Lucy Josetta (Cardin) Blahnik

Lucy Josetta (Cardin) Blahnik, Age 88, of Green Bay died peacefully at the Bornemann Nursing Home on March 24, 2011. She was born Feb. 3, 1923, in Wausau, Wi. To the late Louis and Edith (McClean) Cardin. The family moved to Green Bay in Oct. 1923. She attended St. John’s School and graduated from St. Joseph’s Academy in 1941. After High School she went to Western Union School in Crawfordsville, Ind and then was employed by Western Union for the next 28 years during which time she was the first woman to work in the Green Bay Packer Press Box as a telegraph operator. Lucy married Leander (Lee) (Russ) Blahnik on May 30, 1953 at St Philip the Apostle Church. They lived in Green Bay until 1970 at which time they established the Maple Heights Campground in Lakewood, Wi. Lee passed away in 1993, and in 1996 Lucy returned to Green Bay and since Mid-2006 has resided at Bornemann’s. Lucy’s mother was a piano instructor and Lucy started by playing the piano and she switched to the violin at age 8, she played with the Polyphonia which began in 1929 under the direction of Ludolph Arens. She started at age 13 in the Columbus Club Orchestra conducted by Alex Enna and was with Herman Daumler and the Green Bay Symphonette, which began in 1946. She was the last surviving Charter Member of the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra and she played in the orchestras led by Ralph Holter, Oleg Kovalenko and Miralov Plansky. Lucy was preceded in death by her parents; son, David; husband, Lee; mother and father-in-law, Leander and Agnes Blahnik; brothers, and sisters-in-laws, John Cardin, Phyllis Cardin, Robert Cardin, Ralph Blahnik, Roland Blahnik, Randolph Blahnik, Royal Blahnik, Allyn Blahnik, John Younger. Lucy is survived by her sister Glenna Blahnik Dekalb, IL; brothers and sisters-in-law, Robert Blahnik, Rosie Polzak, Mercedes Blahnik, Rosemary Younger, Ralph and Ruby Kottke, Rosalie Blahnik and Marie Blahnik; special relatives Elaine Cotter and Marie Blahnik. Family and friends may call at Cotter Funeral Home, 860 N Webster Ave, De Pere from 4-7pm on Sunday, March 27. A Prayer Service will be held at 6:30pm Sunday evening. Visitation will continue on Monday, March 28, at St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church, 312 Victoria Street, Green Bay, from 10am until the hour of Mass. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11am, at the Church, with the Rev. David Pleier officiating. Entombment in Allouez Mausoleum. Online condolences may be expressed at www.cotterfuneralhome.com. The family would like to extend a thank you to the caregivers at Bornemann Nursing Home for all of their care and concern shown to Lucy.