Obit: Wrobel, Alex (1918 - 2004)
Contact:  Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Surnames: Wrobel, Burzynski, Fornek, Fox, Lawler

----Sources: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark County, WI.) November 10, 2004

Wrobel, Alex (February 12, 1918 - October 24, 2004)

Alex Wrobel, age 86, of Arlington Heights, Illinois, died Sunday, October 24, at Northwest Community Hospital. Alex was born on February 12, 1918 to Joseph and Anna Wrobel in Chicago, Illinois. He was united in marriage to Martha Burzynski, formerly of Thorp, on August 25, 1951. Funeral services were held at St. James Church with burial at Maryhill Cemetery in Niles, Illinois.

Alex is survived by his wife Martha; two daughters, Geraldine (John) Fornek of Norridge, IL, and Diane (Ronald) Fox of Arlington Heights, IL; three sons, Richard (Beverly) of Oak Lawn, IL, Edward (Sandra) of Indianapolis, IN, and Jerome (Elizabeth) of Port Barrington, IL; seven grandchildren, mark and Jefferey Wrobel, Michael, Brian, and Jennifer Fornek, and Christopher and Joseph Fox; and one sister, Irene Lawler of Wooddale, IL. Pallbearers were Alex’s four grandsons, Mark and Jefferey Wrobel and Michael and Brian Fornek; his god child Bob Lawler; and his brother-in-law, Edmund Burzynski.

Glueckert Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.