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Viola M. Braznell

April 6, 1917 - January 13, 2020
Racine, WI

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Visitation

Monday, January 20, 2020
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM CST
St. Lucy Catholic Church
3101 Drexel Avenue
Racine, WI 53403

Service

Monday, January 20, 2020
11:00 AM CST
St. Lucy Catholic Church
3101 Drexel Avenue
Racine, WI 53403

Contributions


At the family's request memorial contributions are to be made to those listed below. Please forward payment directly to the memorial of your choice.

St. Lucy Catholic Church

St. Jude Childrem's Research Hospital

Life Story / Obituary


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Viola M. Braznell, age 102, passed away peacefully Monday January 13, 2020 at St. Monica’s Senior Living. Viola was born in Caledonia on April 6, 1917, daughter of the late Peter and Anna (nee: Kaplan) Otwaska.

On October 19, 1940, Viola was united in marriage to Stephen J. Braznell. They were blessed with many years of marriage before Stephen preceded her in death on May 5, 1988. Viola was a lifelong member of St. Lucy Catholic Church, member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary and Catholic Woman’s Club of Racine. Viola was first of all a homemaker, caring for her family. Later in life she went to work for M & H Foods and then as a custodian at Hansche School, retiring in 1980. Blessed with good heath, Viola worked in her vegetable garden and cared for her roses every summer. She could be seen riding her 3-wheel bike along the street of Lake Park well into her 80’s. She went out to dinner every night with her brother Lenny and sister Norma for many years until their passing, but most of all enjoyed her grandchildren, great grandchildren and great- great grandchildren. She was a remarkable, wife, mother and grandmother.

Viola will be dearly missed by her daughters, Janice (John) Wiley, Lorie Trick, Lynnette Brandes; a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her son Stephen; sons-in-law, Jeff Davis, Jeff Trick and Jeff Brandes; grandson, Danny Braznell; great grandchildren, Nathan Andersen and Elwood Dunk; three brothers, Peter, Leonard (Doretha) and Anthony (Adeline); sisters, Norma (Shannon) Ackley-(Harold) Klopfer and Virginia (August) Kupper.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Lucy Catholic Church, 3101 Drexel Ave, on Monday January 20, 2020, 11:00 a.m. interment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery, Hwy 32. Visitation will be held at the church Monday from 10:00 a.m. until time of Mass. Memorials to St. Lucy Catholic Church or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have been suggested.

The family extends a special thank you to her caregivers at St. Monica’s Senior Living, Hospice Alliance and her devoted granddaughter, Tina Christiansen for their loving and compassionate care.

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