Anna Czech

Anna P. Czech, a 91 year old resident of Swanville, died December 23, 2012, at her daughter's home in Wadena. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 29th at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Swanville with Father Ronald Dockendorf officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Parish Cemetery in Swanville. Friends may call from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday Dec 29, at Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service in Little Falls. Anna was born Jan. 4, 1921 in Chicago, IL to Edward and Mary Kriel. Anna was the youngest of 4 children. She attended Guardian Angles Catholic School in Chicago for 8 years. After 8th grade, Anna started working at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. She worked there for 19 years until she married her husband Louis on June 19, 1954. When her husband brought Anna to the farm near Swanville, she developed a deep love for her husband's family. In June of 1955, their first daughter Helen was born followed by Mary, Louise and Teckla in 1960. When Anna's 4 daughters started school, Anna went to work at Larson Boats in Little Falls where she worked until her retirement in 1986. Anna was a funny and passionate woman. She was a woman with strong convictions who strongly believed in, always talked about, and firmly stood for the things she deemed "RIGHT" and "IMPORTANT". She was a woman with high moral standards and was very passionate about the LORD, praying the Rosary daily. Anna loved her family and was like a "Mother Bear" if someone hurt one of her "Cubs". Anna is survived by hers daughters Helen (Patrick) Walsh, Chicago, IL; Mary Miller, St Cloud, MN; Louise Czech, St Paul, MN, and Teckla (Patrick) Fitzgerald, Wadena, MN; six grandsons, John (Christy) Walsh of Arlington Heights, IL, Patrick (Ann) Walsh of Chicago, IL, Michael Walsh of Chicago, IL, Matthew, Jacob and Samuel Miller all of St. Cloud, MN; and one great-granddaughter, Meara Walsh and two great-grandsons, Patrick and Sean Walsh; brothers-in-law Ted and James Czech of Holdingford, MN, sisters-in-law, Florence (Victor) Detloff of Melrose, MN, Teckla Scegura of St. Anna, MN, and Marcella (Edward) Hiemenz of St. Augusta, MN. She was preceded in death by her husband Louis, in 1999, her parents, two sisters, Helen and Margaret and a brother, John; mother and father-in-law, Peter & Mary Czech; brothers-in-law, Peter, Frank and Nick Czech; sisters-in-law, Rosie Kociemba and Eleanor Hiemenz.