Collette M. Vargo

Vargo, Collette M. (Wolf)
nee: Meinert

Collette M. (Wolf) Vargo, age 94, of Kaukauna, passed away Sunday afternoon, March 4, 2007, at St. Paul Home. She was born August 23, 1912, to the late Ferdinand and Beatrice (Breier) Meinert in Kaukauna, where she was a resident most of her life. Collette graduated from St. Mary Grade School, Kaukauna High School and attended the Chicago Art Institute. She managed the Neenah Eagles Club in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Collette started painting classes when she was 9. She demonstrated her artistic flair through everything she did including painting, sewing, knitting, decorating and cooking. She was a member of St. Mary of the Annunciation Catholic Church, a charter member of the Fox Valley Rosemalers and Kaukauna Homemakers Club. Survivors include her five children, Joan Treichel, Appleton; Max (Deanna) Wolf, Neenah; John Wolf, Appleton; Mary Britten, Kaukauna; Rebecca (Rick) Baggett, Milton, FL; nine grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; a brother, Jerome (Georgie) Meinert, Las Vegas, NV; a sister, Rosemary (Roger) St. Aubin, Kaukauna; a sister-in-law, Aura Meinert, San Diego, CA; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Henry Wolf, her second husband, Paul Vargo, three granddaughters, Michele Thein and infants Sheila and Mary Britten, a brother, Dr. Kenneth Meinert and a son-in-law, Floyd Treichel. The funeral liturgy for Collette will be held at 11:00 am, Friday, March 9, 2007, at St. Mary of the Annunciation Catholic Church, 119 West Seventh Street, with Father Jerry Pastors officiating. Burial will be in Appleton Highland Memorial Park. Friends may call at the church on Friday from 9:30 am, until the time of the mass. A memorial fund has been established.

The family would like to thank the staff at the St. Paul Home for the compassionate care and support they gave Collette during her stay, the VNA and Guardian Angel Care Givers, who visited Collette in her home and her grandson Chris Britten and his family, for their care and concern. Also a special thank you to her faithful friend and companion, Mary Zareczny.

May God’s blessing lift you higher and higher. Amen

Greenwood Fargo Funeral Home
500 Hendricks Avenue
Kaukauna 920-766-6201
www.fargofuneralhome.com