Surnames: Dudkiewicz, Krych, Hankiewicz, Nowik

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 11/22/1951

Dudkiewicz, Michael (1854 - 14 NOV 1951)

Last rites were held Saturday morning at St. Hedwig’s Catholic Church for Michael Dudkiewicz, 97, who passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Andrew Krych of Thorp (Clark Co., Wis.) on Nov. 14, 1951. The solemn high mass was held at 10:00 o’clock with Rev. Francis Piekarski and Rev. Herbert Zaromski.

He is survived by five sons, Frank and Joe of Chicago, Harry, Louie and Felix of Green Bay, and three daughters, (Agnes) Mrs. Andrew Krych, Thorp, (Helen) Mrs. Stanley Hankiewicz and (Marie) Mrs. Chester Nowik, of Chicago, and twenty-five grandchildren and twenty-nine great-grandchildren.

He was a member of the Holy Name Society of St. Hedwig’s Church.

Interment took place in St. Hedwig’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were grandsons Steven, Joseph, Frank, Leonard and Edmund Krych and Bernard Dudkiewicz of Pozen, Ill.

Relatives attending the funeral: Frank Dudkiewicz, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dudkiewicz and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Nowik, Mrs. Stanley Hankiewicz, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Yurkowski and family, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Grzenia and family, Mrs. Joseph Sumiec and family, Mr. and Mrs. Steven Krych and family, Frank, Joseph, Leonard, Katherine and Dolores Krych, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Lipinski, sons Adam and Leonard, all of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Dudkiewicz and family of Pozen, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dudkiewicz, Louie and Felix Dudkiewicz, Walter Blaskowski and Mrs. Jack Sokolski and son of Green Bay.