South Bend Tribune 8/25/2005

Ann Grzeskowiak, 76, of Mishawaka, passed away Monday evening, August 22, 2005, in Fountainview Place of Mishawaka. Ann was born September 8, 1928, in Mishawaka, a daughter of the late Anton J. and Olga A. (Stasula) Moshak. She grew up in Mishawaka and graduated from Mishawaka High School in 1947.

On September 27, 1958, in South Bend, she married Clem "Jim" Grzeskowiak, and the couple made their home in Mishawaka. Ann was employed as a seamstress for over 30 years with Wilson Brothers/Enro Shirt Company in South Bend, and she served as their union representative for many years. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Mishawaka. Ann and Jim enjoyed spending summer weekends at a lake near Shipshewana. The couple also traveled in the United States. Ann was an avid reader, and had a great fondness for her nieces and nephews.

Ann's surviving family includes her three sisters, Tillie (Gale) Winrote of South Bend, Mary (Armond) Hacker of South Bend and Rosa (Jim) Mitchell of Mishawaka; two brothers, John (Helen) Moshak of Skokie, Illinois, and Bill (Cathy) Moshak of Mishawaka; many nieces and nephews, and great-nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband; four sisters, Katherine VanHuffel, Olga Grubbs, Helen Mikulyuk and Pauline Jean Jerzak; and a brother, Anthony Moshak.

Friends may spend time with Ann's family today from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. in Thallemer, Goethals & Wells Funeral Home, 503 W. Third St., Mishawaka, where the Rosary will be prayed at 4:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday at 10:00 a.m. in St. Joseph Catholic Church, 225 S. Mill Street, Mishawaka, with Rev. Robert Yast officiating. Burial will follow next to her husband at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to St. Joseph Church. Envelopes are available in the funeral home.