Huron County MI Archives Obituaries.....O"Parka, Gertrude Mae October 7, 2004
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Bad Axe Tribune
Gertrude Mae O'Parka 

Mrs. Gertrude Mae O'Parka, 88, of Ubly, passed away Thursday, October 7, 2004, 
surrounded by her daughters, at Courtney Manor in Bad Axe after a short 
illness.   Gert 
was born Oct. 25, 1915 in Parisville to the late Theophil and Mary (Mandelski) 
Spitza. 
She married Isadore "Pete" O'Parka on October 19, 1932 at St. Mary Catholic 
Church in 
Parisville. He preceded her in death on September 21, 1999.   Gert was a 
graduate of a 
country school. She worked at the Ruth Creamery and was a barmaid for many 
years at 
different taverns in the area. She worked with her husband in Gert's Catering 
for many 
years. She was a member of the Daughters of Isabella Fidelis Regina Circle 
#608, St. 
John Christian Mothers Circle 1, St. Anne's, and St. Mary Rosary Sodality. She 
was a 
member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie # 3690 of Caseville, where she 
was a 
former chaplin. She was a former parishioner at St. Mary Catholic Church in 
Parisville, 
and has been a parishioner at St. John Catholic Church in Ubly since 1955.   
Gert is 
survived by five daughters, Rose Allen, of Ubly, Theresa Stomack and her 
husband, 
Clarence, of Minden City, Susan Krug and her husband, Robert, of Ubly, Arlene 
Schmidt 
and her husband, Al, of Bay City, and Julie Muentener, of Port Austin; one 
sister, Joann 
Piot, of Hazel Park; 23 grandchildren; 52 great-grandchildren; and four great-
great-
grandchildren.   Gert was preceded in death by two grandsons, Dean Hammerle and 
Todd 
Allen; four sons-in-law, Willard "Bill" Allen, Clarence Kubacki, Robert 
Smeader, and 
Jerry Muentener, Jr.; three sisters, Balbina Klama, Bertha Osantowski, and 
Minnie 
O'Parka; and one brother-in-law, Frank Piot.   A Funeral Mass will be at 11 
a.m. on 
Monday, October 11, 2004, at St. John Catholic Church in Ubly. The Rev. Steve 
Gavit, 
pastor of Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Ruth, will officiate. Burial 
will be in St. 
John Cemetery.   Friends may call from 1 to 9 p.m. on Sunday and from 9 to 10 
a.m. on 
Monday at the Zinger-Smigielski Funeral Home in Ubly.   There will be a joint 
rosary at 
3 p.m. on Sunday by the St. John Christian Mothers and the Daughters of 
Isabella. There 
will be a parish vigil service at 7:30 on Sunday. All services will be at the 
funeral home. 


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