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John Wojtas

John Wojtas

Male Abt 1891 - 1967  (~ 76 years)

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  • Name John Wojtas  [1] 
    Birth Abt 1891  Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1935  Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1940  Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 1967  USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Obituary 17 Apr 1967  Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes: Wojtas. John J. Wojtas, beloved husband of Lottie (nee Pietrzak), dear father of Henry, Raymond, Richard, Eleanor Dorko and Dorothy Perchinske, beloved grandfather of 15, great-grandfather of two, dear bother of Ann Smith, Frank, Clara Gordon, Tampa, Fla., Mike Waltash, Helen Brown, Irene Shinheri (deceased), and Rose Miranda of Chicago, Ill. Services Tuesday, Apr. 18, at 8:30 A. M., and at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, at 9 A. M. Interment St. Mary Cemetery (E. 71st St.). Friends received at Golubski Funeral Home, corner E. 65th St. and Fullerton Ave., From 2-10 P. M. Monday. 
    • Notes: Wojtas. John J. Wojtas, beloved husband of Lottie (nee Pietrzak), dear father of Henry, Raymond, Richard, Eleanor Dorko and Dorothy Perchinske, beloved grandfather of 15, great-grandfather of two, dear bother of Ann Smith, Frank, Clara Gordon, Tampa, Fla., Mike Waltash, Helen Brown, Irene Shinheri (deceased), and Rose Miranda of Chicago, Ill. Services Tuesday, Apr. 18, at 8:30 A. M., and at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, at 9 A. M. Interment St. Mary Cemetery (E. 71st St.). Friends received at Golubski Funeral Home, corner E. 65th St. and Fullerton Ave., From 2-10 P. M. Monday.
    Person ID I844  Perchinske Strohmeyer Tree
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2025 

    Family Lottie Wojtas,   b. Abt 1898, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Dorothy Wojtas,   b. 2 Apr 1930, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 2020, Garfield Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F272  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2025 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1891 - Ohio Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head - 1940 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1967 - USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - Notes: Wojtas. John J. Wojtas, beloved husband of Lottie (nee Pietrzak), dear father of Henry, Raymond, Richard, Eleanor Dorko and Dorothy Perchinske, beloved grandfather of 15, great-grandfather of two, dear bother of Ann Smith, Frank, Clara Gordon, Tampa, Fla., Mike Waltash, Helen Brown, Irene Shinheri (deceased), and Rose Miranda of Chicago, Ill. Services Tuesday, Apr. 18, at 8:30 A. M., and at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, at 9 A. M. Interment St. Mary Cemetery (E. 71st St.). Friends received at Golubski Funeral Home, corner E. 65th St. and Fullerton Ave., From 2-10 P. M. Monday. - 17 Apr 1967 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S90] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: m-t0627-03217; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 92-370.
      1940 United States Federal Census      		 1940 United States Federal Census


    2. [S550] Cleveland Public Library Obituary, (Name: Cleveland Public Library;).
      https://cpl.org/newsindex/showrecord/?record=74014&type=necrology&searchType=both


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