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Joseph Eugene Woznicki CONWAY

[N116]

20 AUG 1921 - 23 JUL 1991

  • OCCUPATION: Cartoonist & Artist
    1991
  • OCCUPATION: Studebakers, Auto Abrasives Sales, pre 1974
  • BIRTH: 20 AUG 1921, South Bend, IN
  • BURIAL: St Francis of Assisi, Cordova, TN Cremation
  • DEATH: 23 JUL 1991, Memphis, TN
Father: Casimir F WOZNICKI
Mother: Cecelia KITKOWSKI

Family 1 : Judith Monica ALEXANDER
  • MARRIAGE: 17 SEP 1943, Sydney, Australia
  1.  Adrienne Veronica CONWAY
  2.  Kimberly Ann CONWAY
  3.  Amber Monica CONWAY
  4.  Robin Gerard CONWAY

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[N116] Source: Adrienne Roth (daughter)

Notes for Joseph Eugene Woznicki Conway :

Source: Adrienne Roth (daughter)
Joseph and Judith met in the service during WWII while Joseph was stationed in Sydney, Australia. Joseph was a sailor in the U.S. Navy, and Judith was a Signaler in the Women's Army Corps of the Australian Army.

Joseph legally changed his surname to CONWAY in 1946.

Joseph and Judith resided in the Chicago area from about 1950 to 1966, followed by a move to Southern Indiana. In 1974 they relocated to Memphis, Tennessee.
Joseph died at Baptist Hospital in Memphis on July 23, 1991 at age 69. He had spent his career working in the industrial abrasives industry and held management positions at Studebaker, Carborundum, 3M Corporation, Batesville Casket Company, and Stan Sax Corporation.

Joseph's wife of 46 years, Judith, died at home on March 27, 2006 in Sacramento CA at age 82. She was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis TN. She had been a homemaker until around age 55, then began a successful 15-year career in the real estate industry in Memphis. She then retired and moved to Sacramento, CA.
Joseph and Judith had four children: a daughter, Amber Monica Conway b. Sept 12, 1946, son Robin Gerald Conway b. July 21, 1950, daughter Adrienne Veronica Conway b. Jan 2, 1953, and daughter Kimberly Ann Conway b. Jan 11, 1958 More About JOSEPH E WOZNICKI CONWAY: Burial: St Francis of Assisi, Cordova, TN Cremation Occupation: Sales & Management positions in the Industrial Abrasives Industry More About JUDITH MONICA ALEXANDER: Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis, TN
Father: Charles Beltrand Alexander, b. 1889 in Bath, Somerset, England. Died 1960 in Perth, Australia
Mother: Veronica Marie Donaldson, b. 1895/1897 in Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
Brother: Gerard Beltrand Alexander of Sydney, b. 1921 in Broome, Australia, now deceased

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