Virginia E. (Kowalski) Tabaka

Virginia E. Tabaka, 95, Schofield, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 5, 2024, while under the care of Compassus Hospice at the House of Dove, Marshfield.

She was born November 14, 1928, in Mosinee, daughter of the late August and Martha (Koskey) Kowalski.  On September 27, 1947, she married Roman Tabaka at St. Paul Catholic Church, Mosinee.  He preceded her in death on December 14, 1968.

Virginia was a proud homemaker and enjoyed the daily tasks of being a mother to her eight children.  She was a hard worker her entire life, working at Marathon Rubber as well as cleaning offices for numerous local businesses. She was a member of the St. Therese Ladies Council and the Catholic Daughters.

Survivors include her children,  Betty Juedes, Jerry, Michael (Mary Jane), Susan (Tom) Kritzeck, Joseph (Kate), Peter, Dale (Alice), and James (Sheila) Tabaka, 17 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren one brother, Franklin (Gloria) Kowalski, and many nieces and nephews.

Besides her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her siblings, Myron, Vincent, Leonard, Adam and Norlan and her sisters, Lorraine Heil and Carolyn Brandenburg.

The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:30 A.M., Friday, January 12, 2024, at St. Therese Catholic Church, Rothschild.  The Rev. Janusz Kowalski will preside.  Burial will be in the St. Paul Catholic Cemetery, Mosinee.  Visitation will be held on Thursday from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. at the Peterson/Kraemer Funeral Home, 1302 Sixth Street, Wausau, and again on Friday from 10:30 A.M. until the time of the mass at church.  Online condolences may be expressed at www.petersonkraemer.com