1. Dennis REITZ
2. 1. Michelle REITZ

OBIT: SLIWA WALTER G. SLIWA, age 93, passed away Nov. 30, 2003. Beloved husband of the late Helen (nee Babiarz); loving father of Patricia (Ramon) DePaul and Judith Reitz; dear grandfather of Ramon II, Monique, Phillip and Kenneth DePaul, Dennis Reitz and Michelle Schmitz; great-grandfather of nine; brother of Clara Romaniszyn, Theodore Sliwa and the late Joseph and Louie Sliwa, Mary Ptaszek and Helen Broz. Funeral services Thursday, Dec. 4 at 9:30 a.m. at Corpus Christi Church. Interment Holy Cross. Friends may call at THE TOMON & SONS FUNERAL HOME, 7327 PEARL RD. (S. OF BAGLEY), MIDDLEBURG HTS., ON WEDNESDAY FROM 2-4 AND 6-8 P.M. Family suggests contributions to the Corpus Christi Church Fund. www.cleveland.com/obits Published in The Plain Dealer on 12/2/2003.

OBIT: Name: Sliwa, Helen
Date: Jan 30 1968
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #156.
Notes: Sliwa. Helen Sliwa (nee Babiarz), residence, 8218 Ridgedale Dr., be loved wife of Walter G., beloved mother of Patricia DePaul and Judith Reitz and grandmother, sister of Stella Dombrosky, Walter Barber, Sophie Springate, Wanda Jordan and the late Joseph Barber, stepsister of Josephine Shacha, Peter Haiduk, Eleanor Gogolek and Mary Eiben. Services Wednesday, Jan. 31, at 9 A. M., at Corpus Christi Church. Friends may call at The A. J. Tomon & Sons Funeral Home, 4772 Pearl Rd., Tuesday From 2 To 5 And 7 To 10.

1. Patricia M. SLIWA
2. 3. Judith A. SLIWA

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. 6. 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. Mary SLIWA b. 27 Jul 1917, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 11 Aug 2000, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
7. Theodore E. SLIWA

OBIT: Name: Barber, Peter
Date: Jun 4 1955
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #091.
Notes: Barber, Peter (Babiarz), residence, 421 E. 257th St., Euclid, O., beloved father of Stella Dombrowski, Walter, Sophie Jaracz, Wanda Jordan, Helen Sliwa, and Joseph, grandfather and great-grandfather Friends may call at the A. J. Tomon & Sons Brooklyn Funeral Home, 4772 Pearl Rd. Services Monday, June 6, at 9:30 a. m. from St. Adelbert's Church, Berea.

Property deed for 24 acres in Olmsted Township lists her first husband's name as Joseph Hajduch and gives his date of death.

OBIT:
Name: Barber, Katherine
Date: May 2 1944
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #003.
Notes: Barber, Katherine, beloved wife of Peter, mother of John Hajduk, Mary Eiben, Peter Hajduk, Josephine Sacha, Eleanor Gogolek, Joseph, Stella Dombrowski, Sophia Jaracz, Helen Sliwa, Wanda and Walter, sister of Magdalin Dominic, and grandmother. Services Thursday, May 4, from residence on Sprague rd. in West View, O., at 9 a. m. and at St. Adelbert's Church, in Berea 9:30 a. m.

DEATH:
BABIARZ, Katherine
Death date: 5/1/1944,
Cuyahoga County Certificate #29980

1. 7. Helen BABIARZ, (Barber) d. 26 Jan 1968, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Stella BABIARZ, (Barber)
3. Sophie BABIARZ, (Barber) b. 27 Jul 1907; d. 27 Jan 1991, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Wanda BABIARZ, (Barber)
5. Walter BABIARZ, (Barber)
6. Joseph BABIARZ, (Barber)