Edith C. Shrake ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 16 April 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 2B, Roll 1739, District 173, Family 55
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
home owned with mortgage
Edyth C. Shrake..Daughter..3m..WI
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 10 January 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 5A, Roll 2018, District 219, Family 134
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
132 Main Street
home owned
Edith C. Shrake..Daughter..10..WI
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 3 May 1930. ⁴

1930 US Census
Sheet 5A, Roll 2614, District 0024, Family 130
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned, $1000
Edith Shrake..Daughter..20..WI
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Winona, MN on 4 April 1940. ¹

1940 US Census
Sheet 61A, Roll 1969, District 85-42, Family 390
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, United States
Last Place of Residence: Rural, Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Edith Plate..Wife..29..WI..12th grade
(Living with husband.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 23 Dec 1909, then her age should have been 30 instead of 29.
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• She resided at 1105 Eaton Avenue in 1943 in Beloit, WI.
1943 Beloit, Wisconsin, City Directory
Edith C. Placheski--Waiter, Blackhawk Cafe--res: 1105 Eaton Ave.

• She resided at 1105 Eaton Avenue in 1946 in Beloit, WI.
1946 Beloit, Wisconsin, City Directory
Mrs. Edith C. Placheski--Clerk, Freeman Shoe Corp.--res: 1105 Eaton Ave.

• She resided at 146 State in 1948 in Beloit, WI.
1948 Beloit, Wisconsin, City Directory
Edith Placheski--Waiter, C&W Cafe--res: 146 State.

• She resided at 563 Broad Street in 1951 in Beloit, WI.
1951 Beloit, Wisconsin, City Directory
Mrs. Edith C. Placheski--Waitress, H&D Restaurant--res: 563 Broad St.

• Her obituary was published in the Winona Daily News on 8 June 1969 in Winona, MN.

⁶ Mrs. Edith Placheski, 59, Merchant's Hotel, was found dead in her room Friday morning.

Winona County Coroner, Dr. Robert Tweedy, said she apparently died some time Thursday evening.

The former Edith Shrake, she was born December 23, 1909, at Trempealeau , Wis., to Henry and Margaret Drugan Shake and had lived here the past 32 years. She formerly was a waitress at the Steak Shop.

Survivors are two brothers, Leon, Winona and Henry, Trempealeau, and two sisters, Miss Mamie Shrake and Mrs. Lloyd (Margaret) Cowan, Trempealeau. Her parents and one brother have died.

Funeral services will be Monday at 9 a.m. at Burke's Funeral Home and at 10 a.m. at St. Bartholomew's Catholic Church, Trempealeau, the Rev. Walter Brey officiating. Burial will be in the Holy Cross Cemetery, Trempealeau.

Friends may call at the funeral home this evening from 7 to 9. Father Brey will lead the Rosary at 8.

(Source: Winona Daily News, Winona, MN, 8 Jun 1969, page 13)
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• She was buried on 9 June 1969 in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Trempealeau, WI.

Find A Grave Memorial #95033677
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Edith married Frank Placheski on 31 August 1931 in Trempealeau, WI.¹ (Frank Placheski was born on 20 September 1905 in Wisconsin ^{1 7 8} and died on 20 August 1970 in Winona, MN ^{7 8}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Winona, MN on 4 April 1940. ¹

1940 US Census
Sheet 61A, Roll 1969, District 85-42, Family 390
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, United States
Last Place of Residence: Rural, Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Frank Plate..Head..34..MN..8th grade..Mixer, Foundry..earned $145 in 1939 (12 weeks of work)
Edith Plate..Wife..29..WI..12th grade
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  Marriage Notes:

The coming wedding was announced for the first time last Sunday by Father McDonnell between Miss Edith Shrake, of this village, and Frank Plait of Winona. The marriage will take place Monday at 9 a.m. at St. Bartholomew Catholic church. Father McDonnell performing the wedding ceremony and saying mass.

(Source: Winona Republican Herald, Winona, MN, 27 Aug 1931, page 12)
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Plait, who have been living in the A. A. Holmes tenant house on Main street since their marriage last summer, are moving into the Henry Shrake house on Dublin Heights.

(Source: Winona Republican Herald, Winona, MN, 19 Dec 1931, page 12)
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