Obit: Szczech, Joseph J. (1904 - 1985)

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----Sources: Marshfield News-Herald

Joseph J. Szczech

January 17, 1904 - February 10, 1985

Joseph J. Szczech, 81, of Route 3, Stanley, Township of Thorp, died unexpectedly Sunday evening at Victory Memorial Hospital, Stanley.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary’s Czestochowa Catholic Church, rural Stanley, and burial will be in the church cemetery. The Rev. John Pinion will officiate.

Visitation will be from 3-9 p.m. Tuesday at the Plombon Funeral Home, Stanley. A parish rosary will be at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Joseph John Szczech was born Jan. 17, 1904 at Scranton, Pa., a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Francis (Victoria Sopiarz) Szczech, and moved to the Stanley area in 1910. He married Bernice Symbal June 11, 1929 at St. Hedwig’s Catholic Church, Thorp. He farmed in the Junction and Thorp areas, retiring in 1968.

Surviving are his wife; two sons, Francis of Stanley and Joseph of Maple Grove, Minn.; four daughters, Mrs. George (Joanne) Konieczny, Mrs. John (Carol) Szymanski, Mrs. William (Mary) Boh, all of Marshfield, and Mrs. Frank (Stephanie) Kotecki of Eau Claire; 17 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; two brothers, John and George, both of Stanley; and one sister, Mrs. Alex (Julia) Gutowski of Stanley.