VULK, Mary Jean (Saraga) 1922-2005

VULK, SLAICHERT, SARAGA

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 12/26/2011 at 21:39:11

Mary Jean Vulk

LAKE MILLS, IOWA — Mary Jean Vulk, 83, of Lake Mills and formerly of Mitchell, died Friday, September 30, 2005, at the Lake Mills Care Center in Lake Mills.

Mary Jean was born in Mitchell County, Iowa, on June 25, 1922, to Mato and Anna (Mary Jean Vulk

LAKE MILLS — Mary Jean Vulk, 83, of Lake Mills and formerly of Mitchell, died Friday (Sept. 30, 2005) at the Lake Mills Care Center in Lake Mills.

Mary Jean was born in Mitchell County, Iowa, on June 25, 1922, to Mato and Anna (Slaichert) Saraga. She married Lewis Vulk Jr. in 1940, and they lived in Chicago for six years, where they were employed in a defense plant. They moved back to Mitchell County in 1948, where they resided until the death of her husband in 1990. Mary Jean moved to Osage and later to Lake Mills.

She was a member of Mitchell Faith Lutheran Church since 1954, where she was very active in Circle, World Relief and council. She was also a member of Lodge Velehrad of Mason City. Her hobbies included flower and vegetable gardening, Czech pastries, reading, concerts, movies and especially football.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Faith Lutheran Church in Mitchell with the Rev. Wayne Ellingson officiating. Burial will be at Oak Grove Cemetery in Mitchell.

Visitation is from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage and will continue one hour before services at the church on Tuesday.

Mary Jean is survived by a son, Gregory Vulk and wife Julie (Niess) Vulk of Decorah; a daughter, Francine Vulk of Lake Mills; grandchildren, Theone (Steve) Quattlebaum of Spencer, Jason and wife Jody (Surber) Vulk of Saylorville, Ryan Vulk and girlfriend, Dana Fredrich, of San Francisco, Calif.; and Elizabeth Vulk of Osage, mother of Theone, Jason, and Ryan; two great-granddaughters, Mary Beth and Malarie Quattlebaum; a great-grandson, Lewis Hurschel Vulk. Also three granddaughters: Tanya Root, Tiffany Smith and Torey Keck; great-grandchildren, Jamison, Sophia, and Whitaker Root, Cole Smith, Austin, Josephine and Ira James Keck. Also surviving are her brothers, Stanley Setka and wife, Ruth, of Riceville, Mato Frank Saraga Jr. of San Clemente, Calif.; two sisters, Lily Pollock and husband, Bruce, of Springfield, Ohio; Betty Klee of Green Bay, Wis.; and many nieces and nephews.

Preceding her in death were her husband, Lewis Vulk, Jr.; her parents; her sister, Anne (Setka) Billy; her brother, John Saraga Sr.; an infant son, Lewis Allen Vulk; a great-grandson, Devon Lars Vulk.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, (641) 732-3706.. She married Lewis Vulk Jr. in 1940, and they lived in Chicago for six years, where they were employed in a defense plant. They moved back to Mitchell County in 1948, where they resided until the death of her husband in 1990. Mary Jean moved to Osage and later to Lake Mills.

She was a member of Mitchell Faith Lutheran Church since 1954, where she was very active in Circle, World Relief and council. She was also a member of Lodge Velehrad of Mason City. Her hobbies included flower and vegetable gardening, Czech pastries, reading, concerts, movies and especially football.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Faith Lutheran Church in Mitchell with the Rev. Wayne Ellingson officiating. Burial will be at Oak Grove Cemetery in Mitchell.

Visitation is from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage and will continue one hour before services at the church on Tuesday.

Mary Jean is survived by a son, Gregory Vulk and wife Julie (Niess) Vulk of Decorah; a daughter, Francine Vulk of Lake Mills; grandchildren, Theone (Steve) Quattlebaum of Spencer, Jason and wife Jody (Surber) Vulk of Saylorville, Ryan Vulk and girlfriend, Dana Fredrich, of San Francisco, Calif.; and Elizabeth Vulk of Osage, mother of Theone, Jason, and Ryan; two great-granddaughters, Mary Beth and Malarie Quattlebaum; a great-grandson, Lewis Hurschel Vulk. Also three granddaughters: Tanya Root, Tiffany Smith and Torey Keck; great-grandchildren, Jamison, Sophia, and Whitaker Root, Cole Smith, Austin, Josephine and Ira James Keck. Also surviving are her brothers, Stanley Setka and wife, Ruth, of Riceville, Mato Frank Saraga Jr. of San Clemente, Calif.; two sisters, Lily Pollock and husband, Bruce, of Springfield, Ohio; Betty Klee of Green Bay, Wis.; and many nieces and nephews.

Preceding her in death were her husband, Lewis Vulk, Jr.; her parents; her sister, Anne (Setka) Billy; her brother, John Saraga Sr.; an infant son, Lewis Allen Vulk; a great-grandson, Devon Lars Vulk.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, (641) 732-3706.

[ Mason City Globe Gazette, Oct. 2, 2005 ]