Frank + VOLK, Lorraine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry + SIUTA, Genevieve. Genevieve (daughter of SIUTA, Walenty and JARZAB, Regina) was born on 10 Mar 1925 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 7 Mar 2023 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

March 10, 1925 – March 7, 2023




Genevieve Mocniak peacefully passed to heaven to be with her beloved husband Henry on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 under the care of Hospice at the Northgate residence. She would have celebrated her 98th birthday in a few days and the family think she may have left because she knew about the "I'm 98 today" tiara and sash that had been purchased for her to wear at her party.


Genevieve was born in Niagara Falls, NY on March 10, 1925, to Regina and Valenty Siuta, and attended local schools. In 1942 she began working at the Bell Aircraft plant in Wheatfield. She was a "Rosie the Riveter". She loved sharing stories about using a rivet gun to attach a strip of metal molding to hold the plexiglass on the aft cabin of the P39 Aircobra. With so many family and friends serving in WWII, she felt she was doing her part in the war effort.


She fell in love and married "the soldier boy next door", Henry, and together celebrated 64 wonderful years of marriage before his passing in 2010. Together they raised five children, Christine (late John) Bialik, Daniel (MaryAnn) Mocniak, and Carol Mocniak, all of Niagara Falls; also, Frank (Lorraine) Mocniak of West Henrietta, Rochester, and Regina (Carmen) Mauro of Ridgeville, Ontario.


She was an excellent cook and taught her daughters and granddaughters her secrets for delicious pierogi, golumbki, placek and other Polish dishes. She always had enough to feed anyone who walked in despite the fact that she didn't know they were coming! She knitted and crocheted sweaters, scarfs, mittens, afghans, Barbie doll clothing, christening outfits and other apparel. If you received one of her carefully crocheted full tablecloths, you were really special!


Her children's clothes lasted forever because she mended and repaired any tears or rips with patches from her large sewing supplies. She lengthened hems and let out seams as they grew. Heaven forbid if you wore a pair of jeans that had rips or holes. Grandchildren who visited her were admonished for the current style of jeans and she wanted them sewn and patched!!!
One of her greatest thrills was baking and decorating cakes for her daughter's and her grandchildren's weddings; and birthday cakes were an opportunity to hone her skills in different ways and were a sight to behold; she was a perfectionist.


She was a voracious reader: newspapers, 2 or 3 novels a week, magazines, closed captions on the television, signs, and t-shirts if they had any writing on them. She was always reading!!! If something had words on it, she would read it! She loved word searches and always had her trusty bag with at least 10 books and 25 pens near her recliner.


She loved her summer cottage at Long Beach, Ontario where she would wield a broom, weed trimmer, paint brush, or hammer with finesse. Rumors abounded that she and her husband would take an occasional midnight swim when the rest of the family were asleep, but she just smiled slyly when questioned about it. The annual Mocniak family reunions held at the cottage, complete with her son's Polish band, were legendary and looked forward to by everyone. She loved her Canadian "summer home" and she loved her "Cottage friends" who she considered extended family.


She is survived by 13 grandchildren, John Bialik, Jeanine (Christopher) Cheers, Christi (Brian) Ash, James Mocniak, Philip (Michelle) Mocniak, Carolyn (Barret) Anderson, Jenelle Mocniak, Mark Mocniak, Frank (Jacqueline) Mauro, Andrew (Sara) Mocniak, Tess (Isaac) Waxman, Valerie Mocniak, and Joseph Mocniak. She is also survived by 16 great-grandchildren. She had many family members that she considered "favorites" – her favorite son, favorite daughter, favorite grandchild, favorite niece or favorite nephew … suffice to say we'll let them battle out who the favorite really was.


She was the last of her siblings, predeceased by her brothers William, Gus, Walter, John, Joseph and Stephen and her sisters Virginia Zasucha, and Lottie Zak. She outlived all her generation of friends and relatives, as well as the Queen and Betty White who she read about continually.


Special thanks to Kevin Sandmaier, Maggie, and also the caring staff at Northgate and Hospice who adopted her as their "Babci."


Visitation will be Friday, March 10, from 3:00 to 7:00 at the ZAJAC FUNERAL HOME Inc., 319-24 St, Niagara Falls, NY. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, March 11, 10:30 AM at Divine Mercy Parish, 2437 Niagara Street, Niagara Falls, NY, with Rev. Richard Augustyn officiating. Burial following in Holy Trinity Cemetery, Lewiston, NY. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Niagara Hospice, Niagara County SPCA, or the Card Ministry of Divine Mercy Parish.

Aloysius + LITZENBERGER, Adelaide E. Adelaide (daughter of LITZENBERGER, Maynard) died on 17 Apr 2013 in Grand Island, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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April 20, 2013
Adelaide E. Volk

Niagara Gazette

GRAND ISLAND — Adelaide E. (Litzenberger) Volk entered into rest April 17, 2013. She was formerly of Grand Island.

Wife of the late Aloysius J. Volk. Mother of Thomas (Carol) Volk of Niagara Falls (NFPD) and Lorraine (Frank) Mocniak of Webster, NY. Step-mother of Margaret (Robert) McMillen. Grandmother of Eric (Janet) Volk, Jenelle and Valerie Mocniak, Todd (Jamie) and Troy (Maria) Lee. Great grandmother of Quinn, Brittanee and Jakob. Predeceased by 11 brothers and sisters.

Friends may call Monday 12-2 PM, followed by memorial services Monday at 2 PM, at the Kaiser Funeral Home, 1950 Whitehaven Rd., Grand Island. Flowers gratefully declined. Memorials may be made to a charity of your choice.

Visit www.niagara-gazette.com/obituaries for online guest register.

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Niagara Gazette - 11/4/1965

Founder
Of Church
Dies at 78
Walenty A. Siuta, 78, of
2233 Falls St., a founder of St.
S t a n i s laus Kostka Church,
died today (Nov. 4, 1965) at
Memorial Hospital after a
short illness.
He was born in Poland and
came to the United States and
to Niagara Falls in 1902. He
was employed as a plumber
and, during the construction
of the underground power
tunnels in 1904, he worked as
a driller.
Later he was employed by
Hooker Chemical Corp. and,
in 1955, he retired from the
International Graphite and
Electrode Co. after 13 years
service.
He was a member of the St.
John Kanty Society, Polish
National Alliance, Group No.
2094.
He is survived by his widow,
Regina Jarzab Siuta; six.sons,
William Siuta, a board of education
employe; August Siuta;
John Siuta, a city Patrolman;
Joseph Siuta, all of Niagara
Falls; Walter Siuta, a
Niagara-Wheatfield High
School custodian and Stephen
Siuta, a Niagara-Wheatfield
High School teacher, both of
S a n b o r n ; three daughters,
Mrs. Leo (Virginia) Zasucha,
Mrs. Stanley (Lottie) Zak and
Mns. Henry (Genevieve) Mocniak,
all of Niagara Falls; 27
grandchildren and 26 greatgrandchildren.
Services will be held at 9:30
a.m. Saturday at the Zajac
Funeral Home and at 10 a.m.
at St. S t a n i s l a u s Kostka
Church. Burial will be in
Holy Cross Cemetery.
The Rosary will be said at
the funeral home at 8:30 p.m.
Friday.
Friends may call at the funeral
home from 2 to 5 and 7
to 10 p.m. today and Friday.

Walenty married JARZAB, Regina on 28 Nov 1905 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Regina was born about 1886 in Poland; died on 28 May 1969 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette

Funeral services will be held
Saturday for Mrs. Regina Jar-
zab Siuta, 83, of 2223 E. Falls
St., who died in Moount St.
Mary's Hospital Wednesday
(May 28, 1969) after a long
illness.
She was born in Poland and
she and her husband, the late
Walenty Siuta, celebrated their
60th wedding anniversary in
November 1965.
Mrs. Siuta was a resident of
this city for 66 years and was
one of the original members
of St. Stanislaus Kosstka Church.
She was a member of the
Holy Rosary Society, Apos-
tleship of Prayer to Sacred
Heart, St. Jude's Guild and
Mothers Club, all of St.
Stanislaus Church, and the Star
of Freedom Society Polish Na-
tional Alliance.
Surviving are six s o n s.
Willfam Siuta of the Board of
Education maintenance department;
John Siuta, employed at
the Niagara Falls International
Airport; Walter Siuta, Sanborn,
a fireman at the Niagara-
Wheatfield school system;
Joseph Siuta, a Niagara Falls
Police Department patrolman;
Stephen Siuta, Sanborn, a
teacher at Niagara-Wheatfield
High School and a realtor and
August Siuta, this city; three
daughters: Mrs. Leo (Virginia)
Zasucha, Mrs. Stanley (Lottie)
Zak, and Mrs. Henry
(Genevieve) Mocniak, al of this
city; two sisters, Mrs. Mary
Chodacki, this city, and Mrs.
Louise Danielewicz, Sanborn; 27
grandchildren; 34 great-
grandchildren and several
nieces and nephews
Another sister, Mrs. Victoria
Moskwik, predeceased her.
Funeral services will be held
at the Zajac Funeral Home
Saturday at 9:30 a.m. and at
St. Stanislaud Kostka Church at
10 a.m. with a Solemn Requiem
Mass. Burial will be in Holy
Trinity Cemetery.
The rosary will be recited at
the funeral home Friday at 8
p.m. Friends may call at the
funeral home Thursday and
Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. and
7 to 10 p.m.

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Niagara Gazette - 11/26/1955

50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRANTS—Mr. and
Mrs. Valenty Siuta, East Falls St. will celebrate their golden weddmg
anniversary on Monday. They were married in this city at
Holy Trinity Church on Nov. 28. 1905. A Mass was said at 8 a.m.
at St. Stanislaus Kosta Church this morning with all the member
of the family and friends present. A breakfast followed at Madej's
Hall and a reception will be held this afternoon and evening. Mr.
and Mrs. Siuta have nine children: William Siuta. Gus Siuta, Mrs.
Regina Zasucha. Walter Siuta, John Siuta, Mrs. Stanley Zak,
Joseph Siuta, Steve Siuta, and Mrs. Henry Mocniak. They also
have 24 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Mr. Siuta was
employed at the International Graphite Corp. before retiring a
month ago.