{"id":1145,"date":"2007-03-08T23:30:25","date_gmt":"2007-03-09T06:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/08\/the-death-of-frances-skowronski\/"},"modified":"2007-03-08T23:30:25","modified_gmt":"2007-03-09T06:30:25","slug":"the-death-of-frances-skowronski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/1145","title":{"rendered":"The Death of Frances Skowronski"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander Skowronski&#8217;s wife, Frances Dymek, died in 1963 .\u00a0 Her death is reported on a Medical Examiner&#8217;s Certificate of Death, indicating that the cause of death required additional investigation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/VRD-Skowronski-Frances-1963.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12045\" title=\"Certificate of Death for Frances Skowronski - 1963\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/VRD-Skowronski-Frances-1963.jpg\" alt=\"Certificate of Death for Frances Skowronski - 1963\" width=\"401\" height=\"462\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Certificate of Death for Frances Skowronski &#8211; 1963<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SOURCE: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Medical Examiner&#8217;s Certificate of Death. City of Worcester. 1963. Volume Unknown. Page 160. Frances Skowronski. Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Certificate of Death for <a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/VRD-Skowronski-Frances-1963.pdf\">Frances Skowronski<\/a> .\u00a0 The record states:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Frances Skowronski, of 101 Burbank Road, Sutton, Massachusetts, died in City Hospital, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts on 22 Jun 1963<\/li>\n<li>She had been found unconscious in her home and died of coronary artery disease<\/li>\n<li>She had been in her place of residence for 13 years and at her place of death for 2 hours before death<\/li>\n<li>The Medical Certificate of Death was signed by Joan O. Ward, M.D. of 978 Main Street on 22 Jun 1963<\/li>\n<li>Frances was buried in Notre Dame Cemetery, Worcester on 25 Jun 1963 by Henry Funeral Service by Henry V. Karolkiewicz, 33 Ward Street, Worcester<\/li>\n<li>The Certificate of Death was received and filed on 24 Jun 1963 by Robert J. O&#8217;Keefe<\/li>\n<li>Frances was a white female, married to Alexander F. Skowronski<\/li>\n<li>Her date of birth is not provided, but she was 73 years old at death<\/li>\n<li>She had worked as a housewife at home<\/li>\n<li>Her Social Security Number was 034-20-0574<\/li>\n<li>She was born in Poland, daughter of Jozef Dymek and Bronislawa Golas, both born in Poland<\/li>\n<li>The informant was her husband, Alexander Skowronski, of 101 Burbank Road, Sutton, Massachusetts<\/li>\n<li>On 24 Jun 1963, G. Frank McGinnis, the Commissioner of Public Health certified that a satisfactory certificate of death was filed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have some questions about the correct spelling of the maiden name of Frances Skowronski&#8217;s mother .\u00a0 This document states the name was Golas, but I had previously been told the name was spelled Golash .\u00a0 William F. Hoffman&#8217;s book Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings, Second Edition, Revised lists two similar spellings:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Go\u0142as and Go\u0142a\u015b<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>SOURCE: Hoffman, William F. 1998. Polish surnames : origins and meanings second edition, revised. Chicago: Polish Genealogical Society of America.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2007 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander Skowronski&#8217;s wife, Frances Dymek, died in 1963.  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