Anna CZERNISZ

11 NOV 1918 - 1 FEB 2014

• RESIDENCE: 2009, 206 W High St , Dowagiac, MI
• RESIDENCE: 1951, Paw Paw, MI
• BIRTH: 11 NOV 1918, Ukraine
• BURIAL: Riverside Cemetery, Dowagiac, MI
• DEATH: 1 FEB 2014, Borgess Lee Memorial Hospital, Dowagiac, MI

1.  Stanley John CZERNISZ

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[N8709] Anna Czernisz
Nov. 11, 1918 - Feb. 1, 2014
DOWAGIAC - Anna Czernisz, 95, of Dowagiac, died peacefully Saturday, February 1, 2014, in Borgess Lee Memorial Hospital, Dowagiac. Anna was born November 11, 1918, in the Ukraine. Having survived the concentration camps in Germany during World War II, she and her young son came to the United States to become American citizens and begin life anew. She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur and Katherine (Polechuk) Czernisz; her only son, Stanley John Czernisz; and two sisters in the Ukraine. Anna often received "Yard of the Year" awards for the many beautiful flowers decorating her yard and surrounding her house. She was an amazing gardener. Anna was fiercely independent throughout her life and in everything she did. Anna will be greatly missed by family and friends. She is survived by two granddaughters, Jodie Hodges and Kimberly Czernisz, both of Mishawaka, Indiana; one grandson, Jonathan (Amy) Czernisz of South Bend, Indiana. Her three grandchildren gave her five great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Family and friends will gather Friday, February 7, 2014, from 9:30 until 10:30 a.m. in Connelly Chapel Wagner Family Funerals, 202 North Broadway Street, Cassopolis, when we will proceed to Riverside Cemetery in Dowagiac for a graveside service at 11:00 a.m. The family prefers memorials be made in Ms. Czernisz's memory to Dowagiac Town and Country Garden Club, 6401 Park Road, Eau Claire, Michigan 49111. Arrangements have been entrusted to Connelly Chapel Wagner Family Funerals, Cassopolis. Please share a memory or a message online: wagnercares.com.
Published in South Bend Tribune on Feb. 5, 2014

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Immigration See: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-33888-29645-96?cc=192388 8&wc =M94K-5WP:1079327039

ame: Anna Czernisz and son Stanislaus
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: 1951
Event Place: New York City, New York, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 33
Birthplace: Russian
Ship Name: General Le Roy Eltinge
Birth Year (Estimated): 1918
Affiliate Publication Title: Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, NY, 1897-1957
Citing this Record
"New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/24BT-TMW : accessed 05 Feb 2014), Anna Czernisz, 1951.

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