Edwin Leonard Smoczyk

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Died:
Obituary: http://www.wiclarkcountyhistory.org/3data/77/77736.htm

Obit: Smoczyk, Edwin Leonard (1950 - 2012)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Smoczyk, Mendalski, Meyer, Kirschner, Johnson, Beaufeaux, Pletka, Pogodzinski, Felix

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark Co., WI.) January 18, 2012

Smoczyk, Edwin Leonard (14 June 1950 - 13 January 2012)

Edwin L. Smoczyk, age 61, or Arcadia, WI, formerly of Thorp, passed away on Friday, January 13, 2012, at his home. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at St. Bernard-St. Hedwig Catholic Church in Thorp. The Rev. William Felix officiated and burial followed in New St. Hedwig’s Catholic Cemetery. Pallbearers were Justin Johnson, Travis Johnson, Jesse Smoczyk, Kevin Beaufeaux, Joe Pletka, Jr., and Eugene Pogodzinski. Visitation was held at the church, on Wednesday, from 9:30 a.m. until time of service.

Edwin Leonard Smoczyk was born on June 14, 1950, in the Town of Taft, rural Thorp, WI, the son of Frank and Frances (Mendalski) Smoczyk. He received his elementary education at Yaeger School and graduated from Thorp High School in 1969. Ed then moved to Chicago and worked for two years as a security guard. He returned to Thorp and was employed with Nelson Muffler, in Neillsville, until the plant closed in 2005. Ed then transferred to the Nelson Muffler plant, in Arcadia, WI, where he has resided until the time of his death.

He was a member of St. Bernard-St. Hedwig Catholic Church and was a member of the Corvette Club in Baraboo.

Ed had many interests, but especially enjoyed hunting, classic cars, country music festivals and a good joke.

He is survived by one brother, Henry Smoczyk of Thorp; one sister, Rose Meyer of Stanley; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Ed was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers: Benedict, Ernest and Leon; and one sister, Mary Kirschner.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.cuddiefh.com.

Thorp Funeral Home assisted the family with the arrangements.

Frank married Frances Mendalski. Frances was born on 16 Sept 1916; died on 16 Oct 1989. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 12 Jul 1866, Miniszew, parish of Kretkow, district of Jarocin, province of Poznan, Poland; alt birth date

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Researching the following:

Gaspar(Casper) SMOCZYK, son of Stanislaus and Catherine ?, of Kamien,
near Kretkow, Poznan
w. Sofia MARCINKOWSKA b. Miniszew, near Kretkow, Poznan
Son, John SMOCZYK b. 1866 at Miniszew; married Josephine
BLASCZYK b. 1870 at Raszewy, married at Brzostkow in 1890.
John arrived US 1891 and Josephine 1892. Lived Wellsville, NY
until 1900 then to WI.

Obituary from https://www.wiclarkcountyhistory.org/3data/79/79965.htm

Obit: Smoczyk, John (1886 - 1960)



Contact: Stan

Email: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org



Surnames: Smoczyk, Blastic, Hewins, Walenta, O’Hara, Tanner



----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 08/18/1960



Smoczyk, John (12 JUL 1886 - 12 AUG 1960)



John Smoczyk, age 94, a former resident of Stanley, died in Milwaukee at 7 o’clock Friday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Helen O’Hara.



Mr. Smoczyk was born July 12, 1866 in Poland, and was married to Josephine Blastic in Poland in 1891. The next year they came tot eh United States and settled in Wellsville, N.Y., where he did tannery work. In 1898 they moved to Stanley, Wis., where he continued in that employment until the tannery close. They then moved to a farm near the city of Stanley where they resided until his retirement in 1938, when they returned to Stanley. His wife preceded him in death in 1954, and for the past year he had lived with his daughters in Milwaukee.



Surviving are five sons, Stanley Edward of Stanley; John of Auburn, Wash.; Frank of Thorp; Steve of Englewood, Colo.; and Michael of Minneapolis; four daughters, Mrs. Albert (Mary) Hewins, Greendale, Wis.; Mrs. Peter (Sophie) Walenta and Mrs. Helen O’Hara, both of Milwaukee; and Mrs. Jennie Tanner, Deanver, Colo. He was preceded in death by two sons, Peter, who was killed in 1918 in World War I, and Tony in 1958.



Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at 9:30 o’clock at St. Mary’s Church, Stanley, with Rev. George Mathieu officiating. Interment was in St. Mary’s Cemetery.



(Additional note provided by Nancy Fay)



My grandfather was his son John, married to Martha Radtke. They had four children, Virginia, Beulah(my mom), John (Jack), and Rita. They farmed in the Litchville, ND area until they moved to Washington State in 1940.

John married Josephine Błaszczyk on 27 Jan 1890 in Brzostkow, Poland. Josephine (daughter of Franciszek Błaszczyk and Rosalia Konieczna) was born on 20 Nov 1870 in Raszewy, Żerków, Kaliskie, Poland; died on 7 Aug 1954 in Stanley, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
or Brostokow, Poland

Gaspar married Sofia Marcinskowska (Marciniak). Sofia (daughter of Franciszek Błaszczyk and Rosalie Konieczna) was born in in Miniszew (near Kretkow), Poland; died on 7th Oct 18??. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Franciszek married Rosalia Konieczna about 1862. Rosalia was born on 29 May 1846 in Miniszew, Kretkow, Parish, Poland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]