Mrs. Frances M. Darnick

December 15, 1926 - June 28, 2014

Darnick, Frances Martha Frances M. Darnick (Nee: Soda) age 87, of the Town of Aurora, formerly farming in the Town of Berlin, died unexpectedly on Saturday morning June 28, 2014 at the Berlin Memorial Hospital. She was born on December 15, 1926 In Green Lake County, the daughter of Joseph and Magdalene (Wozniak) Soda in Princeton, on the family homestead. She attended Saint John the Baptist Catholic School of Princeton through the 8th grade and she then went on and acquired her GED after age 55 of which she was so proud of. She married George S. Darnick on October 31, 1945 at Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church of Princeton and they shared 36 years wonderful years of marriage, until his death on November 24, 1981. They lived their married years on the farm and she enjoyed raising chickens and selling the eggs to local groceries. She also enjoyed gardening and canning, jars, upon jars of vegetables and meats for the family to use over the winter months. She also did lot of loads of laundry in the wringer washer and hung it all out on the 4 sets of clotheslines and even in the winter knee deep in snow; she did all of this without any complaining. She cooked and baked many meals for her family and all of the friends that came in and out of her farmhouse doors. She loved to teach her family how to cook and bake throughout the years and everyone in the family are all good cooks today. As a teenager Frances rode the train from Princeton to Fond du Lac to clean homes for the well-off people at that time. She also worked as a homemaker and at the Berlin Memorial Hospital as a housekeeper for10 years, until her retirement. She also volunteered many hours at the Hospital and at the Juliette Manor Nursing Home of Berlin, transporting patients to different areas in the hospital and residents in the nursing home to activities. Frances was a faithful member of the All Saints Catholic Parish of Berlin (formerly Saint Stanislaus) and helped many hours for the Ladies Sodality of the Parish (now CCW), she was also an active member of the Catholic Daughters of Saint Stanislaus. Frances is further survived by her 8 children: David (Kathy), Berlin, Ronald (Sharon), Green Lake James (Agnes), Ripon, Raymond (Linda), Berlin, Marianne (Mark) Schultz, Green Lake, Michael (Jennifer) Prescott Arizona, Kathleen (Eric) Krebs, Sierra Vista Arizona , Joan (Fiancée’ Michael Dehaven) , Berlin. She is further survived by her Brothers Ernest (Sandy) Soda, Ripon, Raymond (Joan) Soda, Berlin, and her sisters, Angeline(Angie) Chikowski, Berlin, Helen Kautzer, Medford WI, Mary (George) Korleski, Wild Rose, Joann (Jerry) Swzeda, Princeton, Delores (Phil) Hoopman, Neshkoro, Sisters-in-law, Doris (Jack)Wallace, Ripon, Pat Soda, Princeton, Karen Soda, Princeton and Juanita Soda, of Plattsburgh, New York, further survived by 13 grandchildren and 14 plus one due In December great grandchildren also many other nieces and nephews other relatives and many friends. She was preceded in death by her husband George, her brothers George, Victor, Norbert and Donald, her sister, Genavieve, Brothers-in-law, Floyd Feldt , Edmund Chikowski and Wayne Kautzer. A Funeral service with the Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Frances, on Friday July 4, 2014 at 10:30 am at the All Saints Catholic Church, Hwy 49 south of Berlin, with Father Jerome Maksvytis officiating and burial will follow in the Saint Stanislaus Catholic Cemetery of Berlin Visitation for Frances will be on Thursday July 3, 2014 at the Wiecki-Skipchak Funeral Home of downtown Berlin from 4 to 8 pm with a Parish Rosary to be recited at 6:45 pm., and may also call at the Funeral Home on Friday July 4, 2014 from 9 to 10 a.m., before we leave for the services at the church. A sharing of memories and luncheon will be held immediately following the services at the cemetery and will be held at the City Inn of Berlin, all are invited. Memorials in her memory can be mailed to Marianne Schultz W3192 County Road J Green Lake. WI 54941, and are appreciated. For online condolences please send to, www. wieckiskipchakfuneralhome.com Mom, even though you are physically gone you were a fantastic Mother, Grandma and Great Grandma, and a true friend to many. We will greatly miss you and all your little giggles, but your memories will live on in our hearts and minds forever. We Love you Mom!!!