Obit: Abramczuk, John #2 (1891 - 1957)

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Surnames: Abramczuk, Lato, Niemiec

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 10/24/1957

Abramczuk, John #2 (1 FEB 1891 - 15 OCT 1957)

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Connie Chilicki at St. Hedwig’s Church here at ten o’clock Saturday morning for John Abramczuk, 66, of the Township of Worden (Clark Co., Wis.), a World War I veteran who passed away at the Veterans Hospital at Fort Snelling, Minn., on Tuesday, Oct. 15^th, 1957, after a lingering illness.

The deceased was born in Poland on Feb. 1, 1891, and came to the United States on March 4, 1910.  He was employed in the Ford Automobile factory in Detroit for twelve years and in 1931 came to Thorp and located on a farm in the Town of Butler.

In 1927 he was united in marriage to Magdalene Lato at Thorp.  They moved to their present farm in the Town of Worden in 1942.

Besides his wife, he is survived by one son, Chester Abramczuk of Thorp, and one daughter, Helen, Mrs. Ralph Niemiec of Chicago, two brothers, Andrew Abramczuk of Thorp and Sam Abramczuk of Mount Clemens, Mich., and eleven grandchildren.

Interment took place in St. Hedwig’s New Cemetery.  Military honors were accorded the veteran by members of Cecil Tormey Post 118 of the American Legion, with firing squad and taps at the grave.  Pallbearers were Peter Grandzinski, Louis Gulczynski, Stanley Lasiuk, Anton Cieciora, Frank Sierociuk and Stanley Niemiec.

Relatives and friends from out of town here to attend the funeral of John Abramczuk Oct. 19^th were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Budzinski, Mr. and Mrs. Tony Abramczuk, Mr. and Mrs. August Abramczuk, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kosik, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Niemiec, all of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Lato of Athens, Wis., Mr. and Mrs. Pete Haider of Minneapolis, Wm. Klovas and Mrs. Glenn Dahl of Eau Claire, and Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Thompson of Stanley.