OBIT:
MARY A. PTASZEK, ACTIVE IN POLITICS
The Plain Dealer; Cleveland, Ohio; Aug 15, 2000; Page: 7B
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Full Text:
(Copyright (c) The Plain Dealer 2000)
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Mary A. Ptaszek, a Democratic precinct committeewoman in Cleveland's Old Brooklyn neighborhood, died Friday at Parma Community General Hospital. She was 83.
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She handled mailings, made calls and hosted the campaign headquarters for Democratic candidates at her home near Rhodes High School, which at various times was considered part of Wards 6, 9 and 15. She was a precinct committeewoman for each of those wards.
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Mrs. Ptaszek served on the Democratic Executive Committee, helped Dennis Kucinich in his various election campaigns and was vice chairwoman for her brother Theodore Sliwa's candidacy for Cleveland City Council.
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The Cleveland native attended Lincoln High School. She worked for several years in the personnel department of Precision Casting.
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Mrs. Ptaszek was a lifelong member of St. Barbara Catholic Church, where she sang in the choir. She was a hostess for the parish's Memorial Day Committee and for the Golden Agers' trip to Poland.
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After her mother died, Mrs. Ptaszek became her family's matriarch. Her siblings and their families became accustomed to gathering at her home for holiday meals.
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She also extended a helping hand to her neighbors. Until about two months ago, she was still driving and taking fellow seniors to medical appointments and shopping centers.
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"She was good-hearted to everybody and very community-minded," her brother said.
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Her husband, Albert G., died in 1981.
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In addition to her brother Theodore, Mrs. Ptaszek is survived by another brother, Walter Sliwa of Parma, and sisters, Clara Romaniszyn of Parma and Helen Broz of Cleveland.
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Services will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at St. Barbara Church, 1505 Denison Ave., Cleveland.
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Tomon & Sons Funeral Home of Cleveland is in charge of arrangements.

There may be two Adam's in Cleveland at the time of this marriage. One may have spelled his name SLIVA. He also had a brother named Frank. Attempt to unravel this family connection.

QUESTION from Sandra Rozhon:
In my possession, a 1934 photo labeled:
Helen M. Sliwa and Clara Sliwa
94 Gibson St.
Buffalo, N.Y.
(One or both are wearing Communion outfits)
Are these the daughters of Adam and Antoinette?

REPLY:
The answer is probably, no.First that does not look like my mother or my aunt.My mother, Helen would have been 19 and my aunt Clara several years older.My mother's middle initial was "T".
----Jim Broz

CONCLUSION:
Upon checking the records at St. Barbara's in Cleveland, Helen and Clara, daughters of Adam and Antoinette, made their Communion in 1923.


CENSUS:
1930 - 3922 W.22nd St., Cleveland, Ohio

MARRIAGE: JAROSZ, ANTONINA and SLIWA, ADAM vol.0067 pg.0256 (Cuyahoga County Marriage Index)

1. Joseph SLIWA
2. Walter G. SLIWA b. 3 Feb 1910, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 30 Nov 2003.
3. Clara SLIWA
4. Louis SLIWA b. 11 Oct 1914, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 9 Feb 2002, Adena, Jefferson, Ohio.
5. Helen SLIWA b. 21 Sep 1915, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 21 Sep 2001.
6. 1. Mary SLIWA b. 27 Jul 1917, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 11 Aug 2000, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
7. Theodore E. SLIWA

Bought property in Middleburg, Ohio in 1909 from Sophia Bash..

OBIT:
Name: Sliwa, Peter
Date: Oct 19 1951
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #156.
Notes: Sliwa, Peter, beloved husband of the late Mary, father of Adam, Frank, Julia Wojcik, Bertha Lazarowicz, Josephine Blicharz, grandfather and great-grandfather, Oct. 18. Friends may call at the Berg. Funeral Service Home, 86 Adelbert St., Berea. Funeral services Saturday, Oct. 20, from St. Adalbert's Church at 10:30 a. m.

1. 2. Adam SLIWA b. 24 Nov 1887, ,, Poland; d. 28 Feb 1988, Brunswick, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Frank (Franciszek) SLIWA, (Sliva) b. 4 Oct 1892; d. Jul 1971, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. Julia SLIWA
4. Josephine SLIWA d. 3 Dec 1974, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. Bertha SLIWA d. Bef 1985.

~John Wojnarowski told me that he didn't think the father of Rev. Jarosz came to this country and that Jarosz is a common name like Smith. He recalls the mother as a widow but he didn't know where she lived. Dora Wolowiec told my mother that Anna lived for a time in the rectory with her son and then lived upstairs by Dora's sister's house.
------- notes written by Sandra Wanicki Rozhon

SOURCE_OF_NAME:
The obituary of his son Rev. Joseph Jarosz.

RESIDENCES:
The ship manifest for Josef Jarosz shows that his destination was his father, Tony Jarosz, at 3701 Redman Ave., Cleveland. There is no such address on Redman, so it's possible that they lived at 3701 W13th St.
1920 - 1225 Redman Ave., Cleveland, Ohio (listed in 1920 Census as YAROSH, Anton

DEATH:
This MIGHT be Anthony Jarosz, though it seems unlikely because this date of death is BEFORE his son, Josef arrived in the U.S.:
JAROSZ TONY
County Name: CUYAHOGA
Date of Death: 10/15/1920
Volume Number: 3401
Certificate Number: 62865
[Update -- this is definitely not the parent of Father Jarosz. The Tony Jarosz, who died in 1920, was only 23 years old and single.]

1. 3. Antoinette JAROSZ b. 22 Jun 1888, ,, Poland; d. Sep 1977, Brunswick, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Julia JAROSZ
3. Joseph JAROSZ b. 13 Oct 1895, Sietesz,, Galicia; d. Aug 1982, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.