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Saturday, June 10, 2017Philip Andrew Kamyszek, 71, of Waterford passed away May 12, 2017 at his home.He was born July 2, 1945 in Posen to the late Jospeh and Theresa (Jozurik) Kamyszek.He was preceded in death by his wife, Elaine (Sathowiak) Kamyszek July 24, 2010; a brother, Edmund; sisters, Frances Zielke, Josephine Boekema and Justine Witucki.He is survived by his brother Paul (Carol Diederich) of Lake Orion; sisters, Louise Rybicki of Troy, Cecilia Chojnacki and Lucy (Albert) Chojnacki of Posen; and sister-in-law, Irene Kamyszek of Rogers City.Phil served proudly in the United States Marine Corps in Vietnam with the operating engineers battalion. Upon his return home Phil’s favorite career involved selling and servicing school buses across the state and Midwest.Phil had a passion for classic cars and owned a ’58 Chevy Impala, a ’61 Chevy Bel Air Bubbletop and a ’65 Pontiac 2+2. He enjoyed socializing with car club members and was a regular fixture in Poppleton Park in Birmingham during the Dream Cruise in August as well as many crui...
Monday, May 01, 2017Saturday at 4 p.m. Central Time at Hesston Mennonite Church in Hesston, Kansas. The service will be livestreamed through a link at hesstonmc.org. Goshen-area residents can watch the livestream at Waterford Mennonite Church, 65975 Ind. 15, Goshen, at 5 p.m. There will be a time of sharing memories and a light supper afterward.A slide show about Sharp’s life will begin at 3:30 p.m. Central Time or 4:30 p.m. locally.Sharp’s parents, Michele and John, traveled to Dover, Delaware Tuesday to receive his body. His father John wrote on his Facebook page Wednesday about the experience.‘“Dust to dust, ashes to ashes’ is a poetic expression I have often used at the time of a burial,” John Sharp wrote. “Now it is an apt description for what is happening to MJ’s body. Because the ‘dust-to-dust’ process was so far along, we did not have the option of viewing what was left of his body yesterday. So, in a Dover, Delaware, funeral home we sat by a borrowed coffin containing MJ’s remains. Here Michele had a healing mental conversation with MJ. Perhaps the bright sunshine softened our grief. But nothing tempered the autopsy report of MJ’s violent death. My anger compounded my grief, and so I carry this in my wounded spirit.“Because the exact date of death cannot be determined, we are choosing March 15. The ides of March seems a fitting context.”The memorial service, 4:00 PM, Saturday, April 15, will be livestreamed from a link on hesstonmc.org. A slide show will begin at 3:30.Sharp’s obituaryMichael Sharp’s obituary was posted to Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encylopedia Online. The obituary follows.“Michael Jesse “M. J.” Sharp: Mennonite Central Committee volunteer and United Nations contract employee, was born 29 October 1982 in Elkhart, Indiana, USA to John E. Sharp (15 July 1951- ) and Michele Lynn Miller Sharp (27 March 1954- ). Michael was the middle child in a family of two daughters and one son. Michael was kidnapped 12 March 2017, together with five other persons as part of a United Nations (UN) investigation into armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On 28 March 2017 his body, along with the body of UN colleague, Zaida Catalán of Sweden, was found in a shallow grave outside the city of Kananga in the DRC’s Kasaï-Central province.Michael Sharp was raised in the home of a pastor and historian, and grew up in Mennonite centers like Harleysville, Pennsylvania, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, Middlebury, Indiana and Goshen Indiana — locations where his father pastored and then served as Director of the Archives of the Mennonite Church-Goshen. His mother was a physician assistant. M. J. graduated from Bethany Christian Schools in Goshen, Indiana in 2001. He went on to Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) where in 2005 he earned a BA in history, with a minor in German. He later earned a MA in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution at Philipps-Universität Marburg in Germany.After graduating from EMU, Sharp worked for three years with the Military Counseling Network in ...
Monday, March 13, 2017A celebration of Joseph’s life took place Monday March 13, at St. Thomas Aquinas Church of Waterford, Wis. Visitation was from 9 to 10:45 a.m. followed immediately by and 11 a.m. Memorial Mass. Joseph will be laid to rest at a later date at the Southern Wisconsin Veterans Cemetery in Union Grove, Wis.In lieu of flowers, Joseph requests donations be made to The Family Center Inc., in the Wisconsin Rapids and Grace Place in Somerset.Services Entrusted to: Integrity Funeral Services, 29134 Evergreen Drive, Waterford, Wis., 53185. 262-514-4600...
Monday, December 12, 2016Project, a nonprofit that offers affordable and accessible violin, viola, cello and bass lessons to local children and adults.Anita Randall is a graduate of Oxford Hills High School and grew up in Waterford.McCausland said that detectives and evidence technicians were at the scene late into Thursday night, and will continue their work throughout Friday.Executive Editor Judith Meyer contributed to this report.[embedded content]Gretchen Ertl/Providence Journal via APA 2008 photo shows Claire Randall. Police in Maine said Friday, Dec. 9, that a former university and U.S. Air Force chaplain bought a shotgun after completing treatment for substance abuse and drove to the home of his estranged family, where he killed his adult daughter and then himself. A neighbor discovered the bodies of Daniel Randall, 56, and Claire Rand...
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Saturday, June 10, 2017Philip Andrew Kamyszek, 71, of Waterford passed away May 12, 2017 at his home.He was born July 2, 1945 in Posen to the late Jospeh and Theresa (Jozurik) Kamyszek.He was preceded in death by his wife, Elaine (Sathowiak) Kamyszek July 24, 2010; a brother, Edmund; sisters, Frances Zielke, Josephine Boekema and Justine Witucki.He is survived by his brother Paul (Carol Diederich) of Lake Orion; sisters, Louise Rybicki of Troy, Cecilia Chojnacki and Lucy (Albert) Chojnacki of Posen; and sister-in-law, Irene Kamyszek of Rogers City.Phil served proudly in the United States Marine Corps in Vietnam with the operating engineers battalion. Upon his return home Phil’s favorite career involved selling and servicing school buses across the state and Midwest.Phil had a passion for classic cars and owned a ’58 Chevy Impala, a ’61 Chevy Bel Air Bubbletop and a ’65 Pontiac 2+2. He enjoyed socializing with car club members and was a regular fixture in Poppleton Park in Birmingham during the Dream Cruise in August as well as many crui...
Monday, May 01, 2017Saturday at 4 p.m. Central Time at Hesston Mennonite Church in Hesston, Kansas. The service will be livestreamed through a link at hesstonmc.org. Goshen-area residents can watch the livestream at Waterford Mennonite Church, 65975 Ind. 15, Goshen, at 5 p.m. There will be a time of sharing memories and a light supper afterward.A slide show about Sharp’s life will begin at 3:30 p.m. Central Time or 4:30 p.m. locally.Sharp’s parents, Michele and John, traveled to Dover, Delaware Tuesday to receive his body. His father John wrote on his Facebook page Wednesday about the experience.‘“Dust to dust, ashes to ashes’ is a poetic expression I have often used at the time of a burial,” John Sharp wrote. “Now it is an apt description for what is happening to MJ’s body. Because the ‘dust-to-dust’ process was so far along, we did not have the option of viewing what was left of his body yesterday. So, in a Dover, Delaware, funeral home we sat by a borrowed coffin containing MJ’s remains. Here Michele had a healing mental conversation with MJ. Perhaps the bright sunshine softened our grief. But nothing tempered the autopsy report of MJ’s violent death. My anger compounded my grief, and so I carry this in my wounded spirit.“Because the exact date of death cannot be determined, we are choosing March 15. The ides of March seems a fitting context.”The memorial service, 4:00 PM, Saturday, April 15, will be livestreamed from a link on hesstonmc.org. A slide show will begin at 3:30.Sharp’s obituaryMichael Sharp’s obituary was posted to Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encylopedia Online. The obituary follows.“Michael Jesse “M. J.” Sharp: Mennonite Central Committee volunteer and United Nations contract employee, was born 29 October 1982 in Elkhart, Indiana, USA to John E. Sharp (15 July 1951- ) and Michele Lynn Miller Sharp (27 March 1954- ). Michael was the middle child in a family of two daughters and one son. Michael was kidnapped 12 March 2017, together with five other persons as part of a United Nations (UN) investigation into armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On 28 March 2017 his body, along with the body of UN colleague, Zaida Catalán of Sweden, was found in a shallow grave outside the city of Kananga in the DRC’s Kasaï-Central province.Michael Sharp was raised in the home of a pastor and historian, and grew up in Mennonite centers like Harleysville, Pennsylvania, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, Middlebury, Indiana and Goshen Indiana — locations where his father pastored and then served as Director of the Archives of the Mennonite Church-Goshen. His mother was a physician assistant. M. J. graduated from Bethany Christian Schools in Goshen, Indiana in 2001. He went on to Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) where in 2005 he earned a BA in history, with a minor in German. He later earned a MA in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution at Philipps-Universität Marburg in Germany.After graduating from EMU, Sharp worked for three years with the Military Counseling Network in ...
Monday, March 13, 2017A celebration of Joseph’s life took place Monday March 13, at St. Thomas Aquinas Church of Waterford, Wis. Visitation was from 9 to 10:45 a.m. followed immediately by and 11 a.m. Memorial Mass. Joseph will be laid to rest at a later date at the Southern Wisconsin Veterans Cemetery in Union Grove, Wis.In lieu of flowers, Joseph requests donations be made to The Family Center Inc., in the Wisconsin Rapids and Grace Place in Somerset.Services Entrusted to: Integrity Funeral Services, 29134 Evergreen Drive, Waterford, Wis., 53185. 262-514-4600...
Monday, December 12, 2016Project, a nonprofit that offers affordable and accessible violin, viola, cello and bass lessons to local children and adults.Anita Randall is a graduate of Oxford Hills High School and grew up in Waterford.McCausland said that detectives and evidence technicians were at the scene late into Thursday night, and will continue their work throughout Friday.Executive Editor Judith Meyer contributed to this report.[embedded content]Gretchen Ertl/Providence Journal via APA 2008 photo shows Claire Randall. Police in Maine said Friday, Dec. 9, that a former university and U.S. Air Force chaplain bought a shotgun after completing treatment for substance abuse and drove to the home of his estranged family, where he killed his adult daughter and then himself. A neighbor discovered the bodies of Daniel Randall, 56, and Claire Rand...
