Casimira 'Catherine' Rose Pehoski

Formerly of Green Bay, age 95, found eternal peace on Sunday, June 9, 2002. Catherine was born on May 30, 1907 in Poland, daughter of the late Stanley and Stasia Kondelski. On May 13, 1933, she married Joseph H. Pehoski in Milwaukee. Catherine enjoyed accompanying him around the country on his sales calls. Her hobbies included gardening, sewing, hunting and fishing and cooking. Not only was she a woman of strong faith, character, and conviction, but a wonderful caretaker. She did many acts of kindness over the years to help people. She had the best smile and stories of her travels.

She will be missed by fondly remembered by a sister: Josephine Longchart of Port Washington, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1977, sisters: Sophie Kondelski, Clara Schulze, Nancy S. Fontecchio, Helen Diring, and a brother: Steve Kondelski.

A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, June 15, 2002 at 1:00 PM at the funeral home with Rev. Leon Knitt officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Alzheimer’s Association or a charity of your choice.

A special thank you is extended to the staff at St. Paul’s Home and the Companion for the Dying volunteers who were by her side throughout the night this past week.

WICHMANN FUNERAL HOME
537 N. Superior Street
Appleton, Wisconsin 54911
920-739-1231

Alzheimer's

The song of the birds, I cannot hear,
The flowers I cannot smell.
I cannot remember the ones I loved,
And the things that I knew so well.
I cannot see the wondrous sights.
My eyes no longer can see
The setting sun, the stars at night,
The beauty of a tree.
I cannot cry, I have no tears,
And yet my heart is filled with fears.
I cannot speak as I did before,
My voice has faded away.
I'm in a world all of my own
I cannot even pray.
I know no difference between day and night,
Time means nothing to me,
I cannot tell the wrongs from right,
Oh, God, what has happened to me?
I long to feel the tender touch
Of someone to light the way,
Someone to lead me out of my world,
And turn the night into day.
I need a strong and gentle hand,
Someone who understands,
Someone who would guide me
Out of these strange and distant lands.

Written by……¬© Fred. A. Das