Veronica
Kasprowicz, 60
 Stephen
- Veronica Kasprowicz, 60, of rural Stephen,
died on Thursday at Northwest Medical Center in
Thief River Falls.
Funeral
services were held at 10
a.m
on Tuesday, June 15, at the Assumption Catholic
Church in Florian. Interment was held at Assumption
Cemetery in Florian with Rev. Vincent Miller and
Deacon Courtney Abel celebrating. Casket bearers
included Dion Kuznia, David Pietruszewski, Wade
Kuznia, Myron Pietruszewski, Jeffrey Kazmierczak
and Laures Kleinvachter.
Veronica
Rose Schmitz was born on November 16, 1943 in
Crookston, the daughter of Theodore and Leona
(Hoefer) Schmitz. She was raised in the rural Red
Lake Falls area. She attended St. Joseph's Catholic
School and Mount St. Benedict before graduating
from Lafayette High School in 1962.
After
her graduation, she moved to St. Hilaire, MN where
she worked for St. Hilaire Plumbing Supply. On
November 7, 1970, she was united in marriage to
Frank Kasprowicz. They made their home in rural
Stephen where they worked side by side on the their
farm. Frank died on September 10, 1998.
In
2000, she opened VK's Country Cottage Quilts when
she bought a free arm quilting machine.
She
had a great love of sewing and made many quilts.
Her real love was sewing the quilt tops. Veronica
had many hobbies which included crocheting,
knitting, gardening, canning and cooking. She was a
quiet person who was a true humanitarian.
Veronica
was a member of the Assumption Catholic Church
where she was active in the ladies group and served
as a collection counter. She was also a member of
the St. Joseph Divine Mercy Lay Carmelite Community
of Red Lake Falls .
Survivors
include her mother, Leona (Palmer) Bevolden of Red
Lake Falls; three sisters, Pauline (Clarence)
Kuznia of Bloomington, Ruth (Richard) deNoird of
Waubun and Dolores (Mark) Fraire of Olympia, Wash.;
and four brothers, Delbert (Eunice) Schmitz and
Daniel (Mary Lou) Schmitz of Red Lake Falls,
Theodore "Ted" (Cheri) Schmitz of Minneota and
Thomas (Carol) Schmitz of Red Lake Falls. Also
surviving are many nieces, nephews, great-nieces
and great-nephews.
She
was preceded in death by her by her father,
husband, sister Bonita Kazmierczak and infant
sister. A00003B2004JN16
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