Beulah Wnuk

Beulah Wnuk, 96, of Barton City, passed away December 28, 2014 at Tendercare of Alpena. She was born January 7, 1918 in Barton City to Alton and Bertha (Swartz) Rifenbark. On January 7 1937 she married Bernard Wnuk. He preceded her in death on May 19, 1995. A lifelong resident of Barton City, Beulah was a member of St. Raphael Catholic Church, Mikado. Beulah was a talented woman, and could do anything. She could cook, sew, crochet, and knit. She did paintings, and charcoal works of art, including a beautiful one of Barney. Beulah loved school, and continued to learn all she could throughout her life. She was a bowler, and had a 220s game at the age of 85. She enjoyed baseball on radio, television, the Barton City ball diamond, and one game at Tiger Stadium. She is survived by three daughters, Nancy (John) Ciesla, Theresa (Mike Harbaugh) Wnuk and Mary (John) Deckard, three sons, Paul (Darliss), Michael (Debra) and Mark (Dianne) Wnuk, nineteen grandchildren, seventeen great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. One brother Alton, two sisters, Gladys Beaushaw and Myrtle Rifenbark one granddaughter, Elizabeth Ciesla, and two great grandchildren, Christine and Ryan Cordner preceded her in death. Funeral Mass was Saturday, January 3, 2015 at St. Raphael Catholic Church in Mikado. Rev. Robert Bissot officiated. Burial was in Maple Ridge Cemetery, Barton City. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Beulah Wnuk, please visit our flower store.