Obit: Niedzwiecki, Jacob A. (1871 - 1965)

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Surnames: Niedzwiecki, Jarocki, Kowieski, Hadzima, Klovas

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 11/18/1965

Niedzwiecki, Jacob A. (15 JUL 1871 - 10 NOV 1965)

Jacob A. Niedzwiecki, 94, a retired farmer, passed away at the Havenet Rest Home at Owen on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1965.

Mr. Niedzwiecki was born July 15, 1871 in Bokinka, Poland. He came to the states in 1899, residing at St. Louis, Mo., and Milwaukee until 1903, when he came to the Thorp (Clark Co., Wis.) area. On Jan. 13, 1908 he was united in marriage to Petranella Jarocki at St. Hedwig's Church in Thorp.

Funeral services were held at St. Hedwig's Chapel, Thorp, on Saturday, Nov 13th at ten a.m., Father Edward Masalewicz officiated, and burial was made in St. Hedwig's Cemetery. Pallbearers were grandsons, Paul Kowieski, Jr., Louis Kowieski, William Kowieski, Lawrence Hadzima, James Klovas and Tom Niedzwiecki.

He is survived by his wife, Petranella, five sons, Felix of Chicago, Phillip, Jake and Machael, all of Thorp; Frank of San Antonio, Texas; five daughters, Mary of Hayward, Leona and Theresa of Chicago, Julia and Rose of Thorp, 44 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one daughter, three brothers and two sisters.