Huron County MI Archives Obituaries.....Cieslinski, Anthony Joseph November 22, 2003
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Huron Daily Tribune, Nov. 24, 2003
Anthony Joseph Cieslinski
November 10, 1919 – November 22, 2003
Anthony "Tony" J.  Cieslinski, 84, of Ubly, passed away Saturday, November 22, 
2003, at the home of his daughter, Mary Vandemark, in Marquette under hospice 
care.  Tony was born to the late Joseph and Janina (Dembski) Cieslinski on 
November 10, 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio, where he lived for the first year of his 
life before moving to Ubly.  He married the love of his life, Marcella Pauline 
Sofka, on October 25, 1941, at St. Columbkille Catholic Church of Ubly.  In 
his youth, Tony was a Golden Glove Boxer.  Due to the depression, Tony left 
school to work the family farm.  In 1974, the Ubly Board of Education bestowed 
upon Tony an honorary Diploma of Graduation.  He served on the Ubly School 
Board as past treasurer for 12 years.  Tony and Marcella moved to their farm 
in Peck in 1942, before returning to Ubly in 1956, where he continued to farm 
until 1995.  Since Tony was a life long dairy and crop farmer, he was a member 
of the Dairy Herd Improvement   Association, the Michigan Animal Breeders 
Cooperative and the Farm Bureau.  He served for ten years as a member of the 
Michigan Milk Producers Board, and was a past president of the Michigan Farm 
Association.  Tony also received several awards for Michigan Milk Production 
of over 20,000 pounds per average.  He was a life long member of both St. John 
the Evangelist Church and its choir.  He was a fourth degree member of the 
Ubly/Sheridan Knights of Columbus and a member of the original Alabama Jubilee 
Productions in Ubly.  Tony and Marcy enjoyed traveling, spending winters in 
Florida, visiting with family and friends and he always enjoyed a good game of 
cards.  

Tony is survived by his wife of 62 years, Marcella, of Ubly; his children, 
Michael A  Cieslinski and his wife, Melinda, of L'Anse, John P.  Cieslinski 
and his wife, Glennda, of Ubly, Mary E.  Vandemark and her husband, Terry, of 
Marquette; seven grandchildren, Gary (Marie Hasselman) Cieslinski, Michael A.  
(Lori) Cieslinski III, Amy L.  (Tim Lightfoot) Cieslinski, Joseph P.  
(Jennifer Roberts) Cieslinski, Kit (Steve) Lipe, Ty (Jason) Witting, Zackery 
(Kirsten Bolton) Vandemark; seven great-grandchildren, Chantel, Matthew, and 
Cheyanne Cieslinski, Nikki and Errin Ewald, Codi Lipe, and Alexysis 
Witting.    Tony was preceded in death by an infant son, Joseph; two infant 
sisters; and one brother, John Cieslinski.    
Funeral mass will be at 10 a.m.  on Wednesday, November 26, 2003, at St.  John 
Catholic Church of Ubly.  The Rev.  T.J.  Fleming, pastor, will officiate.  
Burial will be in the church cemetery.    Visitation will be from 6 to 9:30 
p.m. today, 1:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and from 8 to 9 a.m.  on Wednesday at 
the Zinger-Smigielski Funeral Home in Ubly.  There will be a joint rosary by 
the Knights of Columbus and Daughters of Isabella at 7:30 p.m.Tuesday evening 
at the funeral home.  


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