Joseph Paul Potnar (1919-1975) - Find a Grave Memorial

Joseph Paul Potnar

Birth

5 Dec 1919

Illinois, USA

Death

15 Dec 1975 (aged 56)

Indiana, USA

Burial

Oak Hill Cemetery

Hammond, Lake County, Indiana, USA Add to Map

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ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD AT THE ENT

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SQUAD LEADER OF ELITE WWII BOMB DISPOSAL UNIT.JOSEPH POTNAR AND 5 OTHER MEN WERE THE ONLY QUALIFIED BOMB DISPOSAL EXPERTS IN THE ENTIRE EUROPEAN THEATRE. LATER HE HELPED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GATEWAY ARCH IN ST. LOUIS

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Parents

Roko Potnar

1891–1967
Mathilda Hecimovic(h) Potnar

1893–1955

Spouse

Stella Stetich Potnar

1925–1971

Siblings

Frances Potnar Persin

1918–1984
Madeline Potnar Murphy

1921–2011

Children

Raymond Potnar

1946–1962

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1950 United States Federal Census
1940 United States Federal Census
1920 United States Federal Census
1930 United States Federal Census
Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922

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Stella Stetich Potnar

Frances Potnar Persin

Madeline Potnar Murphy

Raymond Potnar

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Roko Potnar

Mathilda Hecimovic(h) Potnar

Stella Stetich Potnar

Frances Potnar Persin

Madeline Potnar Murphy

Raymond Potnar

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