Anna TRACZYK

20 JUL 1888 - 29 DEC 1979

• BIRTH: 20 JUL 1888, Jordanow, Poland
• DEATH: 29 DEC 1979, South Bend, IN

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[N16554] Jordanów, is a town in southern Poland, on the Skawa river. Population: 5234 inhabitants (December 2010). Jordanów was founded in 1564 by Spytek Jordan on the salt road from Kraków and Wieliczka to Orava and Hungary. In 1581 it got a right to organize annual fairs, which in 17th century became famous in south regions of the Crown. Main goods traded there were linen, cattle and salt. Since 1999, Jordanów has been situated in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It was previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998.Jordanów is the oldest town on the territory of Sucha Beskidzka County. Its history dates back to a royal privilege, issued in 1564 by King Zygmunt August,

Birth: Jul. 20, 1888
Poland
Death: Dec. 29, 1979
South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN

Mrs. Anna M. Gorczyca, 91, a resident of the Carlyle Nursing Home, died at 3:50pm Saturday in St Joseph Hospital after an extended illness. She had lived for a number of years at 2416 W. Orange. She was born July 20, 1888, in Poland and had lived in South Bend for 40 years, coming here from Minneapolis MN. In 1938, as Anna Traczyk, she married Ludwik Gorczyca who died September 6, 1969. Surviving are four nieces, Mrs. Genevieve Smith, Mrs. Victoria Barkes, Mrs. Zita Scott and Mrs. Florence Warnke, all of Minneapolis, and two nephews Stanley Czson and Chester Torncheck, also of Minneapolis. She was a member of St Mary’s Polish National Catholic Church. Kaniewski & Sons are in charge of arrangements.

Spouse: Ludwik Gorczyca (1887 - 1969)*
Burial: Saint Joseph Cemetery, South Bend,St. Joseph, IN
Plot: P.C. 7