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Mabel Hlavka, 98, of Silver Lake

Mabel Ruth (Bonniwell) Hlavka

Mabel Ruth (Bonniwell) Hlavka, 98, of Silver Lake, entered her eternal home Thursday, Dec. 19, at Harmony River Living Center in Hutchinson.
A funeral service will be held Friday, Dec. 27, 11 a.m., at Faith Presbyterian Church in Silver Lake, with interment at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis.
Rev. Murphy Ashley Jr. will be the officiating clergy.
Jacki Rossi will be the organist.
Mabel’s Children – Jackie Paul, Barbara Wawrzyniak and Jim Hlavka – will perform special music, “A Beautiful Life.”
“Take My Hand, Precious Lord,” “Amazing Grace” and “I’ll Fly Away” will be the congregational hymns.
Scott Wawrzyniak, Marc Wawrzyniak, Dan Robertson, Bill Adams, Brian Stiles and Suzy Paul will be the casket-bearers.
Mrs. Hlavka was born May 21, 1921, to Glenn and Laura (Gosswiller) Bonniwell. She was baptized at the Congregational Church in Hutchinson. Mabel attended a country school through the eighth grade and then worked numerous jobs as a housekeeper for other families or doing manual labor in the creamery in Owatonna during WW II.
On May 21, 1947, Mabel was united in marriage to Donald Hlavka at the Congregational Church in Hutchinson. Mabel and Donald made their home on the family farm in Rich Valley Township until 1997 when they moved to Silver Lake. They raised four children and were blessed with nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Mabel and Donald shared almost 60 years of marriage until Donald passed away April 11, 2007.
In addition to being a loving wife, mother and homemaker, Mrs. Hlavka helped on the family farm. She was an active member of Faith Presbyterian Church in Silver Lake since her marriage to Don. As her ministry to the church, Mrs. Hlavka had been an elder, deacon and member of the Presbyterian women for many years. Mabel and Don volunteered faithfully at the McLeod Emergency Food Shelf. She was also a member of the Farm Bureau Women’s Group, County Home Extension and the Silver Lake American Legion Auxiliary Post No. 141 over her lifetime.
Mrs. Hlavka enjoyed baking, especially her various Christmas cookies, stamp collecting, coin collecting and putting puzzles together. She cherished the time spent with her family and friends.
Mrs. Hlavka entered her eternal home Thursday, Dec. 19, at Harmony River Living Center in Hutchinson at the age of 98 years, 6 months and 28 days. Blessed be her memory.
Mrs. Hlavka is survived by daughters, Jackie Paul and her husband, DuWayne, of Alexandria, Barbara Wawrzyniak and her husband, Harlan, of Silver Lake; son, Jim Hlavka and his wife, Candy, of Lester Prairie; eight grandchildren, Katie Robertson and her husband, Dan, Chris Paul and his wife, Corinne, Suzy Paul, Denise Hlavka-Adams and her husband, Bill, Jamie Degen and her husband, Dustin, Scott Wawrzyniak, Kristi Stiles and her husband, Brian, Marc Wawrzyniak; 13 great-grandchildren; brother, Clark Bonniwell and his wife, Marcia, of Casa Grande, Ariz.; son-in-law, Andy Gaffaney of Forney, Texas; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.
Mrs. Hlavka is preceded in death by her parents, Glenn and Laura Bonniwell; husband, Donald Hlavka; daughter, Fern Lane Gaffaney; son-in-law, Douglas Lane; grandson, Daniel Lane; sisters and brothers-in-law, Verna and Ed Karg, Nettie and Milton Studeman.
Memorials preferred to the McLeod Emergency Food Shelf or the donor’s choice.
The Johnson-McBride Funeral Chapel of Glencoe is handling the arrangements. Its website is www.mcbridechapel.com where online obituaries and a guestbook are located.