Obit for MORONI, Frances (b.1909 d.2004), St. Louis Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Ely Echo www.elyecho.com Submitted: June 01 2004 ========================================================================= ************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Frances (Strlekar) Moroni, 95, of Eveleth died Monday, May 17, 2004, at the Ely Bloomenson Community Hospital. She was born Feb. 20, 1909, in Eveleth to Anton and Mary (Ahcan) Strlekar. Frances graduated from Eveleth High School and Eveleth Junior College and from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., in 1930. She taught at the new School 84 in St. Louis County for a year, then at Proctor for four years. Frances was married to Peter Moroni in Eveleth on June 11, 1934. They lived in Ely for 40 years and she was active in the National Council of Catholic Women and St. Anthony’s Church. She was also on the steering committee for the new St. Anthony’s Church. Frances was an active member of Ely’s Music and Drama Club and a former member of the American Association of University Women. While living in Ely, she taught English in Babbitt from 1961 to 1974. They moved to Eveleth in 1973 and she was a member of the Retired Citizens of Eveleth. She is survived by daughters, Mary Carolyn (Kenneth) Farrell of Panama City, Fla., Catherine (Patrick) O’Brien of St. Paul, Barbara (Fredic) Johnson of Ely and Christine Moroni of Ely; son, Peter Gregory (Marsha) of New Jersey; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Peter, in 1976; brothers, Anthony, Frank and Joe Strlekar; and sisters, Mary Culbertson, Anne Paciotti and Josephine Szymczak. Mass of Christian Burial was held Friday at Resurrection Catholic Church in Eveleth. Interment will be in Eveleth Cemetery.