~CORRESPONDENCE: From: "Joyce Wanzer"
Dad served 2 years in the US Army in the railroad division. He spent time in the Skagway, Alaska area, and ended up in Louisiana, where he was discharged. He met my mother in January and they married on May 2, 1945. He spent his entire life working for the railroad, living in Cleveland again for a few short months, then moving back to Louisiana. He loved his work. In addition, he became a Baptist minister. That's what happens when you marry a Southern Baptist woman, lol. We moved many times, living in Louisiana, Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas and Kansas. We moved to Coffeyville, KS in 1960 and dad retired from the railroad (Missouri Pacific) after an injury at 58. A boxcar door slid off the track and landed on him, cracking vertabrae and breaking both of his legs. The doctors said the only thing that saved his life was his hard hat. If you can imagine, I have lived in 34 houses in 55 years.

~CORRESPONDENCE: From: "Joyce Wanzer"
I'd be very interested in seeing a copy of my dad's birth certificate because he spoke of children other than he and Steve. In fact, he said his mother had a baby in bed with her, rolled over and the baby suffocated. So, if they listed number of births on birth certificates back then, that # would be interesting to see. For some reason my dad thought there were seven children....some girls who had died from whooping cough?????



OCCUPATION: Baptist minister

1. John A. TURCHEK
2. Joyce Marie TURCHEK
3. Donna S. TURCHEK

OBIT:
Name: Turchek, John
Date: Mar 9 1959
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #162.
Notes: Turchek, John, of 2210 Kenneth Ave., beloved husband of Mary, dear father of John and the late Steve, stepfather of Sam Bobko, Leo Bobko, John Bobko, Mrs. Katherine Grygiel and Steffie Bobko, grandfather and great-grandfather, Saturday p. m. Friends may call at M. J. Kolodly Funeral Home, 3136 W. 14th St., where services will be held Tuesday, Mar. 10, at 10:30 a. m. and at Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church, (W. 7th St.), at 11 a. m.

Anna was the biological mother of John and Steve Turchek. Died when John was about 8 years old and Steve about 18.

DEATH:
TURCHUK, Anna
Death date: 6/10/1928,
Cuyahoga County Volume #67, Certificate #35960

1. Steve TURCHEK b. Abt 1910; d. 8 Feb 1958, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 1. John TURCHEK, Jr. b. 21 Jul 1920, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 19 Feb 2005, Coffeyville,, Kansas.

SOURCE_OF_NAME:
Daughter Anna's death certificate. TYRCZUK is probably the same surname as TURCHEK.

1. 3. Anna TYRCZUK b. Abt 1886; d. 10 Jun 1928, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.