Polish National Cemetery
Shenandoah Heights, West Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill, PA
Note from the recorder, Andy Ulicny:
I wish to note for you, the researcher, some of my idiosyncrasies in
order to assist the user of this file. I worked using a laptop computer
and a nice lawn chair, enjoying the cooler hours of the morning and
evenings in the summer 2008.
I did not create an index, I have no computer program to do so.
I recommend the user employ the “find” function on the computer
under the “edit” tab to more quickly locate names.
Be very aware of the variety of spellings! It is irrelevant how you
spell your name today, In family plots, I have seen 3 variations of the
same name through the three generations. I have made every attempt
to record name’s spelling as listed on each tombstone.
I’m generally attempting to enumerate in a flowing pattern in each
area. Sometimes row by row, but I often will jump to the next row if
I am in easy position to see a tombstone, or if the adjacent plot seems
related to the one I’m currently recording. I’ve attempted to keep
family groupings from relatively adjacent plots together.
As for stones in the same plot, I have tried to keep all these stones in
one plot together, I indicate this by not skipping lines. If many names
are on one stone, I usually tried to indent those on the stone unless the
name itself changed. If other stones are in the same plot, I retyped the
surname but did not skip a space.
I have made an attempt to group names from each stone, or plot from
the eldest generation toward the most recent if it is apparent. At
times, with double names on stones, I do not even know which name
matches the surnames. Researchers will want to sort this out in the
census records.
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Anything in italics is my personal addition, not something from the
stone. I am somewhat familiar with some of these families from my
research and although I do not wish for this to be an annotated record,
if I can list some obvious factual relationships, I have. On rare
occasion I may have even done some genealogical research to attempt
to clarify the people on these stones.
You will occasionally note the use of “?” with dates and names.
If the stone was worn, or oddly scripted and I was unsure of
information… I used a “?” aside of my best guess.
I am sure that I am guilty of some typographical errors and a few
missed stones; however, I know that accuracy in recording is
imperative. Many of these older, immigrant names are a bit off from
the typical contemporary names we see in English used today. I was
particularly attentive with the more unique names to accurately show
the spelling on the stone.
For facility in typing I have used numbers for months and the more
computer-friendly style of recording dates using periods. I have, on
occasion, translated months listed in Polish. In my listings, the month
is always listed first in the standard American manner of recording.
I have also, on occasion, included some added prayers, or sentiments
recorded on the stone, but this is not complete. For speed in recording,
I have chosen to be rather abbreviated with recording military service.
Listing a full account has proven to be tediously time consuming, but
if a military footstone provided more exact detail in regards to dates of
birth and death, I have recorded that.
Transcription begins, left side of entrance
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Name
Birth
Death
Mankiewicz, Joseph/Father
Anna/ Mother
Mitchell/ son
1886
1892
1917
1957
1976
1973
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Menkiewicz, Anthony
Mary
1892
1897
1975
1944
Julie, Helen nee Menkiwicz
1923
1999
Politowski, Wladyslaw
Janina
1891
1895
1956
1952
WWI
Wysocki, Edward M.
11.14.1922
9.13.1968
WWII
Dziedziak, John J. /Father
Victoria F. / Mother
Dziedziak, Anna M. /daug.
JaDick, Joseph
Petritsch, Clara nee Dziedziak
1887
1888
1922
9.11.1917
1919
1953
1964
1943
10.14.1965
1973
Mikutsky, Zigmond, J.
Cecelia J.
1898
1904
1968
1991
Kozlowski, Father/no name
Mother/ no name
Hattie/ beloved sister
xx
xx
xx
5.21.1932
10.27. 1854
2.3.1958
Sorminski, Bazyli
1899
1926
Gulbinsky, Julian
Millie
Karlavage, Peter K.
xx
xx
2.3.1906
1923
1959
4.13.1960
Getsko, Jan
1936
1936
Timm, Stanley, J. /Father
Victoria/ Mother
Timm, Alice
5.18.1882
12.23.1891
1915
6.1.1952
5.18.1923
xx
Bryk, Father/ no name
Mother/ no name
Miskiel, Barney/ Father
1889
1893
1853
1975
1984
1922
WWII
WWII
Bryk, John J.
Bryk, Emily
Bryk, Alfred P.
Bryk, Eleanor P.
1912
1918
1917
1.27.1922
1989
1973
1990
3.8.2007
Szulczewski, Father/no name
Mother/no name
Horrox, Gordon R.
Horrox, Joseph/ our son
1872
1880
1930
192?
1944
1949
1981
1929
Sadusky, Walter T./Father
Helen C/ Mother
1916
1920
1974
1957
Andrews, Paul
Josephine
1887
1896
1950
1986
Yetko, William
nd
nd
Zackarzewski, Michael/Father
Josephine/ Mother
Henry/ son
Zack, Alfred
Dorothy
Zack, Edward J.
Nellie I.
Zacharzewski, Gerald G.
1885
1893
1921
1914
1915
1912
1913
2.4.1941
1955
1971
1944
? WWII
1996
WWII
1983
1976
1991
10.10.1993 Vietnam
Marasco, Carmen Casper
Catherine
7.2.1915
1925
10.26.1990
Lazuk, Rose/ Mother
Lazuk, Kosten
Paul K.
1905
12.24.1895
1931
1981
12.11.1965 WWI
1958
Tatol, Anthony (age 46)
Tatol, Anastasia/ Mother
1881
1888
1927
1947
Kristopolski, Charles Sr.
nd
WWII
WWII
Korea
Footstone only Columbia Hose
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WWII
Felicia
Charles Jr.
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nd
nd
Williams, Ignacy
2. 2.1886
3.24.1924
Zapiec, Bronislaw
1894
1962
Kaminski, Wladslaw
Jan
1879
1891
1955
1943
Mincewicz, Dominick
Helen
1892
1892
1960
1969
Cichocki stone
nd
Bartelak, Stanislaw/ Father
Frances/ Mother
Bartelak, John
Hylton, Isabelle L.
Bartelak, Bessie T.
1861
1861
1898
1913
1897
1928
1923
1976
1939
1981
Socker, Joseph W.
Anna
Anthony A.
Socker, William J.
1885
1887
1916
1909
1934
1971
1990
1975
Macker, Peter
Phyllis
Peter A.
1924
1926
1954
1977
2003
2001
Labanowski, Frank
Johanna
xx
xx
1945
1947
Stypick, Enoch/ Father
Mary / Mother
Stypik, Stefan
Bardock, Frank
1894
1896
7. 4.1892
1893
1969
1974
9. 4. 1928
1955 Vet./Ameryki
WWII
Balkiewicz, Anthony/Father
Amelia/ Mother
Krusinsky, Felix
Rose
Thomas
Josephine
Margaret
1895
1899
1902
1913
1920
1922
1925
1973
1925
1983
1970
1985
xx
xx
Szurek, John S.
1895
1933
WWI ?
Erected by Walter M. Twardzik Orchestra
Wasilewski, Konstanty/ Father 3.10.1891
Feliksa/ Mother
1895
2. 20.1934
1960
Urodzony W. Suwalkach w Polsce
(born Suwalki Poland?)
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Rosco, Stephen
1892
1972
Hoinski, Cap large stone
Hoinski, Francizka
Petrachonis, Felix
Petrachonis, Helen nee Choinski
Choinski, Josephine
nd
?.?. 1901 ?
2.10.1913
2.6.1923
1907
nd
2. 17.1922 ?
1.25.1965 WWII
2.17.1981
1989
Kwiatkowski, Andrew
Regina
1883
1885
1931
1938
Osinski, Felix
Mary
Joseph
1891
1894
xx
1966
1970
10.13.1958
Bakerofsky, John/ Father
Tophelia/ Mother
John/son
xx
xx
xx
1931
1931
1946
Hojnacki, Adam/Father
Winczolowsky, Anthony
Helen
Sauk, Felix
Chwiej, Florence M.
xx
1886
1892
5.17.1894
1931
5.13.1929
1933
1950
5.9.1961
2002
WWII
WWI
Sosna, Karol/Father
Stanislawa/ Mother
1887
1893
1944
1962
Sosna, Dominik/ Father
Michalina
1888
1888
1963
1955
Komar, Joseph F. / Father
Mary J. / Mother
1894
1904
1950
1983
Czulada, Wictor/ Father
Miller, Harry
Miller Cassie
1888
xx
xx
1930
4.1947
2.1971
Pajewski, Mihal/ Father
Mary/ Matka
Alfons
nd
nd
nd
Novatko, Matthew/ Father
Laura Marie/ Mother
Novatko, Victor M.
nd
nd
1916
1989
Galezniak, Ludwig
Marko, Pawel
xx
xx
7. 14. 1928
6. 22.1928
Kalinowski, William/Father
Anna/ Mother
Zelinsky, John
Tekla
1881
1892
1900
1915
1945
1925
1969
1980
Kaminski, Jan /Father
Honorota/ Mother
1876
1888
1942
1978
Nowicki, Antoni/ Father
Maria/ Mother
1889
1895
1931
1934
Binns, Eleanore E.
Strukele / Strugiel, Antoni
9.11.1946
1894
2.19.2003
2.111935
1896
1970
Aka “Toney” / Father
Tofilia/ Mother
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WWII
WWI
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Kopczyk, Frank
2.2.1896
3.18.1952
Kozak, Egnacy
1886
1972
Rusinowicz, Micheal
2.12.1896
10.29.1939
Sowicki / Sovicki, Frank/Father 1891
Stella/ Mother
1905
1950
1970
Grochowski, Alexander/Father
Julia/ Mother
Grochowski, Charles J.
Grochowski, Lucy
1894
1895
3.2.1922
7.14.1927
1963
1970
12.5.1965
10.1.2002
Trombowicz, Poitr
7.15.1880
?. 1. 1926
Gruca, Jozef
Maryanna
Zumber, Jan
1878
1878
1889
1958
1930
1958
Truskolaski, Michal/ Father
Antonina/ Mother
Antoni/ son
1884
1888
1909
1945
1927
1936
Pientkowski, Wladyslaw/Father 1888
Franciszka/ Mother
1896
Dolores
1931
1950
1946
1931
Cegielski, John
Bertha
Cegielsky, Walter J.
xx
xx
1923
10.12.1957
2.21.1976
1983
WWII
Kruszynski, Ignacy
Stefania
Krushinsky, Frank
1881
1884
1907
1929
1933
1930
WWI
WWII
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Krushinsky, Ann
Krushinsky, John J.
1912
6.23.1910
1983
12.30.1995
Matthews, William F.
Lillian E.
Kavaleski, Theodore
1887
1888
1913
1958
19xx
1935
Hoppes, Robert P.
Mary Ann
Hoppes, Charles J. “Chaz”
Son and Brother
5.22.1944
xx
11.27.1967
7.13.1974 Vietnam
xx
11.15.2005
Chludzinski, Joseph/ Father
Anna/ Mother
1897
1900
1972
1959
Kovalewski, Stanley Z.
Loretta F.
Zamonas, William
Josephine
1917
1929
1907
1909
1984
xx
1946
1990
WWII
Galezniak, Teofil L. “Skook”
Mary nee Usalis
Louis R. “Happy Louie”
Teofil S. “Chenny”
Joseph L “Bebick”
12. 15. 1917
1921
1946
1948
1955
6.22.2001
xx
xx
xx
xx
WWII
Peterson, Harry J.
Lis, Stanley E.
1907
1921
1985
1977
WWII
Kaszycki, Stanley L.
Anna K.
xx
xx
1942
1962
Kowalonek, Walter A.
1910
Kow., Anna Vernitsky Grande 1920
1952
2001
Suscavage, Clement C.
Salomea A.
2002
xx
1925
1923
WWII
USMC
WWII
WWII
Savitsky, Frank A.
Jean E.
Savitsky, Robert J. Sr.
1921
1927
8.10.1961
1979
2002
3.8.2005
?WWII
Jablonski, Walter J.
Helen M.
6.27.1917
1918
4.28.2006
2004
WWII
McGee, Stella/Mother
Charles / son
Judy/ his wife
1922
1944
1948
1981
xx
xx
Cegielsky, Theodore C.
Violet M.
1914
1917
1988
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End of Left Side
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Grotto: dedicated to soldiers who were Killed in Action
Polish Language tribute
Zacharzewski, Henryk
Lutego 25. 1921
(2.25.1921)
Wresnia 20.1944
(9.29.1944)
Killed in Action, Germany
Gill, Edward
Lipca 10.1917
(7.10.1917)
Sierpnia 1, 1944
(8.1.1944)
Killed in Action, France.
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WWII
Transcribing recommences at front – Right side.
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Kania, Thomas F.
Kapustka, Jozef
1887
xx
19xx
7. 17. 1951
Johns, Frank
Lee nee? Konashefski
Konashefski, Florian J.
Rose K.
1916
1920
1887
1887
1999
1996
1949
1924
Przybylkowski, Joseph/Father
Antoinetts/ Mother
Pulaski, John
Helen
no dates
no dates
1899
1914
xx
xx
1997
2004
Kolec, Julia/ Mother
1893
1943
Suskie – Jadus stone
Suskie, Frank
Josephine
Jadus, John
Julia
1861
1862
1907
1911
1941
1944
1976
1972
Janowczyk, Franciszk
1870
?
Tokarczyk, Wojciech/ Father
Anna/ Matka
Tokarczyk, Stanley G.
Jaskierski, Lottie
1878
1882
9.18.1921
1915
1930
1955
1.5.1966
1998
Mankiewicz, Adam
no dates
no dates
Thomashefsky, Mary
Thomashefsky, William
Frank
Thomashefsky, Joseph W.
Victoria
1866
1902
1884
1892
1916
1938
1956
1940
1966
1985
WWII
Cichowicz, Lawrence
1896
1968
Kalenkoski, Walter/ Daddy
1947
1992
Stempkoski, Margaret
Stempkoski, Joseph R.
1909
12. 27.1909
1985
9.26.1967
Jones, Stella
4.15.1906
11.22.1992
Maz, Stanislaw
1885
1932
Politowski, Pierce S.
Politowski, Florence
1922
1922
1980
1957
Oldinksy, Martha/ Mother
1888
1931
Yavorosky, Alfred A.
Laura F.
Yavorosky, Marie A.
Yavorosky, Ronald A.
xx
xx
xx
xx
1992
xx
4.4.1997
3.5.1995
Jaworowski, Antoni/ Father
Eva/ Matka
xx
xx
5.13. 1951
7.14. 19184
Wysocki, Waleryan / Father
Elizbeta
1887
1881
1954
1951
Staskiewicz, Stanislaw J.
Bronislawa
1886
1888
1954
1953
Cybulskij, Anthony (Age/Lat 78)
1846
2.27.1924
xx
xx
1950
xx
Love – Jude
Polish stone covers full grave
Pietkiewicz, Vincent/Father
Stella/Mother
Domalewski, Kazimierz, Father 3.4.1873
Stanislaw/ son
12.23.1912
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6.28.1944
8.5.1971
WWII & Korea
WWII
[The dates above provided by Barbara Pilarcek, granddaughter/
niece of these two men. Stanislaw also went by “Stanley”.]
Gedrowicz, Wincenty/Father
Antonina/ Mother
Konstanty/ Brother
Goodrich, Adam/ Father
Mary/ Mother
xx
xx
xx
1898
1909
2.17.1937
2.21.1939
5.17.1939
1953
1969
Firuta, Jozef/ Father
Anna/ Mother
Kazimierz/ son
Leon / son
Jean /daughter in law
1895
1900
xx
xx
xx
1975
1979
xx
xx
xx
Wojtukiewicz, Kazimierza
5.14.1906
10.30.1933
[These dates provided by Barbara Pilarcek, niece. Kazimierza
also went by “Cassie”, and her maiden name was Domalewski.]
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Switalski, Frank
Victoria
1881
1886
1944
19xx
Nester, Joseph
Estelle
1.4.1912
1914
12.14.1972
2005
Lipinksi, Stanislaw
Rozalia
Ryszka, Edward
Anna
1877
1877
1909
1910
1939
1932
1985
1996
Kozak, Mihal/ Father
Katarzyna/ Mother
xx
xx
9. 22.1972
9. 4.1949
Filipek, Frank/ Father
Lottie/ Mother
Mitchell/ son
Manka, Leopolda/ Grandmother
no dates
no dates
no dates
no dates
WWII
Giermek, Teofil
no dates
Cominsky, Joseph P.
Eleanor
Mankiewicz, Alfred A.
Helen
1920
1924
1916
1922
1987
1982
1992
1984
Lazicki, Jan/ Father
Zofja/ Mother
Lazicki, John W. /husband
Rozycki, Genevieve
Marion
1892
1902
1892
7.28.1925
5.24.1927
xx
1937
1945
WWI
5.25.1983
11.11.1998
Korey, George C.
Bertha M.
1906
1909
1986
2002
Kacilowicz, Victor (Sully)
Mildred (Melch)
1925
1921
1988
2005
Wasilewski, Walter
Frances
1883
1894
1957
19xx
Liszewski, Wincenty/ Father
Waleria/ Mother
Marjanna/ Babusia
Teofil J.
1889
1894
1863
1.12.1918
1956
1975
1948
1.22.1972
Gill, Frank
Tessie
1894
1902
1941
1978
Gill, Jan / Father
Zofia/ Mother
Edward/ son
1884
1885
1917
1954
1983
1944
Mickner/ Emily
1914
1987
Borowicz, Karol/ Father
Marya/ Mother
Karas, Louis John
1891
1898
6.23.1912
1956
1952
12.5.1999
Wpamienci
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WWII
WWII
WWII
WWII
WWI
WWII KIA
Mary
llll
10.3.1919
5.8.1996
Michniewicz, Peter J.
Anna E.
Frank P.
1894
1900
1918
1987
1994
1975
Ciobej stone
Grucza, Magdalena Ciobej
Ciobej, Aniela
1874
1910
1946
1946
Drozdoski, Tadues/ Father
Drozdowski, Thaddeus J.
Przybylkowski, Elsie
1897
1928
1905
1944
1993
1981
Krupa, Jozef/ Father
Pauline/ Mother
1878
1872
1933
1940
Goodrich, Walter
Anna
1902
1913
1968
19xx
Osmak, Josef
1890
1968
Morawska, Helena
Bialousz, Chester T.
Bialousz, Mildred
1885
1911
1908
1964
1994
1999
Makarewicz, Dominik/Father
1898
1943
Letkiewicz, Walter/Father
Ella/ Mother
xx
xx
3.4.1973
10.18.1956
Szmekta, Victor/ Father
Anna/ Mother
1873
1882
1937
1951
Kowalski,
Catherine
xx
xx
1957
1973
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Mentz stone/ no names
no dates
Kalinowski, Joseph W.
Mary
1919
1920
1986
2006
Zabczyk, Father/no name
Matka/ no name
Zomchick, Anthony J.
Idason, Stella/ Mother
Pleva, Jan
1884
1888
1.31.1918
1912
1906
1943
1977
10.15.2005
1998
1936
Murawski, Anna
Wysocki, Adolf
xx
1912
1953
1993
Staskiewicz, Leon
Bronislawa
1889
1889
1947
1954
Danielowicz, Jozef/ Father
Aniela/ Mother
Wlodzimierz/ son
Daniels, Zigmund J.
Florence J.
1884
1884
1911
11.24.1916
xx
1959
1975
1949
9.11.1988
2007
Sawecki, Anthony/Husband
Lottie/wife
11.15.1889
1905
4.18.1976
1950
Moczulski, Frank/ Father
Victoria/ Mother
1895
1902
1957
1998
Lizewski – stone / no names
Lizewski, Raymond
8.12.1914
11.17.1999
Mezyk, Matthew / Father
Katherine/ Mother
1883
1887
1966
1985
Grochowski, Edmund A.
Adele H.
1918
1920
1983
1980
WWII
WWII
WWII
WWI
Vet/Ameryki
WWII
WWII
Maryann
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1944
xx
Chernick, Andrew
Mary
Ruth, Albert
Ruth, Anna
Ruth, Zigmund
Chernick, Joseph
Locker, Mary A./Mother
1882
1885
1931
1910
1909
1919
1915
1950
1970
1950
1997
1960
1982
2007
Pratravicz, Walter
xx
12.26.1958
Farinasz, John
xx
3.15.1952
Zultansky, Julia Farinasz
Miskell, Joseph/ Brother
xx
1889
3.17.1964
1964
Kulesza, Alex
1894
1960
Zavaglia, Dominick A.
Kramasz, John
1880
1883
1960
1959
Kulesza, Frank/ Father
Wanda/ Mother
Kulesza, Matthew
Kulesa, Edmund S./Father
Harriet R./Mother
Kulesa, Francis R.
1879
1895
1918
1916
1920
11.1.1941
1964
1964
1988
1970
1999
7.29.1969
Kayes, Joseph J.
Helen T.
xx
xx
1973
2003
Murawski, Walter
4.1.1894
6.2.1973
Markiewicz, Wit
1889
1955
Gora, Jan
5.1. 1889
1960
?WWI
(Buried)
WWI
WWII
Korea
WWI
Vet/Ameryki
Olszewski, Leon/Father
Karolina, Mother
Cichocki – stone
Chihutsky, Michael A.
Mallick, George M.
1882
1883
1952
1962
9.29.1921
4.17.1926
10.6.2000
5.30.1964
Mulkusky, Albert Allen
Michael Thomas
Betty Jean
1954
1967
1965
1974
1967
1965
Strenchock, John
6.17.1916
1.12.1989
WWII
Lizewski, John Robert
Beverly Daune
Isadore Joseph
Teresa Dolores
1942
1942
1912
1967
1979
1998
1986
1993
Vietnam
WWII
WWII
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End of transcription.
In the immortal words of fellow transcriber, Squire Jay R. Zane…
“Last one to leave the cemetery, please close the gate. ”
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