OBITUARY: John Leo Stanek, c1935-2004, Worth Co., Iowa

[Based on an obituary in the Northwood Anchor online; July 14, 2004]



                          John Leo Stanek

John Leo Stanek, 69, passed away as a result of injuries sustained
in a railway accident on July 8, 2004, in Maputo, Mozambique, Africa.
Mr. Stanek had been working on a railroad reconstruction project in
Africa for the past three years at the time of the accident.

Services were held on Saturday, July 17, 2004, at the Schroeder and
Sites Funeral Home, Highway 65 South, Northwood, Iowa, with Rev.
Allan Stoa officiating.  Interment will be in the State Line
Cemetery, Northwood.

Mr. Stanek was highly respected both personally and professionally
for his dedication, talent and fairness in all matters.  He will
be dearly missed by the many people whose life he touched.

Mr. Stanek is survived by his mother, Arcley Johnson, Northwood;
his sisters, Mary Warren, Sylmar, California, and Barbra Halland,
Duluth, Minnesota; his three children, Wendy Griffin, Phyllis
Stanek, Atlanta, Georgia; Jake Stanek and his wife, Jana, Freedom,
Wisconsin; his four grandchildren, Keith Griffin, Sarah Mastre,
Courtney Griffin and Reagan Stanek.

Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home, Northwood, was in charge of
arrangements.


         Copyright 2004, K.L. Kittleson