Biographic timeline of Genowefa "Gienia" Chomicz:
01 Mar 1921: born in the farming village of Omelanka, located in Stydyń district, Kostopol County, of the Wołyń (Volhynia) region in eastern Poland (today renamed as Omelyanka, Rivne Oblast, in Ukraine); eldest child born to Jozef Chomicz and Bronisława "Bernice" Bielawska.
Feb 1939: Huta Stepańska, Stydyń, Kostopol, Wołyń, Stepan, Polska - marriage to Jozef "Joseph" Makrocki.
1941: only son, Janusz Piotr ("John Peter"), born 26 Jul in Omelanka
Mar 1943: Dachau, Bayern, Großdeutsches Reich (Germany) - internment with family in civilian-population concentration/labor camp
1944: Rosenheim, Stadt Rosenheim, Bayern, Großdeutsches Reich (Germany) - eldest daughter, Halina, dies 10 Mar; daughter Anna born 01 May
1945: DP Camp Funkkaserne, Munich (München), Bavaria, Germany - Makrocki family resided (with Gienia's sister, Leokadia) in post-war DP (displaced persons) camp, located at Funkkaserne barracks
1946: Freimann, Munich (München), Bavaria, Germany - daughter Virginia Josefa born
Aug 1949: DP Camp Wildflecken - family transferred to DP camp at Wildflecken, Bad Kissingen, Bayern, Hesse, Germany
09 Oct 1942: New Orleans, LA, USA - immigration arrival with family aboard ship: USAT General LeRoy Eltinge
Dec 1949: Poteet, Atascosa, TX - all of Makrocki family employed as farm workers on the Locke nursery farm
1950: arrival in San Antonio, Bexar, TX - sister Anna "Lodzia" arrives from Columbus, OH, to assist with birth of daughter Bernice Joann, born 29 Sep
03 May 1957: San Antonio TX - naturalized as U.S. citizen
1981: moved to Renton, WA to be with daughters and families
14 Jul 2008: died in Seattle, WA
22 Jul 2008: interred with Josef's ashes in same grave
~ Obituary:
Genowefa MAKROCKI Beloved mother and grandmother to many, passed away in her sleep on July 14, 2008 after a long and fruitful life.
Born March 1, 1921 in eastern Poland, she emigrated to America in 1949 with her husband, Jozef Makrocki (dec), and children.
A survivor of Dachau and the Nazi slave labor camps, her legacy is one of love and forgiveness.
She is survived by her son, John Makrocki (Gail), daughters Ann Lidzbarski Dierda, Virginia Bowen (LeRoy), and Bernice Koelzer (Mike), as well as 14 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, July 22, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church at 10 a.m. Arrangements entrusted to the care of People's Memorial Funeral Coop.
Published in print from 7/20/2008 - 7/22/2008
01 Mar 1921: born in the farming village of Omelanka, located in Stydyń district, Kostopol County, of the Wołyń (Volhynia) region in eastern Poland (today renamed as Omelyanka, Rivne Oblast, in Ukraine); eldest child born to Jozef Chomicz and Bronisława "Bernice" Bielawska.
Feb 1939: Huta Stepańska, Stydyń, Kostopol, Wołyń, Stepan, Polska - marriage to Jozef "Joseph" Makrocki.
1941: only son, Janusz Piotr ("John Peter"), born 26 Jul in Omelanka
Mar 1943: Dachau, Bayern, Großdeutsches Reich (Germany) - internment with family in civilian-population concentration/labor camp
1944: Rosenheim, Stadt Rosenheim, Bayern, Großdeutsches Reich (Germany) - eldest daughter, Halina, dies 10 Mar; daughter Anna born 01 May
1945: DP Camp Funkkaserne, Munich (München), Bavaria, Germany - Makrocki family resided (with Gienia's sister, Leokadia) in post-war DP (displaced persons) camp, located at Funkkaserne barracks
1946: Freimann, Munich (München), Bavaria, Germany - daughter Virginia Josefa born
Aug 1949: DP Camp Wildflecken - family transferred to DP camp at Wildflecken, Bad Kissingen, Bayern, Hesse, Germany
09 Oct 1942: New Orleans, LA, USA - immigration arrival with family aboard ship: USAT General LeRoy Eltinge
Dec 1949: Poteet, Atascosa, TX - all of Makrocki family employed as farm workers on the Locke nursery farm
1950: arrival in San Antonio, Bexar, TX - sister Anna "Lodzia" arrives from Columbus, OH, to assist with birth of daughter Bernice Joann, born 29 Sep
03 May 1957: San Antonio TX - naturalized as U.S. citizen
1981: moved to Renton, WA to be with daughters and families
14 Jul 2008: died in Seattle, WA
22 Jul 2008: interred with Josef's ashes in same grave
~ Obituary:
Genowefa MAKROCKI Beloved mother and grandmother to many, passed away in her sleep on July 14, 2008 after a long and fruitful life.
Born March 1, 1921 in eastern Poland, she emigrated to America in 1949 with her husband, Jozef Makrocki (dec), and children.
A survivor of Dachau and the Nazi slave labor camps, her legacy is one of love and forgiveness.
She is survived by her son, John Makrocki (Gail), daughters Ann Lidzbarski Dierda, Virginia Bowen (LeRoy), and Bernice Koelzer (Mike), as well as 14 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, July 22, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church at 10 a.m. Arrangements entrusted to the care of People's Memorial Funeral Coop.
Published in print from 7/20/2008 - 7/22/2008
Biographic timeline of Genowefa "Gienia" Chomicz:
01 Mar 1921: born in the farming village of Omelanka, located in Stydyń district, Kostopol County, of the Wołyń (Volhynia) region in eastern Poland (today renamed as Omelyanka, Rivne Oblast, in Ukraine); eldest child born to Jozef Chomicz and Bronisława "Bernice" Bielawska.
Feb 1939: Huta Stepańska, Stydyń, Kostopol, Wołyń, Stepan, Polska - marriage to Jozef "Joseph" Makrocki.
1941: only son, Janusz Piotr ("John Peter"), born 26 Jul in Omelanka
Mar 1943: Dachau, Bayern, Großdeutsches Reich (Germany) - internment with family in civilian-population concentration/labor camp
1944: Rosenheim, Stadt Rosenheim, Bayern, Großdeutsches Reich (Germany) - eldest daughter, Halina, dies 10 Mar; daughter Anna born 01 May
1945: DP Camp Funkkaserne, Munich (München), Bavaria, Germany - Makrocki family resided (with Gienia's sister, Leokadia) in post-war DP (displaced persons) camp, located at Funkkaserne barracks
1946: Freimann, Munich (München), Bavaria, Germany - daughter Virginia Josefa born
Aug 1949: DP Camp Wildflecken - family transferred to DP camp at Wildflecken, Bad Kissingen, Bayern, Hesse, Germany
09 Oct 1942: New Orleans, LA, USA - immigration arrival with family aboard ship: USAT General LeRoy Eltinge
Dec 1949: Poteet, Atascosa, TX - all of Makrocki family employed as farm workers on the Locke nursery farm
1950: arrival in San Antonio, Bexar, TX - sister Anna "Lodzia" arrives from Columbus, OH, to assist with birth of daughter Bernice Joann, born 29 Sep
03 May 1957: San Antonio TX - naturalized as U.S. citizen
1981: moved to Renton, WA to be with daughters and families
14 Jul 2008: died in Seattle, WA
22 Jul 2008: interred with Josef's ashes in same grave
~ Obituary:
Genowefa MAKROCKI Beloved mother and grandmother to many, passed away in her sleep on July 14, 2008 after a long and fruitful life.
Born March 1, 1921 in eastern Poland, she emigrated to America in 1949 with her husband, Jozef Makrocki (dec), and children.
A survivor of Dachau and the Nazi slave labor camps, her legacy is one of love and forgiveness.
She is survived by her son, John Makrocki (Gail), daughters Ann Lidzbarski Dierda, Virginia Bowen (LeRoy), and Bernice Koelzer (Mike), as well as 14 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, July 22, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church at 10 a.m. Arrangements entrusted to the care of People's Memorial Funeral Coop.
Published in print from 7/20/2008 - 7/22/2008
01 Mar 1921: born in the farming village of Omelanka, located in Stydyń district, Kostopol County, of the Wołyń (Volhynia) region in eastern Poland (today renamed as Omelyanka, Rivne Oblast, in Ukraine); eldest child born to Jozef Chomicz and Bronisława "Bernice" Bielawska.
Feb 1939: Huta Stepańska, Stydyń, Kostopol, Wołyń, Stepan, Polska - marriage to Jozef "Joseph" Makrocki.
1941: only son, Janusz Piotr ("John Peter"), born 26 Jul in Omelanka
Mar 1943: Dachau, Bayern, Großdeutsches Reich (Germany) - internment with family in civilian-population concentration/labor camp
1944: Rosenheim, Stadt Rosenheim, Bayern, Großdeutsches Reich (Germany) - eldest daughter, Halina, dies 10 Mar; daughter Anna born 01 May
1945: DP Camp Funkkaserne, Munich (München), Bavaria, Germany - Makrocki family resided (with Gienia's sister, Leokadia) in post-war DP (displaced persons) camp, located at Funkkaserne barracks
1946: Freimann, Munich (München), Bavaria, Germany - daughter Virginia Josefa born
Aug 1949: DP Camp Wildflecken - family transferred to DP camp at Wildflecken, Bad Kissingen, Bayern, Hesse, Germany
09 Oct 1942: New Orleans, LA, USA - immigration arrival with family aboard ship: USAT General LeRoy Eltinge
Dec 1949: Poteet, Atascosa, TX - all of Makrocki family employed as farm workers on the Locke nursery farm
1950: arrival in San Antonio, Bexar, TX - sister Anna "Lodzia" arrives from Columbus, OH, to assist with birth of daughter Bernice Joann, born 29 Sep
03 May 1957: San Antonio TX - naturalized as U.S. citizen
1981: moved to Renton, WA to be with daughters and families
14 Jul 2008: died in Seattle, WA
22 Jul 2008: interred with Josef's ashes in same grave
~ Obituary:
Genowefa MAKROCKI Beloved mother and grandmother to many, passed away in her sleep on July 14, 2008 after a long and fruitful life.
Born March 1, 1921 in eastern Poland, she emigrated to America in 1949 with her husband, Jozef Makrocki (dec), and children.
A survivor of Dachau and the Nazi slave labor camps, her legacy is one of love and forgiveness.
She is survived by her son, John Makrocki (Gail), daughters Ann Lidzbarski Dierda, Virginia Bowen (LeRoy), and Bernice Koelzer (Mike), as well as 14 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, July 22, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church at 10 a.m. Arrangements entrusted to the care of People's Memorial Funeral Coop.
Published in print from 7/20/2008 - 7/22/2008
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