Elsie Spiczka, age 100, of Sartell and formerly of Palmer Township, passed away Dec. 14, 2024, at Country Manor Nursing Home in Sartell. Mass of Christian Burial was Dec. 18, at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Duelm. The Rev. Joseph Backowski officiated and burial took place in the parish cemetery. There was a visitation at the church Wednesday. Service with Dignity provided by the Foley Funeral Home.
Elsie Eleanor Spiczka was born April 27, 1924, in Palmer Township, Sherburne County, to Frank and Helen (Jurek) Kutz Sr. She married Leonard Spiczka Nov. 27, 1945, at St. Lawrence Catholic Church. Elsie lived in Palmer Township all of her life. She farmed with her husband, milked cows, baled hay and raised her family on the farm. She worked for a short time at Jack Frost and Gold’n Plump. She liked to do embroidery work, volunteered for Catholic Charities, and worked many funeral lunches and church picnics in Duelm. Elsie enjoyed cooking and baking for her family and playing with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a member of The Christian Mothers and one of the oldest living members of St. Lawrence Catholic Church.
She is survived by her daughters and son, Bonita (Don) Gieselman of Donnelly, Allen (Marlys) of St. Cloud and Jean (Irving) Loftus of Sauk Rapids; 10 grandchildren; and many great- and great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Jim Kutz of St. Cloud and a sister, Ruth Posterick of Gilman.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Leonard; and a daughter, Audrey Lamb; as well as siblings, Louis, Richard, Frank Jr. and Ethel Smelter.
