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Oconto County Times-Herald
February 3, 1999

PULASKI- Verna Rudolph, 81, died Sunday, Jan. 31, 1999 at a Green Bay hospital. The daughter of the late Frank and Irene (Burmeister) Lubinski was born Nov. 11, 1917. On Oct. 2, 1941, she married Austin Rudolph in Seymour. The couple owned Rudy & Verna's Bar in Pulaski for many years. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit #337, Pulaski and the Christian Mothers Society of Assumption B.V.M. Church, Pulaski. Verna enjoyed working on crossword puzzles. She loved country and western music. As a young girl she played the piano.

She is survived by three daughters and two sons-in-law, Marilyn and Fritz Stanke, Saukville; Connie Seiltz, Pulaski; Elaine and Don Trojan, Pulaski; one son, Ron Rudolph, Hudson; one daughter-in-law, Rhoda Rudolph, Pulaski; nine grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; one brother, Donald (Sally) Lubinski, Waupaca; two sisters, Doris (Norbert) Kroner, Shawano; Dorothy (Myron) Sprangers, Abrams.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Austin, in 1972; two sons, Harold and Chuck Rudolph; one son-in-law, Donald Seiltz; two grandsons, Jon Rudolph and Eric Seiltz; one sister, Frances (Lloyd) Kalbes.

Friends may call at Marnocha Funeral Home, Pulaski, Wed., Feb. 3 after 8 a.m. The Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. at Assumption B.V.M. Church, Pulaski. Burial in the parish cemetery.