Andrew Joseph Niemiec's obituary, Harrison, Clare County, Michigan

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Obituaries from the Clare County Cleaver, Harrison, Mi. 11-2-2000

Andrew Joseph Niemiec, age 79 yrs., of Palm Bay, Florida, died
Wednesday, October 26, 2000 at Holmes Regional Hospital, Melborne,
Florida after an 11 yr. illness with cancer.
     He was born Feb. 24, 1921 in Cleveland, lived in Amherst for 21
years, and had a summer home in Harrison, Michigan for 27 years.  He
moved to Palm Bay, Florida in 1985.
      He was employed by Ohio Edison, Lorain, for 37 years, and was well
known as a "trouble shooter" for the company
      He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII on board the U.S.S. Teton
for 3 l/2 years, the command ship in the invasion of Okinawa.
      He was a past member of the Nativity Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic
Church, Lorain, a past member and usher of both St. Athanasius Catholic
Church in Harrison, MI and Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Palm
Bay, Florida.  He was a lifetime member of the following organizations:
Polish Legion of American Veterans, United Polish Club, Ohio Edison Mens
Club, all of Lorain Ohio, and the Knights of Columbus, Harrison, Mich.
      Andy enjoyed sports and gardening.  He played baseball and fast
pitch softball for a number of leagues in Lorain, Ohio.  He also enjoyed
golf and played in the Devil's Knob  senior golf league in Harrison, MI.
      He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Dorothy (nee Kozel), three
daughters: Diane (husband Bill) Hall of Satellite Beach, FL, Gail
(husband Nick) Motto of Elk Grove, CA, and Andrea (husband Dewey)
Perrigo of Westlake Village, CA; two sons: Thomas (wife Eileen) Niemiec
of Lorain, Ohio, and Terry Niemiec, of Palm Bay, Fl; ll grandchilden and
a Great Grandchild; brother of John Niemiec of Strongsville, OH, Ed
Niemiec of Lorain, OH, Stephanie Dupuie of Dearborn, MI, and Helen
Mastefson of Rockledge, FL; 9 nephews and two neices.
      He was preceded in death by his parents: John and Katherine
Niemiec, Sr.; infant son, Thomas Joseph; sister Mary Flontck; and three
infant siblings: Leo, Helen, and Mary.
       Family received friends at the Misencik Funeral Home, 36363 Detroit
Rd., Avon, Ohio Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.   Closing prayers were Monday
9:15 a.m. at the funeral home, followed by a l0 a.m. mass at Nativity
Blessed Vrgin Mary Catholic Church, Lorain, Ohio, with the Reverend
Robert Glepko, pastor, officiating.  Inerment Calvary Cemetery Lorain,
OH.
      Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society
Lorain Area Office, 43099 N. Ridge Rd., Sheffield, Oh, 44035 or phone
800/ACS-2345.