Mrs. Mary Ellen La Buda Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Mary Ellen La Buda, age 88, of Berlin, died peacefully December 16, 2015 at the Kindred Hearts of Green Lake, where she had resided. She was born on April 7, 1927, at Berlin Memorial Hospital, the oldest child of Joseph and Rosetta (Griffin) Bombinski. She was raised and became a large part of the Berlin community; graduating from Berlin High School with the class of 1944. Mary Ellen then attended St. Agnes Hospital school of Nursing, in Fond Du Lac; graduating with the class of 1948, becoming a registered nurse. Early in her career she headed the surgical department of Berlin Memorial hospital. Later working and retiring from Associated Family Physicians of Berlin, in charge of medical records. Mary Ellen married Louis (Snuffy) La Buda on September 21, 1948, at Saint Stanislaus Catholic Church of Berlin. They were blessed with a daughter Mary Kay and later Tom her husband, grandchildren and great grandchildren. They enjoyed 46 years together until his death on December 5, 1994. Survivors include; daughter Mary Kay (Tom) Schwarz, of Green Lake, granddaughter, Tammy (Ross) Boelk, along with their children, Shawna, Natalee, and Colten, grandson, Tyler (Janeah) Schwarz, and their daughter, Madysen, other relatives, and many friends. Mary Ellen was preceded in death by; her parents, husband, great granddaughter, Mariah, brother, Thomas Bombinski, sister, Kathryn( Bombinski) Stieber. Funeral services with a Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, December 22, 2015, at All Saints Catholic Church, of Berlin. The Rev. David Greenfield will be officiating. Burial will follow at Saint Stanislaus Cemetery. Family and friends may call at Wiecki-Skipchak Funeral Home of Berlin on Monday evening, December 21, 2015, from 4 until 8 pm; also Tuesday morning from 9 until we leave for Church. A parish Rosary will be recited at 7:45pm. Monday evening.

Mrs. Mary Ellen La Buda

April 7, 1927 - December 16, 2015