Vivian Kososki

KINGSFORD - Vivian Marie Federspiel Kososki was born April 13, 1928, to Vernon and Elizabeth Federspiel in White Pine. She was one of 12 children. Vivian married John Kososki on Nov. 15, 1945, and raised two children, daughter, Carre' Dee (Vivian Carol) and son, Bruce Alan. One major goal in her life was to better herself, and in her early 40s she returned to complete her high school education in the Niagara Public School and later attended the Bay de Noc School of Nursing in Escanaba, where she obtained her licensed practical nursing degree. Vivian worked as a nurse in the Dickinson County Hospital for several years before moving to Lubbock, Texas in May 1983, where she continued her nursing career on the surgical floor and in the pediatric ward at Lubbock's Methodist Hospital. After her husband, John, suffered two successive strokes, she retired from hospital nursing to care for him and for the ensuing 25 years, she faithfully and diligently attended to his needs. Following his death in May 1989, Vivian returned to public nursing at a local nursing facility for temporary employment until she had earned enough to cover the cost of John's headstone. Then, she once again retired from practical nursing and spent the next several years attending to her pecan trees and her flowers. Vivian returned to Wisconsin in August 2005 and at the time of her death on Aug. 23, 2009, she resided with her sister, Winifred, in Kingsford. She is remembered by all who knew her for her gentle smile and her love for all living things, especially for children and pets. In addition to her children, Vivian is survived by three sisters, Winifred Thaler, Ruth (Dale) Beaulier, and Charlotte Morreira, and three grandsons, Bruce Kososki II, Trent Kososki, and Travis Kososki and many nieces and nephews. Vivian was preceded in death by six sisters, Mary Gibson, Jean Lessor, Rose Gilbert, Violet Chrzan, Betty Norlin, and Evelyn Gorman; and two brothers, Victor and Vernon Federspiel. Funeral services for Vivian will be held at the Resthaven Funeral Home in Lubbock, Texas at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2. The family has asked that in lieu of flowers a donation be made to the United Way. Condolences to the family of Vivian Kososki may be expressed online at www.ernashfuneralhomes.com. The family has entrusted the Erickson-Rochon & Nash Funeral Home with local arrangements.

Vivian Kososki

August 23, 2009