Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Grescoviak, Martin Sr. 1934
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Wednesday, November 14, 1934


Martin Grescoviak, Sr., 95, died late Tuesday afternoon at his home, 301 
Hudson street.  Mr. Grescoviak had been active and able to do farming until 
two years ago and since then he has been in failing health.  He was born in 
the province of Poland, which was at that time a part of Germany.  His father 
died when he was a small boy.  At the age of 24 Mr. Grescoviak entered the war 
and six months after peace was declared he entered the Franco-Prussian war.  
He was married in September, 1863, and for years he ran a large ranch in 
Germany.  In 1889 he and Mrs. Grescoviak and their children came to American 
and settled in Chicago.  Here Mr. Grescoviak worked for a railroad company.  
After living in Chicago for five years they came to Ionia and bought their 
home and small farm at the end of Hudson street, where they have lived for the 
past 40 years.  For a few years Mr. Grescoviak worked at the Stafford factory 
and for 30 years he did active farming.  There were 13 children and all but 
one of them were born in Germany.

He is survived by the widow, seven children, Mrs. Rose Darges of Lansing; 
Stanley and Michael Grescoviak of Waukesha, Wis.; Mrs. Anthony Gazella, 
Anthony Grescoviak, Frank Grescoviak and Martin Grescoviak Jr.; 19 
grandchildren, Anthony Gazella, Lowell; Michael Gazella, Muskegon, Misses 
Margaret and Irene Grescoviak, of Waukesha, Wis.; Frank Gazella, Paul and 
Richard Grescoviak, Mrs. Hollis Duell, Frank, Stanley, Martin, Michael, and 
Lawrence Grescoviak, and Misses Helen, Margaret, Marian, Frances and Janet 
Grescoviak, and Mrs. Ralph Moore, of Mt. Clemens; also 21 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 9 o’clock from SS Peter and 
Paul church.  Interment will be at Mt. Olivet cemetery.



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