World War I and World War II veteran.
Served 26 years in U. S. Navy and U. S. Coast Guard.
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8/28/1958 Obituary PETE FYALKOWSKI, VETERAN OF TWO WARS, IS BURIED MONDAY "Funeral services were
conducted Monday morning at St. John the Baptist Church for peer Fyalkowski, member of a pioneer Rib
Lake family, who sustained a heart attack at his home late Friday night. ¶ Pallbearers were Herman Batzer,
Ed Prien, Edward Kapitz, Wesley Stiel, Peter Bogumill, and Herman Monske. Military rites were conducted
by the Catholic War Veterans and the American Legion. ¶ Born April 20, 1900, at Rib Lake, the son of
Joseph and Anna Mach Fyalkowski, he attended local schools, joining the Navy at the age of 16 to serve in
WWI. Four years later he shifted to the US Coast Guard, from which he retired in 1947 with the rank of
warrant officer. He served in WWI and WWII and was in the service 26 years, holding the rank of Chief
Petty Officer much of the time.
8/28/1958 (cont) Obituary (cont) ¶ He was married to Eleanor Wing, Sept. 15, 1939, at Napoleon, Ohio, and they and their daughter, Patricia
Ann, moved to Rib Lake upon his retirement. He was a member of St. John's Church, the American Legion,
the Catholic War Veterans and a former president of the Fish & Game Assoc. ¶ Survivors are his wife and
daughters. His parents and three brothers and three sisters, who died in infancy, preceded him in death."
Contributor: CRJohnson (50370399)
Served 26 years in U. S. Navy and U. S. Coast Guard.
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8/28/1958 Obituary PETE FYALKOWSKI, VETERAN OF TWO WARS, IS BURIED MONDAY "Funeral services were
conducted Monday morning at St. John the Baptist Church for peer Fyalkowski, member of a pioneer Rib
Lake family, who sustained a heart attack at his home late Friday night. ¶ Pallbearers were Herman Batzer,
Ed Prien, Edward Kapitz, Wesley Stiel, Peter Bogumill, and Herman Monske. Military rites were conducted
by the Catholic War Veterans and the American Legion. ¶ Born April 20, 1900, at Rib Lake, the son of
Joseph and Anna Mach Fyalkowski, he attended local schools, joining the Navy at the age of 16 to serve in
WWI. Four years later he shifted to the US Coast Guard, from which he retired in 1947 with the rank of
warrant officer. He served in WWI and WWII and was in the service 26 years, holding the rank of Chief
Petty Officer much of the time.
8/28/1958 (cont) Obituary (cont) ¶ He was married to Eleanor Wing, Sept. 15, 1939, at Napoleon, Ohio, and they and their daughter, Patricia
Ann, moved to Rib Lake upon his retirement. He was a member of St. John's Church, the American Legion,
the Catholic War Veterans and a former president of the Fish & Game Assoc. ¶ Survivors are his wife and
daughters. His parents and three brothers and three sisters, who died in infancy, preceded him in death."
Contributor: CRJohnson (50370399)
World War I and World War II veteran.
Served 26 years in U. S. Navy and U. S. Coast Guard.
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8/28/1958 Obituary PETE FYALKOWSKI, VETERAN OF TWO WARS, IS BURIED MONDAY "Funeral services were
conducted Monday morning at St. John the Baptist Church for peer Fyalkowski, member of a pioneer Rib
Lake family, who sustained a heart attack at his home late Friday night. ¶ Pallbearers were Herman Batzer,
Ed Prien, Edward Kapitz, Wesley Stiel, Peter Bogumill, and Herman Monske. Military rites were conducted
by the Catholic War Veterans and the American Legion. ¶ Born April 20, 1900, at Rib Lake, the son of
Joseph and Anna Mach Fyalkowski, he attended local schools, joining the Navy at the age of 16 to serve in
WWI. Four years later he shifted to the US Coast Guard, from which he retired in 1947 with the rank of
warrant officer. He served in WWI and WWII and was in the service 26 years, holding the rank of Chief
Petty Officer much of the time.
8/28/1958 (cont) Obituary (cont) ¶ He was married to Eleanor Wing, Sept. 15, 1939, at Napoleon, Ohio, and they and their daughter, Patricia
Ann, moved to Rib Lake upon his retirement. He was a member of St. John's Church, the American Legion,
the Catholic War Veterans and a former president of the Fish & Game Assoc. ¶ Survivors are his wife and
daughters. His parents and three brothers and three sisters, who died in infancy, preceded him in death."
Contributor: CRJohnson (50370399)
Served 26 years in U. S. Navy and U. S. Coast Guard.
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8/28/1958 Obituary PETE FYALKOWSKI, VETERAN OF TWO WARS, IS BURIED MONDAY "Funeral services were
conducted Monday morning at St. John the Baptist Church for peer Fyalkowski, member of a pioneer Rib
Lake family, who sustained a heart attack at his home late Friday night. ¶ Pallbearers were Herman Batzer,
Ed Prien, Edward Kapitz, Wesley Stiel, Peter Bogumill, and Herman Monske. Military rites were conducted
by the Catholic War Veterans and the American Legion. ¶ Born April 20, 1900, at Rib Lake, the son of
Joseph and Anna Mach Fyalkowski, he attended local schools, joining the Navy at the age of 16 to serve in
WWI. Four years later he shifted to the US Coast Guard, from which he retired in 1947 with the rank of
warrant officer. He served in WWI and WWII and was in the service 26 years, holding the rank of Chief
Petty Officer much of the time.
8/28/1958 (cont) Obituary (cont) ¶ He was married to Eleanor Wing, Sept. 15, 1939, at Napoleon, Ohio, and they and their daughter, Patricia
Ann, moved to Rib Lake upon his retirement. He was a member of St. John's Church, the American Legion,
the Catholic War Veterans and a former president of the Fish & Game Assoc. ¶ Survivors are his wife and
daughters. His parents and three brothers and three sisters, who died in infancy, preceded him in death."
Contributor: CRJohnson (50370399)
