Cecilia Alice Kugel, age 92 of the Town of Waukechon, passed away peacefully on Friday morning, February 9, 2024. Cecilia was born in the Town of Belle Plaine on September 16, 1931, to the late Michael and Anna (Dillenburg) Muraski. She attended school in Shawano, graduating from Shawano High School with the Class of 1949. On June 2, 1954, she was united in marriage to Francis J. Kugel at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. They made their home in the Town of Waukechon where they farmed and raised ten children. Cecilia was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church where she was involved with the Council of Catholic Women, Christian Mothers, and St. Ann’s Society of St. Wenceslaus. She enjoyed crafting and quilting blankets for her children and grandchildren. She canned vegetables from her huge garden and enjoyed her vast flower gardens where she loved to
watch the butterflies gather. Cecilia also enjoyed watching her grandchildren play sports, reading, putting puzzles together, and listening to the Milwaukee Brewers games on the radio. She could most often be found baking for her family in the kitchen where she made the best pies!
Cecilia will be greatly missed by her children, Frank (Rochelle) Kugel, Andrew Kugel, Rita (Bill) Ecke, Chuck (Mary Lou) Kugel, and Barb (Bob) Reiter, all of Shawano, Susan (Dave) Beck of Ellsworth, Mary (John) Belschner of Green Bay, Monica (Greg) Borowski of Cecil, Carol (Jeff) Smith of Pulaski, and Dan (Peggy) Kugel of River Falls; sixteen grandchildren, Liz, Amanda, Will, Sarah, Megan, Aaron, Kathryn, Bobby, Samantha, Madeline, Brian, Garrett, Ross, Jordan, Devin, and Brinley; nine great-grandchildren, Haley, Raegan, Aubrey, Tao, Emmers, Landon, Harrison, Alice, and Arthur; two sisters, Joan Muraski and Kathryn Ziemer; and her brother-in-law, Tom
Kugel. She was preceded in death by her husband, Francis, on April 24, 2005; and two sisters, Margaret Petit, and Delores Breitenfeldt.
A Funeral Mass for Cecilia will be celebrated at 11:30 am on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Shawano. Fr. Edward Looney will be the Celebrant. Interment will take place at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Cemetery in the Town of Waukechon. Visitation will begin at the church at 9:30 am on Tuesday and continue until the time of Mass.
Mickelson Funeral & Cremation Service of Shawano is assisting the family with arrangements. Please share online condolences at www.mickelsonfs.com.
“Special thanks to The Cottages and Moments Hospice for their care and comfort of Cecilia.”
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