Huron County MI Archives Obituaries.....Pionk, Archie A. January 13, 2005
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Huron Daily Tribune, Jan. 14, 2005
Archie A. Pionk
September 8, 1930 – January 13, 2005
Archie A. Pionk, 74, of Ubly, passed away Thursday, January 13, 2005, at his 
residence under hospice care.  He was born September 8, 1930 in Smith Corners 
to the late John and Frances (Gosdzinski) Pionk.  He married Marie Evelyn 
Shemka on May 1, 1954 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Parisville.   Archie 
attended the Kelly Country School.  In his younger days, he was an 
accomplished baseball/softball player.  He was a drummer for 20 years with the 
band "The Polka Chips".  He retired in 1997 after 43 years as a machine 
repairman for Active Industries.  He was a parishioner at St. John Catholic 
Church in Ubly for 45 years.  Archie enjoyed woodworking, rug weaving, 
gardening, and playing his accordion for his family.  He also was an avid 
hunter.   

Archie is survived by his wife, Marie, of Ubly; two sons, Marvin Pionk and his 
wife, Barbara, of Bad Axe, Michael Pionk and his wife, Donna, of Hermitage, 
Tennessee; five grandchildren, Matthew and Kimberly Pionk, of Bad Axe, Hayley, 
Luke, and Julia Pionk, of Hermitage, Tennessee; two sisters, Susie Peruski and 
Rose Lemanski, both of Bad Axe; one brother, James Pionk, of Bad Axe; three 
sisters-in-law, Beatrice Osantoski and her husband, Martin, of Bad Axe, Louise 
Pionk, of Ubly, Jeanette Lemanski, of Madison Heights; and one brother-in-law, 
LaVerne Shemka and his wife, Mary, of Port Hope.  Archie was preceded in death 
by three sisters, Lucy Osentoski, Anna Susalla, and Selma Grifka; and six 
brothers, Stanley, Sylvester, John, Clarence, Elmer, and Ignatz Pionk.    

A Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 15, 2005, at St. John 
Catholic Church in Ubly. The Rev. Joseph Griffin, pastor, will officiate. 
Burial will be in the church cemetery in the spring.   Visitation will be from 
1:30 to 9 p.m. today at Zinger-Smigielski Funeral Home in Ubly, from 10 to 11 
a.m. on Saturday at the church only. There will be a parish vigil service at 
7:30 p.m. today at the funeral home.   Memorials are requested to Heartland 
Hospice. 


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