Obit: Cieslik, John (1901 - 1964)

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Surnames: Cieslik, Kujala, Ryll, Zawadski

----Source: Owen Enterprise (Owen, Clark Co., Wis.) 12/31/1964

----John Cieslik (1901 - 27 DEC 1964)

HEART CONDITION FATAL TO JOHN CIESLIK, 63

Funeral services for John Cieslik were conducted yesterday, Wednesday, December 30, from the Hoeper and Kraut Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Goessling, Pastor of the Congregational Church, Owen, being in charge of the final rites. Burial was made at Riverside Cemetery.

Serving as pallbearers were Bruno Jarocki, Bernie Frankiewicz, Frank Brossow, Joe Milewski, Gene Santala and Toby Kangas.

John Cieslik, age 63, died at his farm home Sunday, December 27, at 1:30 in the afternoon of a heart condition. He had been ailing for about six months.

John was born in the Town of Withee, Thorp, Wisconsin, on October 21, 1901. He was raised in Clark County and farmed here all of his life, with the exce3ption of a few months that he worked in the city.

He was married to Martha (Kujala) in 1929 at Chicago.

Survivors include his wife, Martha; two sons, Robert of Stratford, and Philip of Owen; and three daughters, Mrs. Randall (Irene) Ryll of Withee, Mrs. Edwin (Dorothy) Zawadski of Greenwood and Suzanne at home.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three sons and three sisters. Also surviving are three brothers and a number of nieces and nephews and other relatives.