John Wojciechowicz, age 88, of Kenosha, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 20, 2016, surrounded by his loving family at Hospice Alliance, Inc. – Hospice House in Pleasant Prairie.<\/p>\n
Born on May 13, 1928, in Terebien, Poland, John was the son of the late Daniel and Sophia (Kirykowicz) Wojciechowicz. \u00a0He attended a Polish College in Germany, immigrated to the United States in 1950 and later made Kenosha his home.<\/p>\n
On July 11, 1953, at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, he was united in marriage to Helena Haponik. They were blessed with 63 years of marriage.<\/p>\n
John was employed with American Motors as an inspector; retiring after 40 years.<\/p>\n
He was active as a member of the St. Nicholas Orthodox Church Brotherhood and Choir; the UAW Local 72 and the Kenosha Moose Club.<\/p>\n
John and Helena traveled extensively to Europe, Australia and took various cruises. They loved their place in Wisconsin Dells.<\/p>\n
John was an excellent soccer player in Poland. He enjoyed gardening and playing \u201cjingle-jingle\u201d at numerous casino sites and was an avid Wisconsin Badger and Green Bay Packer fan. \u00a0John was a very proud American and his favorite saying was, \u201cGod Bless America!\u201d \u00a0He adored his children and grandchildren and always attended their school functions and sporting events. He was a wonderful provider for his family and his goal in life was to have his children live a better life than he did.<\/p>\n
John is survived by his wife, Helena; his children, Janine (Greg) Powers, Steve (Diane) Wojciechowicz and Len (Laura) Wojciechowicz; grandchildren, Susie (Kurt) Cimbalnik, Don (Jimin) Karolewicz, Andrew, Alexa, Tyler and Chris; and great grandchildren, Porter and Lakelee.<\/p>\n
John is further survived by a brother, Daniel (Dolores) Wojciechowicz and numerous nieces, nephews and close friends.<\/p>\n
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Theodore and a sister, Sophie Grzegorczyk.<\/p>\n
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A heartfelt thank you to everyone at Hospice Alliance; especially Julie and Debbie, for the exceptional compassionate care they provided for John. <\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Funeral services honoring John\u2019s life will be held on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, 4313 18th Ave., Kenosha. Interment will follow in Green Ridge Cemetery. The family has requested that flowers be omitted.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" John Wojciechowicz, age 88, of Kenosha, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 20, 2016, surrounded by his loving family at Hospice Alliance, Inc. – Hospice House in Pleasant Prairie. Born on May 13, 1928, in Terebien, Poland, John was the son of the late Daniel<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":14701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"service-location":[],"class_list":["post-14700","obituary","type-obituary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary\/14700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/obituary"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service-location?post=14700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Informaci\u00f3n del servicio<\/h3>\n