Veteran WW I
Joseph Jachymczyk, 44, a Lafayette tailor who had a colorful war record, was found dead on a cot in his tailor shop, 307 N. 5th St., Thursday afternoon. He had been dead several days. A veteran of Polish Army service, he was captured' by the Nazis in World War II and was a prisoner in German concentration camps until liberated. After the war he served with the Polish underground against the Communists until he had to flee the country. He suffered a hip wound in the fighting in World War II. He was born in Poland and was a naturalized citizen of the United States. He came to the United States in 1951 and lived in Cleveland, Ohio, then at Des Moines, Iowa, before coming to Lafayette in 1958. He was employed here six years by Richman Bros., before opening his tailor shop. Surviving are his mother and several brothers and sisters all living in Poland.
[Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, 29 Apr 1966, Fri • Page 4]
Joseph Jachymczyk, 44, a Lafayette tailor who had a colorful war record, was found dead on a cot in his tailor shop, 307 N. 5th St., Thursday afternoon. He had been dead several days. A veteran of Polish Army service, he was captured' by the Nazis in World War II and was a prisoner in German concentration camps until liberated. After the war he served with the Polish underground against the Communists until he had to flee the country. He suffered a hip wound in the fighting in World War II. He was born in Poland and was a naturalized citizen of the United States. He came to the United States in 1951 and lived in Cleveland, Ohio, then at Des Moines, Iowa, before coming to Lafayette in 1958. He was employed here six years by Richman Bros., before opening his tailor shop. Surviving are his mother and several brothers and sisters all living in Poland.
[Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, 29 Apr 1966, Fri • Page 4]
Veteran WW I
Joseph Jachymczyk, 44, a Lafayette tailor who had a colorful war record, was found dead on a cot in his tailor shop, 307 N. 5th St., Thursday afternoon. He had been dead several days. A veteran of Polish Army service, he was captured' by the Nazis in World War II and was a prisoner in German concentration camps until liberated. After the war he served with the Polish underground against the Communists until he had to flee the country. He suffered a hip wound in the fighting in World War II. He was born in Poland and was a naturalized citizen of the United States. He came to the United States in 1951 and lived in Cleveland, Ohio, then at Des Moines, Iowa, before coming to Lafayette in 1958. He was employed here six years by Richman Bros., before opening his tailor shop. Surviving are his mother and several brothers and sisters all living in Poland.
[Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, 29 Apr 1966, Fri • Page 4]
Joseph Jachymczyk, 44, a Lafayette tailor who had a colorful war record, was found dead on a cot in his tailor shop, 307 N. 5th St., Thursday afternoon. He had been dead several days. A veteran of Polish Army service, he was captured' by the Nazis in World War II and was a prisoner in German concentration camps until liberated. After the war he served with the Polish underground against the Communists until he had to flee the country. He suffered a hip wound in the fighting in World War II. He was born in Poland and was a naturalized citizen of the United States. He came to the United States in 1951 and lived in Cleveland, Ohio, then at Des Moines, Iowa, before coming to Lafayette in 1958. He was employed here six years by Richman Bros., before opening his tailor shop. Surviving are his mother and several brothers and sisters all living in Poland.
[Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, 29 Apr 1966, Fri • Page 4]
Gravesite Details
Age 44, Funeral Director: Hippensteel
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