"DANVILLE - Steve M. Dyskievicz, 83, of Danville died at 4:20 a.m. Thursday (Oct. 16, 2003) at Veterans Affairs Illiana Health Care System, Danville.
A Mass will be celebrated at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Holy Family Catholic Church, 444 E. Main St., Danville. The Rev. Ted Pracz will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park, Danville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Sunset Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 3940 N. Vermilion St., Danville. A wake service will be at 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mr. Dyskievicz was born Sept. 26, 1920, in Hegeler, a son of Wladislav and Alexandria Djiesuta Dyskievicz. He married Norma J. Hellwig on June 1, 1963, in Danville. She survives.
Also surviving are a daughter, Lynn Dyskievicz-Dick of Danville; a brother, Lody Dyszkewicz of Oakwood; a sister, Loretta Miller of Hegeler; and three grandsons. He was preceded in death by a brother and five sisters.
Mr. Dyskievicz graduated from Westville High School in 1938 and joined the Marine Corps in 1939. He served as a radio operator on the USS Colorado in the Hawaiian Islands and served in Recife, Brazil, with the first foreign expedition after Pearl Harbor. He served with the 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division that landed and captured Namur Island, Kwajelein Atoll and Iwo Jima, and was discharged as a technical sergeant in 1945.
Mr. Dyskievicz worked at the Veterans Administration Hospital and the University of Illinois Development Lab. He was an electrical engineer at Hurletron for 25 years and retired in 1986.
He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, Westville American Legion Post 51 and Danville Elks. He was a lifetime member of the Marine Corps League, H&S Company 24th Marine Regiment Association, USS Colorado Alumni Association, 4th Marine Division Alumni Association and Amateur Radio Club. He was in the Marine honor guard for President Franklin Roosevelt.
Memorials may be made in his name to Holy Family School Computer Lab." - Obituary provided by Pennsylvania Lady.
A Mass will be celebrated at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Holy Family Catholic Church, 444 E. Main St., Danville. The Rev. Ted Pracz will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park, Danville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Sunset Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 3940 N. Vermilion St., Danville. A wake service will be at 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mr. Dyskievicz was born Sept. 26, 1920, in Hegeler, a son of Wladislav and Alexandria Djiesuta Dyskievicz. He married Norma J. Hellwig on June 1, 1963, in Danville. She survives.
Also surviving are a daughter, Lynn Dyskievicz-Dick of Danville; a brother, Lody Dyszkewicz of Oakwood; a sister, Loretta Miller of Hegeler; and three grandsons. He was preceded in death by a brother and five sisters.
Mr. Dyskievicz graduated from Westville High School in 1938 and joined the Marine Corps in 1939. He served as a radio operator on the USS Colorado in the Hawaiian Islands and served in Recife, Brazil, with the first foreign expedition after Pearl Harbor. He served with the 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division that landed and captured Namur Island, Kwajelein Atoll and Iwo Jima, and was discharged as a technical sergeant in 1945.
Mr. Dyskievicz worked at the Veterans Administration Hospital and the University of Illinois Development Lab. He was an electrical engineer at Hurletron for 25 years and retired in 1986.
He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, Westville American Legion Post 51 and Danville Elks. He was a lifetime member of the Marine Corps League, H&S Company 24th Marine Regiment Association, USS Colorado Alumni Association, 4th Marine Division Alumni Association and Amateur Radio Club. He was in the Marine honor guard for President Franklin Roosevelt.
Memorials may be made in his name to Holy Family School Computer Lab." - Obituary provided by Pennsylvania Lady.
"DANVILLE - Steve M. Dyskievicz, 83, of Danville died at 4:20 a.m. Thursday (Oct. 16, 2003) at Veterans Affairs Illiana Health Care System, Danville.
A Mass will be celebrated at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Holy Family Catholic Church, 444 E. Main St., Danville. The Rev. Ted Pracz will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park, Danville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Sunset Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 3940 N. Vermilion St., Danville. A wake service will be at 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mr. Dyskievicz was born Sept. 26, 1920, in Hegeler, a son of Wladislav and Alexandria Djiesuta Dyskievicz. He married Norma J. Hellwig on June 1, 1963, in Danville. She survives.
Also surviving are a daughter, Lynn Dyskievicz-Dick of Danville; a brother, Lody Dyszkewicz of Oakwood; a sister, Loretta Miller of Hegeler; and three grandsons. He was preceded in death by a brother and five sisters.
Mr. Dyskievicz graduated from Westville High School in 1938 and joined the Marine Corps in 1939. He served as a radio operator on the USS Colorado in the Hawaiian Islands and served in Recife, Brazil, with the first foreign expedition after Pearl Harbor. He served with the 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division that landed and captured Namur Island, Kwajelein Atoll and Iwo Jima, and was discharged as a technical sergeant in 1945.
Mr. Dyskievicz worked at the Veterans Administration Hospital and the University of Illinois Development Lab. He was an electrical engineer at Hurletron for 25 years and retired in 1986.
He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, Westville American Legion Post 51 and Danville Elks. He was a lifetime member of the Marine Corps League, H&S Company 24th Marine Regiment Association, USS Colorado Alumni Association, 4th Marine Division Alumni Association and Amateur Radio Club. He was in the Marine honor guard for President Franklin Roosevelt.
Memorials may be made in his name to Holy Family School Computer Lab." - Obituary provided by Pennsylvania Lady.
A Mass will be celebrated at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Holy Family Catholic Church, 444 E. Main St., Danville. The Rev. Ted Pracz will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park, Danville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Sunset Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 3940 N. Vermilion St., Danville. A wake service will be at 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mr. Dyskievicz was born Sept. 26, 1920, in Hegeler, a son of Wladislav and Alexandria Djiesuta Dyskievicz. He married Norma J. Hellwig on June 1, 1963, in Danville. She survives.
Also surviving are a daughter, Lynn Dyskievicz-Dick of Danville; a brother, Lody Dyszkewicz of Oakwood; a sister, Loretta Miller of Hegeler; and three grandsons. He was preceded in death by a brother and five sisters.
Mr. Dyskievicz graduated from Westville High School in 1938 and joined the Marine Corps in 1939. He served as a radio operator on the USS Colorado in the Hawaiian Islands and served in Recife, Brazil, with the first foreign expedition after Pearl Harbor. He served with the 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division that landed and captured Namur Island, Kwajelein Atoll and Iwo Jima, and was discharged as a technical sergeant in 1945.
Mr. Dyskievicz worked at the Veterans Administration Hospital and the University of Illinois Development Lab. He was an electrical engineer at Hurletron for 25 years and retired in 1986.
He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, Westville American Legion Post 51 and Danville Elks. He was a lifetime member of the Marine Corps League, H&S Company 24th Marine Regiment Association, USS Colorado Alumni Association, 4th Marine Division Alumni Association and Amateur Radio Club. He was in the Marine honor guard for President Franklin Roosevelt.
Memorials may be made in his name to Holy Family School Computer Lab." - Obituary provided by Pennsylvania Lady.
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