Mildred Plevnia

Funeral Information

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, August 13, 2022 at 11 am at St. Hubert Parish – Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Officiating will be Fr. T.J. Fleming. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held on Friday, August 12, 2022 from 1 – 8 pm at the Kaufman Funeral Home in Bad Axe or Saturday at the church from 10 am until the service time at 11. A scripture service will be offered on Friday at 7 pm at the funeral home. Memorials may be offered to St. Hubert – Sacred Heart Food Pantry. Condolences may be shared at www.kaufmanfuneralhome.com

Family of the Deceased

Virginia is survived by four daughters, Pamela and husband Gordon Sullens of Cave Creek, AZ, Patricia and husband Stephen Ulfig of Bad Axe, MI, Mary and husband Timothy Brown of Apex, NC, and Colonel/Dr. Julia Plevnia, DDS, FACS, FACD and husband retired Lt Colonel Anthony Hartsook of Parker, CO. Seven grandchildren, Courtney (Steve) Gubernick of Cave Creek AZ, Brent Sullens of Cave Creek AZ, Melissa (Tom) Heintz of Bad Axe, Gy. Sgt. Adam (Erica) Ulfig USMC of San Diego, CA, Lucy Brown of Apex, NC, Harrison Plevnia –Hartsook and Preston Plevnia-Hartsook of Parker, CO. Six great-granddaughters, Tyler, Tatum and Alex Sullens of Phoenix, AZ, Madalyn and Brea Gubernick of Cave Creek, AZ and Helen Ulfig of San Diego, CA. Many nieces and nephews. Virginia was preceded in death by her mother and father – Tom and Lucy Barry. In-laws – Romanda and Edward Plevnia, Sr. Nine siblings, Ethel Zaremba, Elizabeth Krohn, Louis Barry, Helene Smith, Marion Lane, Anna Mae Lee, Edith Ross, Marge Heckman, and Eugene Barry. In-laws – Mary Ann Puvalowski and Frank Plevnia.

Biography

Mildred “Virginia” Plevnia, age 89, of Bad Axe, passed away peacefully at her daughter Pam’s home in Arizona on July 11, 2022. She was born on September 20, 1932 in Elkton, daughter of the late Thomas Joseph and Lucy (Bursick) Barry. She married Edward Plevnia, Jr. on September 4, 1954 at St. Borgia Catholic Church in Pigeon. He preceded her in death on August 10, 2009. Virginia was a 1950 Graduate of Elkton High School. She worked at Bad Axe Grain Elevator where she met Ed. They lived in Bad Axe their whole married life. In 1962, she started work at Huron Memorial Hospital where she worked for over 40 years. She was an active member of the Blue Star Mothers. She was a Eucharistic minister at St. Hubert Parish as well as active with the funeral committee. In the 70’s, she started a girls softball team in Bad Axe. The first night she advertised in the paper to let girls know to show up, she had over 300 little girls that wanted to play. Right then and there, she decided she was going to need some help from other mothers! She then went around to all the stores uptown asking for donations for baseball bats, shirts and hats. This was one of her biggest accomplishments because she loved to play and watch baseball herself. She passed her love of baseball on to her family.

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