Florence Marie Tomasiewicz, 88, of Columbus died on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at Matelyn Retirement Community in St. Paul.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul. The Rev. Mike Escen will be officiating. Interment will be in the Elmwood Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul. Memorials are suggested to Howard County Medical Center in St. Paul.

Florence was born on Nov. 18, 1929, in Rising City to Edward and Ruby (Compton) Curtis. They moved to Monroe when Florence was 2 and then to Columbus when she was 5. She went to school in Columbus, Duncan, Grand Island and Rosedale. As a freshman, she started school in Rising City, where she graduated in 1947. She attended Midland College that summer and taught school for three years.

She was united in marriage to Gerald Tomasiewicz of Silver Creek on Oct. 4, 1948, in Marysville, Kan. They had four daughters. Gerald and Florence farmed in Bellwood, Central City, St. Paul and Ashton. She lived there when her husband was killed in a farm accident on Oct. 23, 1990.

Besides working on the farm, Florence worked at the ordnance plant in Grand Island, where she was in charge of sick leave, at St. Paul Equipment, as an accountant for 16 years and at Loup Valley Supply in St. Paul for 15 years.

In 1992, she moved to Columbus, where she attended the Hyland Park Evangelical Free Church. She belonged to the Classics. She also belonged to two Fireman Pinochle clubs, the Tuesday Sheep Head Club, the Friday Pitch Club, the Saturday Morning Coffee Club, and Solitaires. She became special friends with Duane Schacker of Monroe and traveled over most of the world.

Survivors include her special friend, Duane Schacker of Monroe; daughters and sons-in-law, Linda and Pat Larson of Clarks, Connie and Dan Stanczyk of Ashton, Diane Bonczkowski of Clackamas, Wash., and Janet and Kirk Keitzke of Columbus; 14 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren.

Florence was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Gerald; four brothers; three sisters; and a son-in-law, Harry Bonczkowski.

Condolences for Florence’s family may be left at www.jacobsengreenway.com.

Source: http://www.theindependent.com/obituaries/florence-tomasiewicz/article_7f433e70-6f58-11e8-b32f-2b2381f2472e.html