Remembering John Wosick
John Theodore Wosick, building services technician, died Dec. 9, in Altru Hospital. He was 74.
Wosick was born Nov. 8, 1932 in Walsh County, Pulaski Township. He was educated in Oslo, Minn., and graduated from Oslo High School in 1950. He entered the Army and served during the Korean Conflict. Following his honorable discharge, he returned to Walsh County and farmed with his father and brother.
Wosick married Alice Kouba on June 14, 1961, in Veseleyville, N.D. They moved to Grand Forks and later to Grafton, N.D. He was employed at Plant Services at UND until his retirement in 1999. He continued to reside in Grand Forks until his death.
He was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church, American Legion, Fraternal Order of Eagles, and the Polish National Alliance.
Wosick is survived by his wife Alice; children, David (Crystal), Fargo; Cynthia (Edmund) Kuznia, New Hope, Minn.; Kenneth (Lareen), Grand Forks; Mark (Toni), Glyndon, Minn.; Donald, Grand Forks; a sister, Leona (Robert) Eng, Thompson, N.D.; and eight grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Beatrice Ebertowski, and brothers, Bruce and Ernest.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, in St. Michael's Catholic Church, with visitation from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday with a 7 p.m. vigil service and a 4:30 p.m. rosary service in Gregory J. Norman-Norman Funeral Home, and one hour prior to the liturgy at the church on Wednesday. Military honors by members of the American Legion Post 157 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3817, East Grand Forks. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
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