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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Roy C. Sosnoski
Roy C.
Sosnoski
August 16, 1921 – March 29, 2007
Roy C. Sosnoski's Obituary
Roy Carl Sosnoski, 85, died March 29, 2007, at Wesley Towers Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson.
He was born Aug. 16, 1921, in Joliet, Ill., the son of Anton and Frances Sosnoski. He attended Joliet Township High School, Joliet, Ill., and Oklahoma A&M College, now Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla. He moved to Hutchinson from Illinois in the 1940s to join a brother-in-law in the hide and fur business but spent the majority of his life as a homebuilder, retiring from the Don Stiles Corporation as vice president of construction after 38 years.
He belonged to the Church of the Holy Cross, was a life member of the Knights of Columbus Council No. 612, and the American Legion Lysle Rishel Post No. 68, the Harvest House, and was a past volunteer for the Hutchinson Public Library, Friendshop. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces as an engineer on a B-17 during World War II. He flew 24 "sorties" before his plane was shot down by enemy fire over Lenz, Austria. He was taken prisoner by the Nazis and remained there until the end of the war. His military action made him the beneficiary for the U.S. Air Medal, Bronze Star for Valor and Prisoner of War Medal.
On May 19, 1946, he married Dorothy Mae "Dottie" Konuszy in Joliet, Ill. She died March 31, 2003.
Survivors include: a son, Carl Brian, Hutchinson; a daughter, Sharon Larson, Valparaiso, Ind.; two grandsons, Carl Blake Larson, Waukegan, Ill., and Todd Andrew Larson, Valparaiso, Ind.; a step-grandson, Kristan Larson, Orlando, Fla.; a step-granddaughter, Wendy Markley, Abilene; a step-great-grandson; and three step-great-granddaughters.
He was preceded in death by a brother; and two sisters.
Rosary will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Church of the Holy Cross. Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the church, with Father Joseph Eckberg presiding. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson, with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary. Burial will be in Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum.
Memorials may be sent to the Church of the Holy Cross or Habitat for Humanity, both in care of the funeral home.
He was born Aug. 16, 1921, in Joliet, Ill., the son of Anton and Frances Sosnoski. He attended Joliet Township High School, Joliet, Ill., and Oklahoma A&M College, now Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla. He moved to Hutchinson from Illinois in the 1940s to join a brother-in-law in the hide and fur business but spent the majority of his life as a homebuilder, retiring from the Don Stiles Corporation as vice president of construction after 38 years.
He belonged to the Church of the Holy Cross, was a life member of the Knights of Columbus Council No. 612, and the American Legion Lysle Rishel Post No. 68, the Harvest House, and was a past volunteer for the Hutchinson Public Library, Friendshop. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces as an engineer on a B-17 during World War II. He flew 24 "sorties" before his plane was shot down by enemy fire over Lenz, Austria. He was taken prisoner by the Nazis and remained there until the end of the war. His military action made him the beneficiary for the U.S. Air Medal, Bronze Star for Valor and Prisoner of War Medal.
On May 19, 1946, he married Dorothy Mae "Dottie" Konuszy in Joliet, Ill. She died March 31, 2003.
Survivors include: a son, Carl Brian, Hutchinson; a daughter, Sharon Larson, Valparaiso, Ind.; two grandsons, Carl Blake Larson, Waukegan, Ill., and Todd Andrew Larson, Valparaiso, Ind.; a step-grandson, Kristan Larson, Orlando, Fla.; a step-granddaughter, Wendy Markley, Abilene; a step-great-grandson; and three step-great-granddaughters.
He was preceded in death by a brother; and two sisters.
Rosary will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Church of the Holy Cross. Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the church, with Father Joseph Eckberg presiding. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson, with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary. Burial will be in Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum.
Memorials may be sent to the Church of the Holy Cross or Habitat for Humanity, both in care of the funeral home.
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