St. Bridget (St. Bernadette Parish) Catholic Church

It is the location of an important family union blessed 95 years ago. John Cleary married Rowena Bohan here in January of 1925. 15 months later Rowena died giving birth to her daughter Margaret at the age of 24. A very sad ending to this Young marriage but my late Grandpa John said of the wedding, “It was a grand time”.

My parents retired back in 1989 and moved to Ridgeway. They belonged to this church and my father's funeral was there in 1994. My mother remarried and moved back to Milwaukee in 1999. She recently passed away and her body was brought to St. Bridget's cemetary to be laid to rest alongside my father. Father Petrica was there to say some prayers for her burial. I'm extremely greatful for that. Thank you so much. I'm not from this area of the state but come up to visit a few times each year.