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Marcella
Gonsorowski, 76
Newfolden
- Marcella Gonsorowski, 76, died on Friday,
August 23, 2002 at Northwest Medical Center, CNC
Unit, in Thief River Falls.
Mass
of Christian Burial was held on Monday, August 26
at St. Bernard's Catholic Church with Father Tim
McGee celebrating. Special music was provided by
Cathy Erickson and Kenny Price. Casketbearers were
Terry Potucek, Kenny Price, Curtis Carlson, Delray
Larson, Cal Melgard and Ben Kleinwachter. Interment
was in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Minto,
N.D.
Marcella
Jarombek was born on June 20, 1926, the daughter of
Leo and Lenora (Radonski) Jarombek in Ardoch, N.D.
She was baptized at St. John The Baptist Catholic
Church in Ardoch, N.D. and confirmed in Grand
Forks, N.D. The family lived in various places.
Marcella attended elementary school in Conway, N.D.
and high school in Manvel, N.D., graduating from
Manvel High School. Following high school, she
attended Mayville State Teacher's
College.
On
June 30, 1947, Marcella was united in marriage to
Leonard Gonsorowski at St. Mary's Catholic Church
in Grand Forks, N.D. She taught rural elementary
school for three years, and owned and operated the
Crow Bar in Manvel, N.D. The couple moved to Argyle
where they farmed and later moved to Kilkenny where
they owned Leonard's Place. The couple moved to
Newfolden in 1963 and Marcella worked at Arctic
Cat.
She
enjoyed gardening, landscaping, being outdoors,
reading and keeping up on political news. She was
elected the first woman County Commissioner of
Marshall County in 1980, a position she held for 16
years.
Survivors
include children, Joseph of Minnetonka, Dexter
(Karen) of Viking, Gwendolyn "Gwen" of Blaine; one
granddaughter; two great-grandchildren; three
brothers, Leo (Arlene) Jarombek of New Brighton,
Ted (Lucy) Jarombek and Raymond (Joyce) Jarombek,
both of Grand Forks, N.D.; three sisters, Helen
Jarombek of New Brighton, Irene Chisholm of Manvel,
N.D. and Aneta (Corwin) Staus of Hastings; and
several nieces and nephews.
Marcella
was preceded in death by her parents and two
sisters, Dorothy Jarombek and Lenora Dusek.
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