WARGIN Family History, Part III
Bernardine Dorothy (KRAWIECKI) MANCHECK (1924-)
11A1. Bernardine Dorothy Krawiecki was born on June 2, 1924, probably in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. She married Norbert A. Manchek and had one son who survived after as many as nine pregnancies.
| 11A11. | Ronald J. Manchek |
Bernardine Dorothy (Krawiecki) Manchek died on January 8, 1987, in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin at the age of 62. She is interred at Saint Adalberts Cemetery in Milwaukee.
Norbert A. Manchek died three years later on October 15, 1990, in Milwaukee County. He was 66 years old and is interred along side Bernardine at Saint Adalberts Cemetery.
- Cen 1930: 10 Apr 1930 Census, 599 Fourth Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Eugenia (KEMPINSKI) PAWLAK (1923-1987)
11B1. Eugenia Kempinski was born on November 23, 1923 in Wisconsin. She married Walter Pawlak and had three children:
| 11B11. | Kathleen Pawlak | |||
| 11B12. | Janice Pawlak | |||
| 11B13. | Richard Pawlak |
Eugenia (Kempinski) Pawlak died on March 29, 1987, in Wisconsin. She was 63 years old.
Walter Pawlak died later that same year on December 8, 1987. He was 73 years old.
- Cen 1930: 5 Apr 1930 Census, 606 Dakota Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Lawrence "Lars" Roman WARGIN (1922-1967)
11F1. Lawrence "Lars" R(oman) Wargin was born on January 12, 1922, in Washington, District of Columbia, the first grandchild of Jan and Ludwika Wargin. After his father committed suicide when Lars was only seven years old, he and his mother moved in with his mother's sister's family, Oscar and May Winter, in Maplewood, St. Louis County, in the outskirts of St. Louis, Missouri. He married a woman named Elinor and had at least one son:
| 11F11. | Wargin | 1954 |
Lars and his mother lost contact with the Wargin family after Lars' father's suicide, so what is "known" about him is very fragmented and tenuous. Lars appears to have attended the University of Maryland, as mentioned in the Class of 1942 "Reveille Yearbook," which listed him as a pledge in the Alpha Sigma chapter of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity (p. 120).
Lars is recalled to have served as an officer in the United States Navy.
Lars and Elinor lived in Craven County, North Carolina, north of Jacksonville, at the time of their son's birth in 1954.
Lars remarried to Dorothy (Mullins) Young in November, 1961 in Sarasota County, Florida. They resided at 4011 Fruitville Road in Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida, south of Tampa, where Lars worked as an insurance salesman.[Dth]
Lawrence "Lars" Roman Wargin died at 2:30AM on July 21, 1967 at the Veterans' Adminstration Medical Center in Bay Pines, Pinellas County, Florida, near St. Petersburg and across the bay from Tampa. He was only 45 years old. Lars was buried at Palms Memorial Park Cemetery in Sarasota, about a mile and a half east of his residence, on July 26.[Dth]
Lars' widow, Dorothy, is believed to have lived on into the 1980s in Sarasota.
- Bir 1922: 18 Jan 1922, The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
- Cen 1930: 9 Apr 1930 Census, 7355 Big Bend, Maple Wood, Saint Louis County, Missouri
- Dth 1967: Death Record 67-037577, Veterans' Administration Hospital, Bay Pines, Pinellas, Florida, filed 23 Aug 1967
Deacon John R. WARGIN (1937-2006)
11G1. John R. Wargin was born August 7, 1937. After serving in the U.S. Army he made a career as a vocational counselor at the Milwaukee Area Technical College (MTAC). He later entered the Catholic priesthood in 1979. A year after retiring from active service with the Church, John died in a tragic car accident on June 11, 2006.
Pair were traveling to Catholic church for confirmation event"
"A retired Catholic deacon, John Wargin, died Sunday afternoon and Milwaukee Auxiliary Bishop Richard J. Sklba was injured when the car they were driving to a confirmation ceremony collided with another car near Mayville."
"Wargin, 68, was driving Sklba to St. Andrew Parish in the Town of Leroy where there was a 2 p.m. joint confirmation ceremony with St. Mary of Mayville and Sacred Heart Parish of Horicon, said Gerald Ponec, Wargin's close friend and a deacon at Nativity of the Lord Church in Cudahy."
"Wargin was driving west on Highway 28 about 1 p.m. when his automobile failed to stop at a stop sign at the Highway 175 intersection, said Lt. Douglas Ninmann of the Dodge County Sheriff's Department."
"The car was struck on the driver's side by another vehicle, Ninmann said."
"Initially, Wargin's injuries didn't appear to be life-threatening, Ninmann said, but he died while being treated at St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac."
"The cause of death was not immediately known."
"Sklba, who had cuts on his head and body, was treated at Aurora Medical Center in Hartford, officials said. Two people in the other vehicle involved also received minor injuries in the crash."
"Wargin was ordained as a deacon in 1979 and was assigned to Immaculate Conception Parish in Milwaukee. He also served as Sklba's master of ceremonies and regularly accompanied him to church functions, Ponec said."
"Wargin was a retired vocational counselor at Milwaukee Area Technical College, according to an article in the Milwaukee Catholic Herald that ran in honor of his 25th ordination anniversary."
"Wargin, a Milwaukee native, went to Bay View High School, the article said."
"He was known to his colleagues and parishioners for his humor and deep spirituality, Ponec said."
"'It is a rare quality to be able to blend your spirituality and your personal life and humor,' said Ponec. 'John was a real person.'"
"Ponec, whose wife, Lynn, was involved in a car crash in August that caused her to use a wheelchair for months, said that Wargin helped to console him through a trying time, checking in regularly to see how she was doing and offering to help with household chores."
"'John was such a good guy.' He said, 'Put your dirty laundry outside the door. I'll take care of it,' Ponec recalled, 'And that was John - a very caring, compassionate man.'"
"'John was just a good person to be with. He had a well-rounded spirituality where he could help you through things,' Ponec said. 'He is going to be terribly missed by a lot of people.'"
"Sklba was released from the hospital Sunday afternoon, said Jan Nowak, an Archdiocese of Milwaukee spokeswoman."
"'Anytime something like this happens to someone who has been so involved with the church, it is a tremendous loss. The archdiocese is categorically saddened by something like this,' Nowak said. 'Our prayers are with all the people that were involved in the accident and their families.'"
"Wargin, Deacon John R. Born to Eternal Life on Sunday, June 11, 2006, age 68 years. Beloved son of the late Bernard A. and the late Helen A. Wargin. Also survived by cousins, other family and many friends."
"Visitation Thurs., 3-6:45 PM at The Church Of The Immaculate Conception (S. Kinnickinnic Ave. and E. Russell Ave.). Mass of Christian Burial Thurs. at 7 PM, the Most Rev. Richard J. Sklba, Principal Celebrant. Entombment services Fri., 11 AM at St. Adalbert Cemetery (please meet in the parking lot inside the cemetery's 6th Street entrance at 10:50 AM)."
"John was a U.S. Army veteran and a retired guidance counselor at MATC. Deacon Wargin was ordained on June 16, 1979 by Archbishop Rembert G. WEAKLAND, OSB at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist after completing the diaconate program at St. Francis Seminary. After ordination, he was assigned to Downtown Campus Ministry. He also assisted at St. Benedict the Moor on weekends. On October 5, 1981, he was assigned to the Permanent Diaconate Office at the seminary to work in the formation of programs and deacons. John would assist in this capacity throughout the rest of his life no matter what his assignment was. On September 3, 1983, he was assigned to Immaculate Conception Parish in Bay View. John retired from covenanted ministry on August 7, 2005. In 1987, he became the master of ceremonies for Bishop Richard J. Sklba, they traveled together throughout the archdiocese as John assisted Bishop Sklba, who presided at numerous confirmations. What began as a part-time working relationship, developed into a very deep friendship."
"In lieu of flowers, memorials appreciated to The Church of the Immaculate Conception."
Robert "Bob" Wayne WARGIN (1938-2006)
11J1. Robert "Bob" Wayne Wargin was born on March 8, 1938, in Burbank or Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. He married Joyce Johnstone in 1967 but divorced in January 1975. He later remarried to Sandra C. in June, 1982 in California. He had no children.
Bob left home at the age of 16 and started working for Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) in California as a lineman. When he was 18 he joined the United States Army and served in Juneau, Alaska for a hitch. Afterward he resumed work with PG&E and retired after 35 years. Bob later moved to Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, west of Little Rock.
Sandra C. Wargin died on September 27, 2003 in Hot Springs. She was 63 years old.
Robert Wayne Wargin died three years later on December 9, 2006 at his home in Hot Springs. He was 68 years old.