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John
Gonshorowski, 95
Greenbush
&endash; John Peter Gonshorowski, 95,
Greenbush, died Friday, March 29, at Karlstad
Healthcare Center, Karlstad.
Services,
led by Father Don Braukmann, were held Monday,
April 1, at Gieseke Funeral Chapel, Greenbush.
Honorary pallbearers included John's friends and
relatives. The cremains will be interred in Blessed
Sacrament Cemetery, Greenbush.
John
Peter Gonshorowski was born October 20, 1906, in
Polonia Township, Roseau County, to Adam and Anna
(Szcaepanski) Gonshorowski. He grew up and attended
school in Polonia Township. He moved to Milwaukee
where he lost his leg in an industrial accident. He
then attended jeweler's school and later returned
to the Greenbush area and took over the family
farm. He married Florence Pulczinski on November 7,
1935 at Greenbush. They continued to farm in
Greenbush. He also worked for Polaris Industries in
Roseau. After retiring there, he continued to farm
and to help his sons farm and also helped on the
neighbor's farms. While farming was his passion, he
also was an avid hunter and fisherman.
He
is survived by five sons &endash; Gerald (Mavis) of
Greenbush, Gale (Dorothy) of Inver Grove Heights,
Gervase (Karen Nelson) of Hopkins, Mark of
Greenbush, and Nathan (Julie) of Darrington,
Washington; and one daughter: Roxann (Laddie) Forst
of Warroad; 13 grandchildren and 16
great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews and other
relatives and friends.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, his wife in
1990, two grandchildren, and eight brothers and
sisters.
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