Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bartusiak, Czeslaw A., Sr. November 15, 1996
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Virginian-Pilot  November 18, 1996
Czeslaw A. Bartusiak Sr., 74, of Baylake Pines, died of cancer Nov. 15, 1996, in 
Sentara Bayside hospital.

Born in Milmont Park, Pa., and best known as "Chet" to his friends, he was a 
quality assurance manager with the Naval Air Systems Command Representative 
Atlantic in Norfolk, retiring after more than 30 years in civil service.

A dedicated Eagle scout in his youth, he also served as scoutmaster for Troop 
(NU)1 (now (NU)43, in Woodlyn, Pa., where he graduated from Ridley Township High 
School.

He attended the Aero-Industrial Technical Institute in Glendale, Calif., and later 
entered the Armed Forces' V-5 program. Graduating in 1945 as an ensign and aviator 
in the U.S. Navy, he served as a flight instructor in Pensacola, Fla., during 
World War II.

His civilian career centered on the field of aviation, from aircraft mechanic to 
quality inspection, including involvement in quality assurance for the Apollo 
lunar module program.

An officer in the U.S. Naval Air Reserve for 28 years, he rose to the rank of 
Captain and won for his squadron one of the Navy's highest awards, the Noel Davis 
trophy.

A longtime member of Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 339 in Norfolk, he 
served as their editor, winning the EAA's first national McKillop Newsletter 
award. He achieved his life's desire by building and flying his own plane, a Bede 
4.

He is survived by Wanda Rogala Bartusiak, his loving wife of 51 years. He was 
predeceased by a daughter, Victoria Grussendorf. Other survivors include a son, 
Czeslaw A. Bartusiak Jr. and his wife, Ann Marie, of Newport News; a daughter, 
Marcia Bartusiak and her husband, Stephen Lowe, of Sudbury, Mass.; a daughter, 
Jane Bailey and her husband, Michael, of Virginia Beach; and son-in-law, Mark 
Grussendorf and his wife, Susan, of Fredericksburg. His seven grandchildren are 
Christopher, Andrew and Elizabeth Grussendorf, Brian and Michael Bartusiak and 
Danny and Angela Bailey. In Pennsylvania, he is survived by three sisters, Stella 
Miecznik, Sophia Piela and Mary Ann Wavrinevich.

A wake service will be conducted Tuesday evening at 7 p.m., with a viewing 
afterward. A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Little Creek 
Amphibious Base Chapel by Father Joseph Ceriello. Burial will be in St. Mary's 
Cemetery, Norfolk. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Virginia 
Aviation Museum in Sandston, Va. Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Bayside Chapel, is 
handling arrangements.

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