SOURCE:
Name listed on Walter & Karoline's marriage application.

1. 2. Elizabeth LISEK   b. 19 May 1891, Poland; d. 31 Oct 1991, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
2. 3. Wladyslaw (Walter) John LISEK   b. 15 Nov 1893, Rovno , , Poland; d. Oct 1942, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.

Youngest of 13 brothers and sisters.

IMMIGRATION:
Arrived 1917 per 1920 census and obituary.
Arrived 1910 per 1930 census.

OBIT: Plain Dealer 03 Nov, 1991, pg. 10 sec. B
Elizabeth Murawski, turned 100 last May
On May 19, Elizabeth Murawski surprised her friends at the Suburban Pavilion nursing home in North Randall -- she celebrated her 100th birthday. No one guessed she was that old, said family members. She had kept her 99th birthday quiet. Within the last few weeks, Mrs. Murawski won two bowling trophies competing against other senior citizens. She was also a checkers champ, said family members. And she enjoyed bingo.
Last week, she asked to be taken to the hospital. She was in pain because of a heart problem.
"When we came to the hospitalon Thursday, she said, 'I'm ready to die now,'" said June Murawski of Bay Village, her daughter-in-law. "She was just remarkable. She was lying there planning her funeral. She was upset because she did not get her permanent. I told her I would pray for God to come and take her."


MURAWSKI, ELIZABETH : Busch Family Chapels (Obit.).Plain Dealer 03 Nov, 1991, pg. 11 sec.
November 3, 1991
ELIZABETH MURAWSKI, TURNED 100 LAST MAY
Edition: FINAL / ALLSection: METROPage: 10B
Index Terms: OBITUARIES
Estimated printed pages: 2
Article Text:
On May 19, Elizabeth Murawski surprised her friends at the Suburban Pavilion nursing home in North Randall - she celebrated her 100th birthday. No one guessed she was that old, said family members. She had kept her 99th birthday quiet.
Within the last few weeks, Mrs. Murawski won two bowling trophies competing against other senior citizens. She was also a checkers champ, said family members. And she enjoyed bingo.
Last week, she asked to be taken to the hospital. She was in pain because of a heart problem.
"When we came to the hospital on Thursday, she said, 'I'm ready to die now,' said June Murawski of Bay Village, her daughter-in-law.
"She was just remarkable. She was lying there planning her funeral. She was upset because she did not get her permanent.
"I told her I would pray for God to come and take her," June Murawski said. "We prayed and she went blind the last 10 minutes. She asked us what time it was. I told her it was five o'clock. She said, 'It's time to go.' And she died.
"It was a wonderful but sad experience," she said. "Grandma was just remarkable."
According to June Murawski, her mother-in-law's handling of death was typical of how Elizabeth Murawski handled life. "She was a very strong and loving mother. On her 91st birthday, she ran three quarters of a mile.
"She wore lipstick and powder every day. Up until two days before she died, she curled her own hair.
"She was reading until about two weeks ago. She knew about the news," June Murawski said.
"She was a champion walker at the rest home. She was like a grandmother to everybody, visiting the sick, inspiring everybody. She went to all the church services," her daughter-in-law said.
Born in Poland, Elizabeth Murawski came to Cleveland in 1917 and lived in several city neighborhoods until moving to Suburban Pavilion four years ago.
She did not become a U.S. citizen until 1942, when her son, Edward, was in the military.
Since 1942, she never missed voting, June Murawski said.
Mrs. Murawski was a former member of St. Jerome Catholic Church in Collinwood.
She was the youngest of 13 brothers and sisters.
Her two daughters, Marie Cybulski and Carolyn Fields, and husband, Frank, died earlier.
Survivors include her son; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
A reception will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Holy Spirit Church in Avon Lake, followed by services at 11 a.m.

1. 4. Carolyn MURAWSKI   b. 1911, Poland; d. Bef 1991.
2. 5. Marie MURAWSKI   b. 1914, Canada; d. Bef 1991.
3. 6. Edward F. MURAWSKI  

BIRTH:
Year of birth calculated from his age (as listed on marriage license) of 25 in 1917 giving year as 1892, however, the gravestone shows year as 1894. My assumption is that the license would be more accurate since Walter would have provided the information. Even better is the WWII draft record where he provided his birth as Oct 15, 1893.

OCCUPATION:
House painter and did odd jobs.

IMMIGRATION:
There is a Wladyslaw Lisek in a Port of NYC manifest for the Kronprinz Frederich Wilhelm (port of departure -- Bremen, Germany) on Jun 1, 1909. His destination was Buffalo, NY. His last residence was Rezyca. His father's name was Augustyn Lisek. Until there is some verification found for Walter's year of birth, there's no way to be sure this is his immigration record.
Note (12 Jul 2003) - Walter's father's name was listed as Felix on his marriage license, so the above mentioned Wladyslaw is probably NOT Walter.

IMMIGRATION:
(added 23 Mar 2003) The 1930 census has 1912 as the year that Walter arrived in this country, so the above information is additional confirmation that this was another Wladyslaw.

NATURALIZATION:
Yes

CENSUS:
1920 - ED 280, Sheet 10B, Ward 14, Lines 93-95 (name appears as SISEK)
1930 - ED 18-491, Sheet 15B, Ward 28, Lines 97-100 (indexed on Ancestry.com as LISCH)

RESIDENCES:
1917 - 1779 East 31st St., Cleveland, Ohio
1920 - bought property on E. 49th St.
1922 - sold property on E. 49th St.
1920 - 6727 Chambers Ave., Cleveland, Ohio (per 1920 census)
1924 - bought property on Durkee
1928 - sold property on Durkee
1930 - 3635 East 113th St., Cleveland, Ohio (per 1930 census)
1942 - 3635 East 113th St., Cleveland, Ohio

DEATH:
Died from Cerebral hemm., 2 days after their 25th anniversary party.

OBIT:
Name: Lisek, Walter,
Date: Oct 14 1942, Source: Cleveland Press
Notes: Lisek, Walter--Beloved husband of Caroline; father of Stanley; father-in-law of Bernice, and grandfather of Margaret Carol; Tuesday. Funeral Saturday, Oct. 17, at 9 a. m., from Mosinski's Funeral Home, 3675 E. 65 and St. Mary's Church of Corlett, at 9:30 a. m. Burial Calvary Cemetery.

1. 7. Stanley LISEK   b. 27 Jun 1918, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 28 Mar 1993, Garfield Hts., Cuyahoga, Ohio; bur. 31 Mar 1993, Holy Cross Cem.
2. 8. Jean LISEK  

MARRIAGE: Application lists MURASKI, MARIE and CYBULSKI, JOHN T (v.0174 pg0248)

BIRTH:
Certificate #11117

CHRISTENING:
30 Jun 1918. Sponsers were John Maciek & Carola Madkowska

MARRIAGE:
Myczkowski, Bernice and Lisek, Stanley vol.194 pg276
(Cuyahoga county Probate Court Marriage Index)

MILITARY:
Served in U.S. Army during WWII as a fireman in England.

OCCUPATION:
Fireman for US Steel.

DEATH:
Died of Cancer.

OBIT:
STANLEY LISEK, 74, WAS A FIREMAN AT U.S. STEEL
The Plain Dealer; Cleveland, Ohio; Mar 30, 1993; Page: 2D
Stanley J. Lisek was a fireman for the U.S. Steel Corp., where he worked 42 years. He was also a Eucharistic minister at Marymount Hospital and SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church. Mr. Lisek, 74, died Sunday at his home in Garfield Heights. He had cancer. He was born in Cleveland and attended East Technical High School. Mr. Lisek served with the Army Engineers and was stationed in Europe during World War II. Mr. Lisek belonged to the Holy Name Society and was an usher at his church. He is survived by his wife, Bernice; daughters, Marge Babik of Cleveland, Carol Ann Germano of Parma and Rosemarie DiLisi of Columbus; and eight grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, 4750 Turney Rd., Garfield Heights.

1. 9. Margaret Carol LISEK  
2. 10. Carol Ann LISEK  
3. 11. (daughter) LISEK  

1. 12. Edward Joseph BABIK, III  
2. 13. Mark Anthony BABIK  

1. 14. Bernadette Marie GERMANO  
2. 15. Regina Marie GERMANO  
3. 16. Salvatore Anthony GERMANO, Jr.  
4. 17. Caroline Marie GERMANO  

1. 18. (son)  
2. 19. (son)