VULK, Mary Victoria (nee Kordos) 1915-2004

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VULK, Mary Victoria (nee Kordos) 1915-2004

VULK, LAGA, KORDOS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/19/2009 at 11:52:56

OSAGE, IOWA — Mary Victoria Vulk, 89, of Osage, died Friday (Sept. 24, 2004) at Mitchell County Regional Health Center Hospice Unit in Osage after a short illness due to cancer.
A Scripture Memorial Service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, 702 State St., Osage, with Rev. Mark Reasoner officiating.
There will be a gathering for family and friends from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. before services at the funeral home Wednesday. Inurnment will be in the Osage Cemetery. Her body was cremated per her request. Following services and inurnment, a gathering for family and friends for a time of fellowship and light lunch will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1403 State St., Osage.
Mary was born March 21, 1915, in Benwood, West Virginia, the oldest of three daughters born to Joseph and Victoria (Laga) Kordos. The family moved to Mitchell when Mary was 2. She grew up in the Mitchell and Osage area, graduating from Mitchell High School. After graduating, she moved to Chicago and worked in the Presbyterian Hospital as an aide.
Mary married her school sweetheart, Joe Vulk, from Osage, while in Chicago. Together they moved back to the Osage area in 1949. Mary worked many years for the Ben Donsker family, the Albert Morse family and the Dr. Merril Eiel family as a housekeeper and as a great friend to Mrs. Donsker, Mrs. Eiel and Mrs. Morse.
Mary loved baking goodies for friends and family. No one ever left her home hungry.
She is survived by her two children, Darlene Gruis and her husband, John, of Rockford, and Joseph Vulk Jr. and his wife, Beverly, of Osage; four grandchildren, Scott Gruis and his wife, Cheryl, of Rockford, Julie Salisbury and her husband, Doug, of Nora Springs, Mike Vulk and his fiancée, Tammy Colglazier, of Osage, and Ruth Krones and her husband, Gary, of Osage; nine great-grandchildren, Bryce Rosel, Spenser Gruis, Nicholas, Kaycee and Sawyer Salisbury, Teri Birdsall, Kaitlyn and Mackenzie Krones, and Cooper Vulk; two sisters, Rose Pajer of Mitchell and Katherine Chrencik of Osage; three nephews, Jerry and Ronald Pajer of Georgia and Joe Chrencik of Traverse City, Mich., and a niece, Judy Morgan of Osage
She was preceded by her parents; her husband, Joseph “Joe” Vulk Sr. in 2002 and a brother-in-law, Jerry Pajer.
Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, (641) 732-3706.
[Mason City Globe Gazette]

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Obituary: OSAGE, IOWA — Mary Victoria Vulk, 89, of Osage, died Friday (Sept. 24, 2004) at Mitchell County Regional Health Center Hospice Unit in Osage after a short illness due to cancer. A Scripture Memorial Service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, 702 State St., Osage, with Rev. Mark Reasoner officiating. There will be a gathering for family and friends from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. before services at the funeral home Wednesday. Inurnment will be in the Osage Cemetery. Her body was cremated per her request. Following services and inurnment, a gathering for family and friends for a time of fellowship and light lunch will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1403 State St., Osage. Mary was born March 21, 1915, in Benwood, West Virginia, the oldest of three daughters born to Joseph and Victoria (Laga) Kordos. The family moved to Mitchell when Mary was 2. She grew up in the Mitchell and Osage area, graduating from Mitchell High School. After graduating, she moved to Chicago and worked in the Presbyterian Hospital as an aide. Mary married her school sweetheart, Joe Vulk, from Osage, while in Chicago. Together they moved back to the Osage area in 1949. Mary worked many years for the Ben Donsker family, the Albert Morse family and the Dr. Merril Eiel family as a housekeeper and as a great friend to Mrs. Donsker, Mrs. Eiel and Mrs. Morse. Mary loved baking goodies for friends and family. No one ever left her home hungry. She is survived by her two children, Darlene Gruis and her husband, John, of Rockford, and Joseph Vulk Jr. and his wife, Beverly, of Osage; four grandchildren, Scott Gruis and his wife, Cheryl, of Rockford, Julie Salisbury and her husband, Doug, of Nora Springs, Mike Vulk and his fiancée, Tammy Colglazier, of Osage, and Ruth Krones and her husband, Gary, of Osage; nine great-grandchildren, Bryce Rosel, Spenser Gruis, Nicholas, Kaycee and Sawyer Salisbury, Teri Birdsall, Kaitlyn and Mackenzie Krones, and Cooper Vulk; two sisters, Rose Pajer of Mitchell and Katherine Chrencik of Osage; three nephews, Jerry and Ronald Pajer of Georgia and Joe Chrencik of Traverse City, Mich., and a niece, Judy Morgan of Osage She was preceded by her parents; her husband, Joseph “Joe” Vulk Sr. in 2002 and a brother-in-law, Jerry Pajer. Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, (641) 732-3706. [Mason City Globe Gazette]
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