.  Rev. Vijay Kumar Madani will officiate, and burial will follow in St. Stanislaus Catholic Cemetery.  Visitation will be held at the church on Friday, from 9am until time of service.
     Lorraine Virginia Swiniarski was born on October 6, 1927 in Chicago, IL to William L. and Bernice (Galarwicz) Swiniarski.  She moved with her family to rural Withee, where she received her education, graduating from Withee High School in 1945.  Lorraine met and was united in marriage to Joseph Edward Zawacki on August 25, 1945 at St. Hedwig Catholic Church, rural Thorp.  She and her husband worked on the family farm, raising their four children.  Lorraine also worked for a short time at the Thorp Courier and at Stanley Corporation.  She retired from Owen Manufacturing after several years of employment.
     She will be greatly missed by her 4 children: Patricia Siudak of Lublin, Joanne (Kenneth) Hodowanic of Chippewa Falls, Virginia (Kyle) Brody of Chippewa Falls, Robert (Brenda) Zawacki of Eau Claire; 11 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; 3 great-great grandchildren; other relatives and friends.
     Lorraine was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Joseph; her son-in-law, Frank Siudak, Jr.; great granddaughter, Eleanor Welter; and her great-great grandson, Bradley Ward.