Name: Martha Serio Date: February 25th, 1914 - September 9th, 2009 Obituary: Martha Catherine (Elias) Serio, nee Kreckler, age 95, a resident of NuRoc Community Health Care, Blackwell, died on Wednesday Sept 9, 2009. Martha was born in Auburndale, WI on January 25, 1914 to the late Anton and Catherine (Prohaska) Kreckler. On May 6, 1935, she married John K. Elias in Auburndale. The couple soon afterwards moved to Milwaukee where they raised their two daughters, Kathleen and Marian. After John died in 1967, she married Santo A. Serio in 1970 and then he died in 1985. After his death, she moved to Fond du Lac to live with her daughter Marian. After she died, Martha move to Townsend to live with her daughter Kathleen until blindness made it necessary for her to become a resident of NuRoc Community Health Care 2 years ago Martha was a member of the Christian Mothers Society in Milwaukee. Gardening, sewing, baking and embroidering were among some of her favorite pastimes. However, spending time with family, especially children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren were at the top of her list. Martha is survived by one daughter Kathleen (Ron) Turk of Townsend, WI; one son-in-law Paul (Dee) Beaudry of Slinger, WI, two step children, five grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents and 2 husbands, she was preceded in death by her daughter Marian, two grandsons, six brothers, one sister and one step-granddaughter. The visitation is on Monday Sept 14 at St. Mary’s of the Lake Catholic Church, (Hwy F), Lakewood from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the funeral Mass at noon. Officiating is Fr. David Schmidt. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Milwaukee at a later date. Suminski-Weber-Hill Funeral Home (715-473-3131). On-line condolences weberhillfuneralhome.com. Martha’s family extends deep appreciation to the staff of NuRoc Community Health Care for the compassionate care they gave to Martha. Visitations: 9:00AM to 10:00AM on Monday, September 14th, 2009 10:00AM to 12:00PM on Monday, September 14th, 2009 at St. Mary's of the Lake Catholic Church (map/driving directions) Services: In-state at 10:00AM, Service at 12:00PM at St. Mary's of the Lake Catholic Church on Monday, September 14th, 2009 (map/driving directions) Cemetery: Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery Milwaukee, WI (map/driving directions)