Descendants of Peter Prentkowski

Generation No. 1

1.  PETER1 PRENTKOWSKI was born May 29, 1865 in Dobiszewski, Golancz, Prussian Poland, and died 1953 in South Bend, IN.  He married MICHALENA CISZEWSKI Abt. 1888 in Poland.  She was born Abt. 1865 in Prussian, Poland, and died Abt. 1929 in South Bend, IN.

More About PETER PRENTKOWSKI:
Burial: St Joseph Cemetery

More About MICHALENA CISZEWSKI:
Burial: St Joseph Cemetery
	
Children of PETER PRENTKOWSKI and MICHALENA CISZEWSKI are:
2.	i.	JOHN2 PRENTKOWSKI, b. May 20, 1889, Dobiszewski, Golancz, Prussian Poland; d. April 14, 1929, South Bend, IN - St. Joseph County.
3.	ii.	STANLEY PRENTKOWSKI, b. August 24, 1890, Dobiszewski, Golancz, Prussian Poland; d. Bef. 2005, South Bend, IN.
	iii.	WALTER PRENTKOWSKI, b. 1893, Prussian Poland; d. 1949, South Bend, IN; m. HELEN WROBLEWSKI, August 18, 1917, St Joseph County, Indiana; b. May 20, 1897, South Bend, IN; d. January 03, 1983, South Bend, IN.

More About WALTER PRENTKOWSKI:
Burial: St Joseph Cemetery

More About HELEN WROBLEWSKI:
Burial: St Joseph Cemetery

	iv.	BALBINA BELLA PRENTKOWSKI, b. March 30, 1895, South Bend, IN; m. ANDREW TOBOLSKI, September 01, 1914, St Joseph County, Indiana; b. January 04, 1891.
	v.	JOSEPH PRENTKOWSKI, b. 1899, Prussian Poland; d. 1974, South Bend, IN.

More About JOSEPH PRENTKOWSKI:
Burial: St Joseph Cemetery

4.	vi.	WILLIAM PRENTKOWSKI, b. March 06, 1901, Prussian Poland; d. June 28, 1982, South Bend, IN.
	vii.	MARY PRENTKOWSKI, b. 1903, Prussian Poland.

More About MARY PRENTKOWSKI:
Burial: St Joseph Cemetery

	viii.	FRANK PRENTKOWSKI, b. March 18, 1906, Dobysewko, Poland; m. BERTHA KALKA, April 07, 1929, St Joseph County, Indiana; b. October 27, 1909, South Bend, IN.

Generation No. 2

2.  JOHN2 PRENTKOWSKI (PETER1)1 was born May 20, 1889 in Dobiszewski, Golancz, Prussian Poland, and died April 14, 1929 in South Bend, IN - St. Joseph County.  He married BLANCHE GONCHOWSKI1 January 13, 1912 in South Bend in, daughter of VALENTINE GONCHOWSKI and MARY WITUSKA.  She was born January 20, 1893 in South Bend, IN - St. Joseph County, and died February 10, 1976 in South Bend, IN - St. Joseph County.

More About JOHN PRENTKOWSKI:
Burial: St Joseph Cemetery

More About BLANCHE GONCHOWSKI:
Burial: Our Lady of Hungary, St Joseph Cemetery
	
Children of JOHN PRENTKOWSKI and BLANCHE GONCHOWSKI are:
	i.	REGINA3 PRENTKOWSKI, b. Aft. 1912, South Bend In; m. JOHN PETROCELLI; b. Aft. 1912, South Bend In.
5.	ii.	EDWINA PRENTKOWSKI, b. January 23, 1913, South Bend , In.
	iii.	IDELPLANCIA ADELINE PRENTKOWSKI1, b. December 01, 19142; m. JOHN E SUSNJARA3, July 06, 1946, St Casimer South Bend In4; b. Abt. 1914.
6.	iv.	DOROTHY PRENTKOWSKI, b. February 02, 1917, South Bend , In; d. October 1988, South Bend , In.
	v.	IRENA MARIA PRENTKOWSKI5, b. December 25, 19186.
7.	vi.	BENJAMIN JOHN PRENTKOWSKI, b. November 21, 1922, South Bend In.
	vii.	JOHN JR PRENTKOWSKI, b. July 27, 1927, South Bend, IN - St. Joseph County; d. November 13, 1928, South Bend, IN - St. Joseph County.

More About JOHN JR PRENTKOWSKI:
Cause of Death (Facts Pg): 3 Day Illness 1:15 am at home
Residence: 1928, 1526 W. Dunham

3.  STANLEY2 PRENTKOWSKI (PETER1) was born August 24, 1890 in Dobiszewski, Golancz, Prussian Poland, and died Bef. 2005 in South Bend, IN.  He married FRANCIS WIECHOROWSKI.  She was born September 08, 1897 in Stronie, Poland, and died Bef. 2005 in South Bend, IN.
	
Children of STANLEY PRENTKOWSKI and FRANCIS WIECHOROWSKI are:
8.	i.	ALEX J3 PRENTKOWSKI, b. March 28, 1918, South Bend, IN; d. April 03, 2005, South Bend, IN.
	ii.	GLADYS PRENTKOWSKI, b. Aft. 1918, South Bend, IN; d. Bef. 2005, South Bend, IN; m. CASIMIR SOBIESKI, January 17, 1942, St Joe Cty, IN; b. Aft. 1918, South Bend, IN; d. Bef. 2005, South Bend, IN.

4.  WILLIAM2 PRENTKOWSKI (PETER1) was born March 06, 1901 in Prussian Poland, and died June 28, 1982 in South Bend, IN.  He married BERNICE WISNIEWSKI June 29, 1925 in St Joseph County, Indiana.  She was born March 28, 1905 in South Bend, IN, and died August 04, 1996 in South Bend, IN.

More About WILLIAM PRENTKOWSKI:
Burial: St Joseph Cemetery

More About BERNICE WISNIEWSKI:
Burial: St Joseph Cemetery
	
Child of WILLIAM PRENTKOWSKI and BERNICE WISNIEWSKI is:
	i.	LEONARD3 PRENTKOWSKI, b. Aft. 1925.

Generation No. 3

5.  EDWINA3 PRENTKOWSKI (JOHN2, PETER1)7 was born January 23, 1913 in South Bend , In8.  She married PATRICK FEBBO October 15, 1935 in St Joseph County, IN, son of DOMINIC FEBBO and AMALIA CALABRO.  He was born February 06, 1910 in Cambria, WY, and died December 22, 2003 in South Bend , IN.

More About PATRICK FEBBO:
Associations: married 68 years at his death
Burial: December 27, 2003, Chapel Hill Gardens, Mishawaka IN
Occupation: Studebaker, welder
	
Children of EDWINA PRENTKOWSKI and PATRICK FEBBO are:
	i.	ROBERTA4 FEBBO, b. Aft. 1935, South Bend , IN.
	ii.	SHARON FEBBO, b. Aft. 1935, South Bend , IN.
	iii.	DIANA FEBBO, b. Aft. 1935, South Bend , IN.

6.  DOROTHY3 PRENTKOWSKI (JOHN2, PETER1) was born February 02, 1917 in South Bend , In, and died October 1988 in South Bend , In.  She married JOHN E ARPASI August 04, 1934 in St Casimir, son of JOSEPH ARPASI and ANNA KOCIS.  He was born February 22, 1910 in Tatabanya, Hungary.

More About DOROTHY PRENTKOWSKI:
Baptism: February 17, 1917, St Casimir
	
Children of DOROTHY PRENTKOWSKI and JOHN ARPASI are:
	i.	DALE4 ARPASI, b. December 08, 1938, South Bend In; m. MARY ANN WARD; b. Abt. 1938, South Bend In.
	ii.	DONNA ARPASI, b. July 13, 1942, South Bend In; d. 1984, South Bend In; m. DALE APPLEGATE; b. Abt. 1942, South Bend In.
	iii.	DARLENE ARPASI, b. August 05, 1948, South Bend In; m. JOHN HORVATH; b. Abt. 1948, South Bend In.

7.  BENJAMIN JOHN3 PRENTKOWSKI (JOHN2, PETER1)9 was born November 21, 1922 in South Bend In10.  He married ESTHER PIASECKI11 April 14, 1947 in St Stanislaus12, daughter of JOSEPH PIASECKI and KONSTANCYA JANOWIAK.  She was born May 14, 1927 in South Bend, In12, and died November 30, 2004 in South Bend, IN.

More About BENJAMIN JOHN PRENTKOWSKI:
Baptism: November 25, 1922, St Casimer, South Bend In12

Notes for ESTHER PIASECKI:
Death notice: Esther S. Prentkowski
May 14, 1927 -- Nov. 30, 2004
South Bend Tribune

SOUTH BEND -- Esther S. Prentkowski, 77, of North Huey Street, died Tuesday in her home. Survivors include her husband, Benjamin; three daughters, Karen Wolfe and Judy Rupert, both of Walkerton, and Connie Kwiatkowski of South Bend; and four sisters, Virginia Floor and Betty Lou Harman, both of South Bend, Josephine Coryn of Mishawaka and Clara Gum of Petersburg, Ill. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Catholic Church. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, in Kaniewski Funeral Home, where a rosary will be said at 7 p.m.

Obituary: Esther S. Prentkowski
May 14, 1927 -- Nov. 30, 2004

Esther S. Prentkowski, 77, of North Huey Street, South Bend, Indiana, passed away on Tuesday, November 30, 2004, in her home.

Esther was born on May 14, 1927, in South Bend, to the late Joseph and Constance (Janowiak) Piasecki, and was a lifelong area resident. On April 12, 1947, as Esther S. Piasecki, she married Benjamin J. Prentkowski, who survives.

Along with her husband of 57 years, she is survived by her three daughters, Karen (John) Wolfe and Judy (Charles) Rupert, Jr., both of Walkerton, Indiana, and Connie (Joseph) Kwiatkowski of South Bend; seven grandchildren, Wendy Hite, Michael and Stacy Wolfe, Kim Lowman, Kelly Lester and Craig and Brian Kwiatkowski; three great-grandchildren, Taryn Hite, Ashley Lester and Conner Lowman; and four sisters, Virginia Floor of South Bend, Josephine (Marcel) Coryn of Mishawaka, Indiana, Betty Lou Harman of South Bend and Clara Gum of Petersburg, Illinois.

Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters, Sophia Hecklinski, Harriet Kolupa, Irene Siderits and Eleanor Dixon; and a brother, Frank Piechorowski.

Mrs. Prentkowski worked for Uniroyal for 20 years, before retiring in 1982. She was a parishioner of St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyrs Catholic Church, South Bend.

Visitation for Esther will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, December 2, 2004, in the Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545 N. Bendix Drive, South Bend, where a parish Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Friday, December 3, 2004, in St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyrs Church, 415 North Brookfield Street, South Bend, with burial to follow in St. Joseph Cemetery, South Bend.

Memorial contributions may be made in Esther's name to the charity of the donor's choice.

More About ESTHER PIASECKI:
Cause of Death (Facts Pg): Cancer
	
Children of BENJAMIN PRENTKOWSKI and ESTHER PIASECKI are:
	i.	KAREN4 PRENTKOWSKI, b. Aft. 1947.
	ii.	JUDY PRENTKOWSKI, b. Aft. 1947.
	iii.	CONNIE PRENTKOWSKI, b. Aft. 1947.

8.  ALEX J3 PRENTKOWSKI (STANLEY2, PETER1) was born March 28, 1918 in South Bend, IN, and died April 03, 2005 in South Bend, IN.  He married MARGARET GRZESK October 09, 1943 in St Joe Cty, IN, daughter of BRONISLAUM GRZESK and ANTOINETTE MALICKI.  She was born July 05, 1923 in South Bend, IN, and died June 17, 2007 in South Bend, Indiana.

Notes for ALEX J PRENTKOWSKI:
Obituary: Alex J. Prentkowski
March 28, 1918 -- April 3, 2005
South Bend Tribune

Alex J. Prentkowski, 87, of South Bend, passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2005. He was born March 28, 1918, to Stanley and Frances (Wicher) Prentkowski who preceded him in death. Alex was also preceded in death by a son, James S. Prentkowski and one sister, Gladys Sobieski.

On Oct. 9, 1943, Alex married Margaret Grzesk who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Deborah Ann (Michael) Carson of South Bend; a son, Terry Prentkowski of Indianapolis; four grandchildren, Bonnie Harbor, James Prentkowski, Michael Carson II and Tracy Carson; four great-grandchildren, A. J. Brooke, Sydney and Sam; and one sister, Clara Rosemarynowski of South Bend.

Alex was a supervisor at AM General, retiring in 1983 after 18 years of services. He was a member of Our Lady of Hungary Catholic Church, the American Legion Post 50 and VFW 1167.

Visitation will be Tuesday, April 5, 2005 from 3 to 7 p.m. in St. Joseph Funeral Home, 824 S. Mayflower Road, South Bend, IN 46619. Services will be Wednesday, April 6, 2005 at 1 p.m. in the funeral home. Entombment will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery, South Bend, IN.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association.

More About ALEX J PRENTKOWSKI:
Burial: St Joseph Cemetery

Notes for MARGARET GRZESK:
Prentkowski, Margaret B.

July 5, 1923 - June 17, 2007
SOUTH BEND - Margaret B. Prentkowski, 83, of South Bend, passed away at 10:10 a.m. Sunday, June 17, 2007. Margaret was born on July 5, 1923, in South Bend, to Bert and Antoinette (Malecki) Grzesk. On October 9, 1943, in South Bend, Margaret married Alex J. Prentkowski. Preceding Margaret in death were her husband, Alex, on April 3, 2005; her parents; a son, James Prentkowski; and a brother, Richard Grzesk in 1999. Margaret is survived by her daughter, Deborah Ann (Michael) Carson of South Bend; a son, Terrence Lee Prentkowski of Indianapolis; grandchildren, Bonnie Harbor, James Prentkowski, Michael Carson II and Tracey Carson; and great-grandchildren, Alex J. Prentkowski, Brooke Carson, Sidney Carson and Sam Carson. Margaret was a member of Our Lady of Hungary Catholic Church, and was a sales clerk at Wyman's Department Store. Private services will take place, with entombment in Resurrection Gardens Mausoleum, St. Joseph Cemetery, South Bend. ST. JOSEPH FUNERAL HOME, 824 S. Mayflower Road, is assisting the family with arrangements.

More About MARGARET GRZESK:
Burial: St Joseph Cemetery
	
Children of ALEX PRENTKOWSKI and MARGARET GRZESK are:
	i.	DEBORAH ANN4 PRENTKOWSKI, b. Aft. 1943, South Bend, IN; m. MICHAEL CARSON; b. Aft. 1943, South Bend, IN.
	ii.	TERRY LEE PRENTKOWSKI, b. Aft. 1943, South Bend, IN.

More About TERRY LEE PRENTKOWSKI:
Residence: 2007, Indianapolis, IN

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