Helen Joos: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Helen Joos was born on 20 Aug 1920 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 16 Jul 2008 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan.

Notes:

Attended the rural Wright School, located in Elkland Township on mile east and two miles north of Cass City on the southeast corner of Schwegler and Reed roads. A picture of the Wright School Girls-1931, shows Dorothy Deneen, Ruth Tuckey, Betty McCallum, Fern Schwegler, Helen Joos, Kathleen McCallum, Leila Battel (teacher), Marie Deneen, Alice Buehrly, Marjory Schwegler. Wright School Boys-1931, Lawrence Holik, Leon Holik, Keith Buehrly, Russell Ellis, Russell Striffler, James Tuckey, Calvin Helwig, Fred Withey, Clinton Law, Henry Hulbert. (The Way it Was, The Cass City Area Historical Society, Vol 7, July 2002, Number 4).

Helen married Walter Jezewski on 26 Mar 1940 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. Walter was born on 21 Apr 1917 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 5 Oct 1987 in Saginaw County, Michigan; was buried in Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Living
3. John Wayne Jezewski was born on 23 Jul 1943 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 13 Aug 1962 in Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina; was buried on 18 Aug 1962 in Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan.

Generation: 2

2. Living (1.Helen¹)
Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John Wayne Jezewski

(1.Helen¹) was born on 23 Jul 1943 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 13 Aug 1962 in Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina; was buried on 18 Aug 1962 in Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan.

Notes:

THE STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST-1961, reported that
John Jezewski had graduated from Cass City High School in June, 1961. The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, published September 3, 1962, reported that he was stationed in Fort Benning, Georgia.

CASS CITY CHRONICLE
Thursday, August 23, 1962
Page Two

Services Held for John Jezewski, 19

Funeral services were held Saturday at Little's Funeral Home for Pfc. John Wayne Jezewski, 19, Cass City, following his death Tuesday, August 14, in a Bennettsville, S.C., hospital for injuries suffered in Army-Air Force maneuvers in that area.

Born July 23, 1943, in Cass City, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jezewski, Cass City.

He was a 1961 graduate of Cass City High School and joined the Army September 11, 1961. He was attached to Company C of the Armored Division.

Surviving besides his parents, are; one brother, James, and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Joos, all of Cass City.

Rev. S.R. Wurtz officiated and full military honors were accorded Pfc. Jezewski by the Tri-County Post No. 507, American Legion, Cass City. Interment was in Elkland Cemetery.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, August 2008)