Obit: Sumiec, John #2 (1879 - 1961)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Sumiec, Filipek, Bandlow, Sorg, Noga, Allen

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 03/02/1961

Sumiec, John (24 JUN 1879 - 19 FEB 1961)

John Sumiec, 81, died of kidney ailment at St. Joseph Hospital, Chippewa Falls, Wis. on Feb. 19, 1961.

Funeral services were held on Thursday morning, Feb. 23 with a Requiem Mass said by Rev. Francis Disher at St. Hedwig’s Catholic Church, Thorp, Wis.  Interment took place in the new parish cemetery.

Pallbearers were Anton Sobolewski, Joseph Tobola, Chas. Deniszkiewicz, Paul Konieczny, George Wartolec and Ig. Przybylski.

Mr. John Sumiec was born June 24, 1879 in Poland, coming to Newark, J.J. in 1903, later the same year moved to Calumet, Mich.  July 15, 1905 he married Sophia Filipek and in 1914 moved to a farm in the town of Withee (Clark Co., Wis.).  Besides operating a nice farm, raising a family and being a model citizen, Mr. Sumiec, during his younger days held the offices of Recording Secretary, Treasurer and Vice President of Group 646, Polish National Alliance.

He is survived by his wife, three sons, Frank Sumiec, Jos. Sumiec, of Chicago, Stanley Sumiec, Oaklawn, Ill., four daughters, (Marie) Mrs. Robert Bandlow, Jacksonville, Fla., (Anna) Mrs. Andrew Sorg, Darien, Wis., (Sophie) Mrs. Walter Noga of Chicago, (Clare) Mrs. Robert Allen of Tampa, Fla., two brothers in Poland, one sister of Mauston and twelve grandchildren.

Relatives attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sumiec and daughters Marcia and Sandra, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Sumiec of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Sumiec, Oaklawn, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bandlow, Jacksonville, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Sorg and son Andrew of Darien, Wis., Mr. and Mrs. Walter Noga and daughter Delores, Chicago, Mrs. Robert Allen, Tampa, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. Leo Sumiec and Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Powers of Mauston, Wis.