~ "There are ties to the Novak/Nowak family that you have listed on your site. My mother's two sisters married two of the Novak brothers. Helen M. Bihun married Joseph John Novak (Boodie); and Josephine Mary Bihun married Albert J. Novak (Pulley). My Aunt Helen and Uncle Boodie lived on the East Denison side of West 15th -- my grandmother lived with them as well. My Aunt Jo and Uncle Pulley lived upstairs from us on Botany. " -- Betty Joy

BIRTH:
St. Barbara school records show his date of birth as 1917-05-27 (with 1917-07-12 entered first and then crossed out)

RESIDENCES:
1950 - 3730 W.15th St., Cleveland, Ohio

OBIT: NOVAK, JOSEPH J : Husband of Helen (Obit.).Plain Dealer 13 Aug, 1990, pg. 08 sec. B
JOSEPH J. NOWAK, beloved husband of Helen (nee Bihun), loving father of Richard D. (Christine) Novak, grandfather of Dennis R. Novak, son of John and Mary Novak, both deceased, brother of Helen Kacsmarik, Matthew, Stanley, Henry and Louise Bondra and the late Albert, brother-in-law of Stella Joy and Josephine Grody. Funeral Services Tuesday, August 14, 9:30 a.m. at St. Francis De Sales Church. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. Friends may call at THE TOMON & SONS FUNERAL HOME, 4772 PEARL RD.

1. 2. Richard D. NOWAK