BioA: Cesnik, Mr./Mrs. Ignatius (50th-1983)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson

Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Cesnik, Zadel, Bayuk, Gregorich, Oman

---Source: Marshfield News-Herald (22 June 1983)

Cesnik, Ignatius and Mayme (50th - 17 June 1933)

A nephew, the Rev. Richard Bayuk of Kansas City, Kansas, officiated at the Mass June 12 for the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ignatius A Cesnik, 1600 N. Fig Ave., at Holy Family Catholic Church, Willard.

Following Mass, a dinner, hosted by the couple's four sons, was served at the Church hall.

Cesnik, son of Mr. and Mrs Ignatius (Gertrude Zadel) Cesnik and Mayne Bayuk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John (Bablina Oman) Bayuk, were married June 17, 1933 at the same church in Willard.

He was born in Joliet, Illinois, and the family moved to Willard in 1908. The Leo Gergoriches now own the former Cesnik farm. The senior Ignatius Cesnik was land agent for the Willard area.

Mrs. Cesnik was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota. In 1910 the family moved to the Willard area.

After their marriage they managed the Hugo Quast and Co. Store in Willard for five years. They then moved to Hillsboro, where he worked for Hillsboro N.E. Railroad Co for 24 years.

In 1962, they moved to Arizona and operated a dairy Queen business until retiring and locating in New Mexico. In 1980 they moved to Marshfield.

The Cesniks have four sons, Bernard of Madison, Thomas of Winchester, Virginia, James of Falls Church, Virginia and Mark of Tucson, Arizona, There are eight grandchildren.