Obit: Shewczyk, Harry M. (1916 - 2012)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Dahl, Dietzler, Gomulka, Henrichs, Komanec, Krawchuk, Lencz, Lindbergh, Long, Metz, Munson, Niec, Rusnak, Shewczyk, Walters, Ziemba

----Source: The Star News (Medford, WI) 05/24/2012

Shewczyk, Harry M. (4 APR 1916 - 16 MAY 2012)

Harry M. Shewczyk, age 96, of Gilman, passed away on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at Clark County Health Care Center in Owen.

Harry was born on April 4, 1916 in Lublin, the son of Steven and Katherine (Niec) Shewczyk.

He grew up in Lublin and attended area rural schools. On June 4, 1939, he was united in marriage to Magdalene Komanec in Lublin at Holy Assumption Orthodox Church. The couple resided in Lublin for three years with Harry being a bar owner. They then moved to the Gilman area where Harry was a dairy farmer and an electrician.

Being a very active member in the community, Harry served on the parish council for SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Gilman, was a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters and volunteered many hours for church activities. He was also a member of the Gilman Lions Club, a co-founder of the Gilman Credit Union and a member of the Gilman Community Betterment Association.

In his younger years, he was an avid archer and helped to establish the Chequamegon Bow Hunters Club. Loving the outdoors, Harry also fished, hunted and golfed. He took pride in gardening and working in the yard, roses being his favorite flowers.

He had a wonderful sense of humor and made many people smile. He loved his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren dearly. He was a loving, caring husband, father and grandfather.

Harry is survived by his wife, Magdalene "Mitzie" of Gilman; his children, Betty Metz of Appleton, Nancy (Larry) Dietzler of Salt Lake City, Utah, Dave (Barb) Shewczyk of Lublin and Dennis Shewczyk of Gilman; ten grandchildren, Tammy Henrichs, Tina Dahl, Mike and Marc Metz, Torie Walters, Kristin Dietzler, and Amy, Derek, Barry and Larisa Shewczyk; 13 great-grandchildren, Taryn, Alan, Morgan, Trevor, Emily, Elizabeth, Hannah, Sophie, Madison, Sydney, Piper, Yohann and Keaby; two sisters, Helen Ziemba of Stanley and Stella Gomulka of Lublin; nieces and nephews; and other relatives.

He was preceded in death by his parents; six sisters, Julia Rusnak, Ann Schumann, Eva Lindbergh, Olga Munson, Pauline Lencz and Rosie Krawchuk; and one brother, Nick Shewczyk.

The funeral mass was held on Tuesday, May 22 at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Gilman, with Father John Long officiating. Burial was at Meadowbrook Cemetery. Pallbearers were his grandsons, Mike and Marc Metz and Derek and Barry Shewczyk, nephew Steve Lencz and Rodney Dahl.

Gilman Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.

Our family wishes to express their sincere appreciation to the kind and courteous staff at the Clark County Health Care Center.