Obit: Sluzewski, Edward (1899 - 1990)

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Surnames: SLUZEWSKI FRANKOWIAK KIGNOWSKI GRESCHNER GEHRKE CANTWELL GIBOWSKI PLOCAR

----Sources: MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) 11/261990; P. 10

Sluzewski, Edward (5 OCT 1899 - 25 NOV 1990)

OWEN, Clark Co., Wis. - Edward Sluzewski, 91, Owen, died at 12:30 a.m. Sunday at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Owen, with Rev. Bruce Ball officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Withee.

Visitation will be at Maurina Funeral Home, Owen, after 4 p.m. Tuesday with a rosary service at 7:30.

He was born Oct. 5, 1899, in Poland, to the late John and Victoria (Frankowiak) Sluzewski. He came to the United States with his parents. They first settled in Pennsylvania. The family then moved to the Thorp area where they farmed. He moved to Chicago in 1916.

He marriage Josephine Ignowski Sept. 28, 1927, in Thorp. He and his wife lived in Chicago until 1936. They then moved to a farm in the town of Maplehurst, Taylor County. They moved to a farm in the town of Hixon in 1944. He was a member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church.

He is survived by his wife; three daughters, Mrs. John (Lucille) Greschner and Mrs. Tom (Dorothy) Gehrke, both of Owen, and Mrs. David (Joan) Cantwell of Ixonia; three sons, Dr. Edward Sluzewski and Robert Sluzewski, both of Owen, and Lennard Sluzewski of Menomonee Falls; two sisters, Helen Gibowski of Toledo, Ohio, and Violet Plocar of Chicago; 12 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

He was predeceased by two brothers, Floyd and Milo, and two sisters, Mildred and Florence.