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GREYBULL -- A funeral Mass for Joseph "Joe" M. Krezelok, 91, will be 11 a .m. Saturday, April 12, 2008, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Fa ther Michael Ehiemere as celebrant. A graveside service will follow the m ass at Hillside Cemetery with the Elks Lodge B.P.O.E. 1431 officiating.
A viewing will be 5 to 7 p.m. today, April 11, 2008, at the Atwood Famil y Chapel.
The Rosary will follow at 7 p.m.
He died April 9, 2008, at the Washakie Medical Center in Worland.
He was born March 7,1917, on a ranch on Piney Creek near Sheridan, the so n of Michael Joseph and Hedwik (Rucki) Krezelok. He was raised near Sheri dan, and went to Stone School on Piney Creek.
On June 22, 1941, he married Helen Marylin Wolney in Monarch .
They moved to Greybull where he worked for Burlington Northern Railroad f or 37 years until retiring June 4, 1978.
He enjoyed playing cards, gardening, walking, fishing, hunting, and spend ing time in the Big Horn Mountains.
He and his wife made many trips and traveled to all 50 states. He liked t o call "bingo" for the lodges.
He loved his family and enjoyed spending time with his grandsons. If some one needed something, he was always there to help.
He was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and served as a trust ee of the church for many years, was a member of the Knights of Columbus , was a member of the Greybull Elks Lodge B.P.O.E. #1431, and was a membe r of the Basin Fraternal Order of Eagles Cloud Peak Aerie #3086.
He is preceded in death by his parents; his daughter, Jeannine Septer; hi s sisters, Anne Fairbank, Hedwik Miech, Mary Miech, and Helen Slate, brot hers, Frank and Mike "Bill" Krezelok.
He is survived by his loving wife of 66 years, Helen Krezelok of Greybull ; his daughter, Joan Krezelok of Casper; two grandsons; a son-in-law, sis ter, Margaret Ellenwood of Banner; a sister-in-law and numerous nieces an d nephews.
Memorials will be received at Big Horn Federal Savings Bank, P.O. Box 471 , Greybull, WY 82426.
Atwood Family Funeral Directors, Inc. is in charge of arrangements.
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