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Boleslaw Ponulak Obituary
Born: July 26, 1927
Died: July 21, 2022
Boleslaw Ponulak, age 94 of LaGrange Park, formerly of Cicero, passed away at his home on July 21, 2022.
Beloved husband of 71 years of Janina Ponulak, nee Kapusta. Loving father toRichard (Beverly) Ponulak and Donna (George) Biernadski; grandfather of Ricky (Angela) Ponulak, Kathryn Ponulak and Nicholas Biernadski; great-grandfather to RJ, Vinny and Leo Ponulak. Brother of Kazimierz (Zofia) Ponulak of Opole, Poland and his late sister, Krystyna Kliszewska (the late Edward).
Born in Pniatyn, Poland on July 26,1927, he became a war refugee as a child, that would take his journey through Siberia, Uzbekistan, Egypt, England and ultimately arrived in the Chicagoland Area in 1957. Proud serving member of the Polish Air Force (Lotnictwo) under the British Royal Air Force during World War II, as well as a 33-year member of the United Auto Workers.
Visitation was held Tuesday, July 26, 2022 9:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. at Hitzeman Funeral Home, Ltd., 9445 West 31st Street, Brookfield, IL 60513.
Funeral 10:00 A.M. to St. Louise de Marillac Church, Corner of 30th Street & Raymond Street, La Grange Park, IL., Mass 10:30 A.M.
Interment at Resurrection Cemetery, Justice, IL.
Information 708-485-2000 or www.HitzemanFuneral.com
If you wish to send a sympathy card to the family, please feel free to send it to Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 West 31st Street, Brookfield, IL 60513, c/o Boleslaw Ponulak Family. We will gladly forward it on to the family.
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July 25, 2022
My condolences to the family. I am very sorry for your loss. May you receive strength and peace from God. Romans 15:13
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