Lucy Mary Burant, 92, Stoughton, a former Stevens Point resident, died Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, at Nazareth Center in Stoughton.
A Funeral Mass will be held at noon Saturday at St. Mary of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Fancher, with the Rev. Jude Dioka officiating. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.
Visitation will be at Pisarski/Dzikoski Funeral Home from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, with a parish rosary at 6:30 p.m., and at the church from 11 a.m. Saturday until the Mass.
Condolences may be offered online at www.pisarskifuneralhome.com.
Mrs. Burant was born July 30, 1920, in Grduziadz, Poland, a daughter of the late Boleslaw and Wladyslawa Pezara. At the age of 19, she was taken to Germany to do farm work for the Germans. After the war she stayed in Germany and volunteered in the refugee camps until she was able to come to the United States. She was sponsored by Elizabeth Freda of Rosholt, for whom she worked for about six months. She then worked at River Pines Sanitarium.
She was married to Edward Burant on Nov. 22, 1952, at St. Mary of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Fancher. He died in 1972
After their marriage the couple lived in Arnott. She moved to Hi-Rise Manor on Briggs Street in Stevens Point where she lived for more than 25 years. She then lived three years at Whispering Pines Assisted Living Center in Plover, before moving to Nazareth Center this summer.
Survivors include one daughter, Irene (Laverne) Swiggum; one sister, Weronika, Poland; and three grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by two brothers.
