Obit: Nowak, Mike (1899 – 1972)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Nowak, Misiewicz, Romanofsky, Borek, Kostick, Szymczak

-----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 12 Oct 1972

Nowak, Mike (29 SEP 1899 – 29 SEP 1972)

Mike Nowak, 73, died of a coronary heart attack on September 29, 1972, at his home in Lublin (Taylor Co., Wis.). Funeral services were held at St. Mary’s National Catholic Church, Monday, October 2, 1972, with Reverend Roman Misiewicz officiating at the ten a.m. service. Interment was made at the parish cemetery.

Pallbearers were grandsons: Jeffrey Nowak, Gregory Romanofsky, William Romanofsky, Russell Romanofsky, and nephews Michael Borek, and Ronald Borek.

Mr. Nowak, a retired farmer and Green Thumb Foreman, was born September 29, 1899 at Headfield, Massachusetts. He moved to Indiana, then to Lublin, resided in St. Paul, Milwaukee and back to Lublin. On February 28, 1922 he was united in marriage to Mary Kostick at St. Paul, Minnesota.

Surviving are his wife, Mary’ two sons, Leonard Nowak of Rice Lake, Rodney Nowak of Medford; one daughter, Irene Romanofsky of Country Club Hill, Illinois; one brother, Walter Nowak of Withee, and three sisters, Mary Kostick, Conrath, Kate Kostick, Hannibal, and Bernice Szymczak of Milwaukee.