Isabel M. SKIBBA

<p>The Portage County Gazette</p><p>Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Portage County</p><p>Saturday, February 23, 2008</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Isabel M. Wotruba</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Isabel M. Wotruba, 86, Milladore, a Junction City native and former owner of Malik Merchantile in Milladore, died Friday, Feb. 22, 2008, at the Bethel Center in Arpin.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Milladore, with the Rev. Augustine Bentil officiating. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Visitations will be at the Martens/Rembs Funeral Home in Junction City from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and at the church from 9:30 a.m. Wednesday until the services.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Memorials by be given in her name to village of Milladore beautification projects.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Condolence may be offered online at www.rembsfh.com.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Mrs. Wotruba was born July 2, 1921, in Junction City, a daughter of the late William and Anna (Kozlowski) Skibba. She graduated from Emerson High School in Stevens Point.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>She was married to James J. Wotruba on Sept. 27, 1949, at St. Michael Catholic Church in Junction City. He died on Aug. 8, 2005.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>They purchased the Malik Mercantile business in Milladore from her husband's parents and operated it until their retirement.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>She was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church and St. Ann's Altar Society.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>Survivors include one daughter, Joan (James) Dickrell, Milladore; one son, William, Milladore; one brother, William (Colleen) Skibba of Gresham, Ore.; two grandchildren; and two great-grandsons.

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