Polaschek, Mary Joneil (O'Connor) 1936 - 2017

POLASCHEK, OCONNOR, HYBERGER, FOOTE, SMITH, HRDLICKA, SIR, NETT, HARRIS, HOAG

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/19/2024 at 21:00:42

Mary “Joneil” Polaschek, age 81, of Decorah, IA, died on Monday, December 11, 2017 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah.

Funeral services will be held at 6:00 p.m., Friday, December 15, 2017, at the First Congregational Church, 130 3rd Avenue East, Cresco, IA, with Pastor Tim Sir presiding.

Visitation will be after 5:00 p.m., at the Church on Friday evening.

Mary Joneil (O’Connor) Polaschek was born on November 11, 1936 to Joseph and Colletta (Hyberger) O’Connor in Lime Springs, Iowa. Joseph passed away before Joneil’s birth and she was loved and raised by her second father Howard Foote. She graduated from Assumption High School in Cresco. After graduating Joneil worked as a nurse aid at St. Mary’s in Rochester. She married Neil Polaschek on May 14, 1957 at the Assumption Catholic Church in Cresco. Together they had four children: Dean, Mary Tom, Maureen and Jimmy. Joneil was a homemaker as well as working at the Court House in Howard county for many years. Joneil was very proud of her thirty-three years of sobriety. She was very helpful and supportive of others who struggled with alcoholism and drug addiction. She was very active with the AA group and her doors were always open to people in need. She liked being called “Jo”, camping and everything Irish. She had a special love for all of her grandchildren, nieces and nephews and their families and a special bond with her sister “Mickie” and her daughter “at heart” Kriss Nett.

Joneil is survived by her husband Neil. Three children: Dean (Robbin) Polaschek, Raeford, North Carolina; Mary Tom Smith, Midwest City, OK; Maureen Hrdlicka, Decorah, IA. Grandchildren: Rebecca, Josh, Nick, Mollie (Nathan), Jenna, Jacob, Donnie and Derek. Great granddaughter: Emma. Sister: Mickie Sir, Cresco, IA. Daughter “at heart”: Kriss Nett, Waukon, IA. Sister-in-law: Jeanne Polaschek, Salinas, California along with many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents: Joseph and Colletta (Hyberger) O’Connor. Adoptive father: Howard Foote. Son: Jimmy in 2014. Brothers and sisters-in-law: Paul Sir, Joyce Harris, Jeannine (Wayne) Hoag, Tommy Polaschek and Joe Polaschek. Father and mother-in-law: Joe and Clara Polaschek.

Source: Schluter - Balik Funeral Home database

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