Edmund J. Rybicki Marker

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Rudolph in Wood County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Edmund J. Rybicki

By Keith L, June 25, 2008

1. Edmund J. Rybicki Marker

Inscription. In memory of
Edmund J. Rybicki
Co-builder of the Grotto Shrine
1916 - 1991
For 62 years of dedicated service

"Without his cheerful assistance
and courageous endurance I could
never have accomplished what I did."

Rev. P. J. Wagner

Location. 44° 29.96′ N, 89° 48.116′ W. Marker is in Rudolph, Wisconsin, in Wood County. Marker can be reached from Grotto Avenue north of Second Street North, on the left when traveling north. Click for map. Marker is in the Rudolph Grotto Gardens. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6975 Grotto Avenue, Rudolph WI 54475, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Father Philip J. Wagner (about 600 feet away, in a direct line); Dr. Byron Robinson (approx. 7.1 miles away); Historic Municipal Swimming Pool (approx. 7.2 miles away); Grand Rapids of the Wisconsin River (approx. 7.5 miles away); Wood County Veterans Memorial (approx. 7.5 miles away); Winnebago Indians (approx. 7.5 miles away); Myron "Grim" Natwick (approx. 7.8 miles away); Assistant Chief Michael J. Kilpatrick (approx. 8.9 miles away).

Also see . . . Rudolph Grotto. "Like many other grottoes and religious art projects, the Rudolph Grotto was a fulfillment of a promise that Father Philip Wagner made to the Virgin Mary in thanks for healing from a debilitating exhaustion he suffered while studying for the priesthood in Europe. Father Wagner received his cure while at the shrine at Lourdes, so it follows that in thanks he would build a place of pilgrimage himself." (Submitted on July 13, 2008.)

Rudolph Grotto Photo, Click for full size

By Keith L, June 25, 2008

2. Rudolph Grotto

Marker is at the right side of the photo.

By Keith L, June 25, 2008

3. Rudolph Grotto

Credits. This page originally submitted on July 13, 2008, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 524 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 13, 2008, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. 3. submitted on July 16, 2008, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.