Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran
SBT 10/14/1999
Surnames: Haldeman
- Jasicki – Kaczmierzak
Cemetery: Cedar
Grove Cemetery
Military: WWII
veteran – Purple Heart, European Theater Ribbon, four Bronze
Stars, Good Conduct Ribbon, Meritorious Unit Award, Victory
Medal; Rifle Sharpshooter, Combat, Infantryman Badges.
Raymond S.
Jasicki
May 8, 1924
– October 13, 1999
Raymond S.
Jasicki, 75, of the Holy Cross Care and Rehabilitation Center, South
Bend, formerly of Arrowhead Drive, passed away at 6:45am on
Wednesday, October 13, in St Joseph’s Regional Medical Center.
Mr Jasicki was
born on May 8, 1924, in South Bend, to John & Stella
(Kaczmierzak) Jasicki and was a lifelong resident. He
retired in 1978 from The Associates, where he was a payroll
clerk. Mrs. Jasicki was preceded in death by his parents: a
sister, Elsie Haldeman; and by a brother, Joseph Jasicki on March
25, 1963.
He is survived by
a nephew, David J. Jasicki of South Bend and by several cousins.
Mr Jasicki was a
member of St Hedwig Parish and was a lifetime member of the DAV.
He was a WW II Army veteran, serving in the 3rd
Armored Division under General Rose. He took part in
battles in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland and Central
Europe.
On September 22,
1944, in Germany, he was injured in combat and was awarded the
Purple Heart. His other military decorations and citations
were the European Theater Ribbon with four bronze stars, the Good
Conduct Ribbon, the Meritorious Unit Award and the Victory
Medal-WW II. He also received the Rifle Sharpshooter,
Combat Infantryman Badge.
Services will be
at 10am on Friday October 15 in the Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545
N. Bendix Drive. Burial will follow in Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 8pm today in the
funeral home where a parish rosary will be prayed at 4pm.
Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association.