Theresa L. Duda, 88, a resident at Arborwood Lodge in Wisconsin Rapids, formerly of Rudolph, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, at Arborwood Lodge.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church in Rudolph, with the Rev. Rolando Onden officiating. Burial will be in All Souls Cemetery in Rudolph.
Visitation will be at the church from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Ritchay Funeral Home of Wisconsin Rapids assisted the family with arrangements. Condolences may be offered online at www.ritchayfuneralhome.com.
Mrs. Duda was born Feb. 4, 1924, in Stevens Point, a daughter of the late Felix and Cecelia (Kitowski) Polum. She attended John Francis Sims Grade School and graduated from P.J. Jacobs High School in Stevens Point in 1942. After graduation she was employed at Montgomery Wards Catalog Dept. in Chicago.
She was married to Edward Duda on Oct. 12, 1946, at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Mill Creek. He died on Nov. 26, 2009.
She was a homemaker and bookkeeper for the family business, Duda Oil Company.
After retirement they moved to the village of Rudolph where she worked part-time at the Dairy State Cheese factory.
Survivors include one son, James (Dallas), Iron River, Mich.; one daughter, Lynette (Denis) Hartjes, Rudolph; one brother, Norbert Polum, Plover; one sister, Lorraine Tork, Stevens Point; three grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one brother, Morris Polum; one sister, LaVerne Purrell; and one granddaughter.
