John and Dorothy Polonack

John Joseph “Oscar” Poloncak Birth 25 Oct 1931 Burnham, Cook County, Illinois, Death 20 Jan 1990 Munster, Lake County, Indiana Burial January 24 1990 Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana

Polonack, John J. "Oscar", age 58 years of Calumet City passed away Saturday, January 20., 1990 at Community Hospital, Munster.

Survivors: wife Dorothy (nee DInnes) Polonack of Calumet City; two daughters Denise (Lou) Caprio of Crete, Il. and Cerise (Jeff) Groch of Lisle, Illinois and four grandchildren
Nicki and Christopher Caprio and Jason and Jacob Groch; one sister, Marge (Stanley) Jankowski; monther-in-law Nancy DInes; twp brothers-in-law Art (Ellen) and Jack (Dorothy) Dines; one sister-in-law, Bette (Dominick) Palermo; several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews; dear friend Joey Kerias.

Preceded in death by his parents John and Tillie Poloncak; and his father-in-law, Elmo Dines.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, January 24 with 9 a.m. prayers from the Nowak Fuernal Home, 400 Pulaski ROad (154th St.) Calumet City to St. Victor Church, Mass 9:30 a.m.

Interment, 1 p.m. at Culver Cemetery, Culver Indiana.

Visitation Tuesday 2 to 9 p.m.

Mr. Polnack was an Air Force veteran; a life time member of Calumet Memorial Post #330 A.L. whose ;members will conduct Post Everlasting Rites Tuesday 8 p.m.; and I.B.E.E. Local %697 Hammond, Indiana.

Mr. Poloncak holds the recod as being the youngest qualifier, at age 13, in the Hammond Times Golf Tournament. - The Times Munster, Indiana 22 Jan 1990, Mon • Page 11

Dorothy Faye Dines Birth 24 Feb 1932 Hammond, Lake County, Indiana Death 1 Jun 2020 Munster, Lake County, Indiana Burial Jun 5, 2020 Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana,

Dorothy Faye Poloncak, 88, passed away on Monday June 1, 2020 at the William J. Riley Residence in Munster, Indiana, surrounded by the love of her family.

Born in Hammond, Indiana on February 24, 1932, Dorothy was the daughter of Elmo and Nancy (Geren) Dines.

She graduated from Thorton Fractional High School in Calumet City, Illinois.

On July 7, Dorothy married John Poloncak in Calumet City, and there they would welcome and raise their daughters Denise and Cerise. She was a loving caregiver to family and friends.

In the late 1970s, the couple bought a summer home on Lake Maxinkuckee. They made many memories and shared many laughs as a growing family. John would pass on January 20, 1989.

It was then that Dorothy officially moved to Culver. She became a member of St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church in Culver, and a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary in Culver.

Dorothy also enjoyed gardening, feeding the birds, setting out corn for the deer and feeding the cats of the neighborhood.

She is survived by her daughter, Cerise Groch of Culver; grandchildren, Jason (Stefanie) Groch of Lisle, IL, Jacob Groch of Lombard, IL, Nicole Caprio and Christopher Caprio, both of St. John, IN; and great-granddaughter, Guiliana Groch.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband, John; her parents; her daughter, Denise Caprio; and siblings: Arthur “Bud” Dines, Jack Dines and Bette Palermo.

Family burial will take place on Friday, June 5, 2020 in the Culver Masonic Cemetery, Culver, with Fr. Bill Neininger officiating.

Memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718 or the Humane Society of Marshall Co, PO Box 22, Plymouth, IN 46563.

Condolences may be sent to the family through the website: www.johnson-danielson. com