Janina "Janka" Chomicz was born in Omelanka, Stydyń, Kostopol, Polska (today renamed as Omelyanka, Rivne Oblast, in Ukraine) - the second of five children born to Jozef Chomicz and Bronisława "Bernice" Bielawska.
In Mar 1943, she was incarcerated in the civilian-population concentration/labor camps at Dachau, Bayern, Germany. After WW2, the family was reunited at DP (Displaced Person) Camp Funkkaserne in Munich, then transferred to DP Camp Wildflecken. It was here that Janina met her future husband, George Jazdzynski Korab. He immigrated to America in 1950 - she followed the next year and they were married in Chicago, Illinois, on 04 Aug 1951. They moved to Rockford in 1961.
She was a substitute at Boylan High School for several years and also worked at PA Peterson Center for Health. Janina was one of the founders of the John Paul II Cultural Center at St. Stanislaus Church, for which she later received a certificate of appreciation from Pope John Paul II. During the parish’s annual Polish Fests, she could often be found in the cultural center welcoming guests. She was a wonderful cook and known for her rum cake.
Janina was predeceased by her husband, parents and older sister, Genowefa. She is survived by her three sons and their wives: Wesley (Holly), Christopher (Kathy) and Roman (Mary); fourteen grandchildren; one great-grandchild; brothers, Jozef and Jan, and a sister, Anna.
She will be remembered for her kindness and her joyous spirit.
In Mar 1943, she was incarcerated in the civilian-population concentration/labor camps at Dachau, Bayern, Germany. After WW2, the family was reunited at DP (Displaced Person) Camp Funkkaserne in Munich, then transferred to DP Camp Wildflecken. It was here that Janina met her future husband, George Jazdzynski Korab. He immigrated to America in 1950 - she followed the next year and they were married in Chicago, Illinois, on 04 Aug 1951. They moved to Rockford in 1961.
She was a substitute at Boylan High School for several years and also worked at PA Peterson Center for Health. Janina was one of the founders of the John Paul II Cultural Center at St. Stanislaus Church, for which she later received a certificate of appreciation from Pope John Paul II. During the parish’s annual Polish Fests, she could often be found in the cultural center welcoming guests. She was a wonderful cook and known for her rum cake.
Janina was predeceased by her husband, parents and older sister, Genowefa. She is survived by her three sons and their wives: Wesley (Holly), Christopher (Kathy) and Roman (Mary); fourteen grandchildren; one great-grandchild; brothers, Jozef and Jan, and a sister, Anna.
She will be remembered for her kindness and her joyous spirit.
Janina "Janka" Chomicz was born in Omelanka, Stydyń, Kostopol, Polska (today renamed as Omelyanka, Rivne Oblast, in Ukraine) - the second of five children born to Jozef Chomicz and Bronisława "Bernice" Bielawska.
In Mar 1943, she was incarcerated in the civilian-population concentration/labor camps at Dachau, Bayern, Germany. After WW2, the family was reunited at DP (Displaced Person) Camp Funkkaserne in Munich, then transferred to DP Camp Wildflecken. It was here that Janina met her future husband, George Jazdzynski Korab. He immigrated to America in 1950 - she followed the next year and they were married in Chicago, Illinois, on 04 Aug 1951. They moved to Rockford in 1961.
She was a substitute at Boylan High School for several years and also worked at PA Peterson Center for Health. Janina was one of the founders of the John Paul II Cultural Center at St. Stanislaus Church, for which she later received a certificate of appreciation from Pope John Paul II. During the parish’s annual Polish Fests, she could often be found in the cultural center welcoming guests. She was a wonderful cook and known for her rum cake.
Janina was predeceased by her husband, parents and older sister, Genowefa. She is survived by her three sons and their wives: Wesley (Holly), Christopher (Kathy) and Roman (Mary); fourteen grandchildren; one great-grandchild; brothers, Jozef and Jan, and a sister, Anna.
She will be remembered for her kindness and her joyous spirit.
In Mar 1943, she was incarcerated in the civilian-population concentration/labor camps at Dachau, Bayern, Germany. After WW2, the family was reunited at DP (Displaced Person) Camp Funkkaserne in Munich, then transferred to DP Camp Wildflecken. It was here that Janina met her future husband, George Jazdzynski Korab. He immigrated to America in 1950 - she followed the next year and they were married in Chicago, Illinois, on 04 Aug 1951. They moved to Rockford in 1961.
She was a substitute at Boylan High School for several years and also worked at PA Peterson Center for Health. Janina was one of the founders of the John Paul II Cultural Center at St. Stanislaus Church, for which she later received a certificate of appreciation from Pope John Paul II. During the parish’s annual Polish Fests, she could often be found in the cultural center welcoming guests. She was a wonderful cook and known for her rum cake.
Janina was predeceased by her husband, parents and older sister, Genowefa. She is survived by her three sons and their wives: Wesley (Holly), Christopher (Kathy) and Roman (Mary); fourteen grandchildren; one great-grandchild; brothers, Jozef and Jan, and a sister, Anna.
She will be remembered for her kindness and her joyous spirit.
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