Obit: Pozdell, Adam A. (1899 - 1963)

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Surnames: Pozdell, Posda, Gnutek, Polnaszek, Miller, Rusin

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 07/11/1963

Pozdell, Adam A. (9 FEB 1899 - 6 JUL 1963)

Funeral services for Adam A. Pozdell were held Tuesday morning at 10:00 a.m. at St. Mary’s Church, Stanley, with Father George Mathieu officiating. Interment was in St. Mary’s Cemetery.

Mr. Pozdell, 64, of the Town of Worden (Clark Co., Wis.), Route 3, Stanley, passed away at his home Saturday morning after a lingering illness. He was born in Chicago Feb. 9, 1899, the son of Jacob and Maryann Pozdell. As a young man he worked as a press man in the printing business. He married Josephine Posda at St. Mary’s Junction in 1931 and farmed in the Town of Thorp, Clark County until 1934, when he moved to their present home in Worden; from 1945 to 1949 he worked in Chicago at the printing business.

Surviving him are his wife, one son John at home, three daughters, Lucille Pozdell, Milwaukee, Mrs. Richard (Mary) Gnutek, Chicago, Mrs. Richard (Frances) Polnaszek, Abbotsford; one brother, Leo, Chicago; three sisters, Mrs. Francis Miller, Denver, Colo.; Miss Rose Pozdell, Chicago, and Mrs. Verne Rusin, Chicago; six grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, five brothers and sisters.