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Therese Hlavka, 58, of rural Sherburn

Therese Hlavka

A Mass of Christian Burial for Therese H. Hlavka, 58, of rural Sherburn, was held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 22, at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Jackson, with the Rev. Jonathan Fasnacht as celebrant.
Burial was be in Good Shepherd Catholic Cemetery in Jackson.
Therese was called to her eternal rest Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 16, at Good Samaritan Society in Jackson.
Visitation was from 4 to 7 p.m., Monday, January 21, at Church of the Good Shepherd in Jackson, and visitation was one hour prior to the services Tuesday at the Church.
Services were entrusted to the care of the Kramer Family Funeral Home. Its Web site www.kramerfuneral
home.com where people can share a memory of Therese with the family by signing her online guest book.
Therese Helen Shimanski was born on April 8, 1960, to Simon and Dolores (Pokornowski) Shimanski at Hutchinson Hospital in Hutchinson. She was the sixth child of seven. Therese was baptized and confirmed in the St. Adalbert’s Catholic Church in Silver Lake.
Therese received her first- through sixth-grade education at Silver Lake Catholic School. She graduated from Silver Lake High School in 1978. Therese married Frank Hlavka July 14, 1979 at St. Adalbert’s Catholic Church. They made their home in Hutchinson. Mrs. Hlavka worked various jobs before moving to Jackson for Frank’s employment in March of 1985. There, she worked as a daycare provider, office receptionist and bookkeeper until she joined Frank in their business, Jackson Crop Services Inc., which was started in 1995.
Frank and Therese were blessed with two children, Tracy and Justin. Mrs. Hlavka enjoyed spending time with family and friends and relaxing at their lake home on Fox Lake. The highlight of her life was becoming a “Mema,” grandma.
Mrs. Hlavka passed away Jan. 16 after a courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by her daughter, Tracy (Jed) Hesebeck of rural Jackson; son, Justin (Danielle) Hlavka of Marshall; grandchildren, Andrew, Erik and Isaac Hesebeck, Olivia, Noah and Violet Hlavka; her father, Simon Shimanski of Silver Lake; mother-in-law, Adeline Hlavka of Silver Lake; her siblings, sister, Genny (Roger) Lhotka of Hutchinson, Gladys (Mike) Carter of Hutchinson, Robert (Sue) Shimanski of Hutchinson, Ron (Mitzi) Shimanski of Silver Lake, Doris Jerabek of Silver Lake, John (Rosie) Shimanski; brother-in-law, Bill (Diane) Hlavka of Silver Lake; sister-in-law, Kathy Nowak of Hutchinson, Sue (Chuck) Smykalski of Silver Lake; many nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.
Mrs. Hlavka enjoyed spending time with her dog, Petey, and cats, Moe and Murphy. She loved to decorate and be creative and had a good eye for design. Going camping, working in her flower garden or going for a pontoon ride were special to her.
Mrs. Hlavka was preceded in death by her husband, Frank, in May 2014; her mother, Dolores Shimanski in March 2015; a grandson, paternal and maternal grandparents; father-in-law, William Hlavka, and brothers-in-law, Mike Hlavka and Dale Jerabek and other relatives.
She prefers memorials be given to Good Shepherd Church in Jackson or the School Sisters of Notre Dame.