Curtis Lee Bochanyin, age 82, of Chicago, passed away on August 23, 2023. He was born on February 16, 1941 to John and Elida Hall Bochanyin in Medford, Wisconsin. He grew up with his siblings on the family farm in Holton township near Dorchester. Curtis attended the Barry grade school located about a mile from the home farm. He attended 3 years of high school at Dorchester and one year at Abbotsford, graduating in 1959.
His further education included the Holy Cross Seminary in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, the Dominican Novitiate in Winona, Minnesota and the Catholic Seminary in River Forest, Illinois. Curtis earned several post graduate degrees and was a librarian in the Divinity Library at the University of Chicago for several decades before his retirement in 2003. He could speak Russian and Slovak and could read Hebrew and Greek. He was interested in genealogy and spent a lot of time tracing the family history back through many generations. He made several trips to Slovakia to connect with that branch of the family. Curtis was a gentle soul, a lifelong scholar and had a wry sense of humor. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister Betty White (Jack) and a brother Stanley. Surviving are his partner of 53 years, Gregorio Juan Carlos Sanza, two sisters, Joanne Priest (Clifford) of Batavia, Illinois and Karen Fleming (Larry) of Crystal Lake, Illinois, twin brothers Douglas Wysocki (Reba) of Lincoln, Nebraska and Donald Wysocki (Carol) of Pasco, Washington, and many nieces and nephews. There will be no service, per his wishes. His inurnment will be next to the grave of his parents in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery in Milan, Wisconsin.
His further education included the Holy Cross Seminary in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, the Dominican Novitiate in Winona, Minnesota and the Catholic Seminary in River Forest, Illinois. Curtis earned several post graduate degrees and was a librarian in the Divinity Library at the University of Chicago for several decades before his retirement in 2003. He could speak Russian and Slovak and could read Hebrew and Greek. He was interested in genealogy and spent a lot of time tracing the family history back through many generations. He made several trips to Slovakia to connect with that branch of the family. Curtis was a gentle soul, a lifelong scholar and had a wry sense of humor. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister Betty White (Jack) and a brother Stanley. Surviving are his partner of 53 years, Gregorio Juan Carlos Sanza, two sisters, Joanne Priest (Clifford) of Batavia, Illinois and Karen Fleming (Larry) of Crystal Lake, Illinois, twin brothers Douglas Wysocki (Reba) of Lincoln, Nebraska and Donald Wysocki (Carol) of Pasco, Washington, and many nieces and nephews. There will be no service, per his wishes. His inurnment will be next to the grave of his parents in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery in Milan, Wisconsin.
Curtis Lee Bochanyin, age 82, of Chicago, passed away on August 23, 2023. He was born on February 16, 1941 to John and Elida Hall Bochanyin in Medford, Wisconsin. He grew up with his siblings on the family farm in Holton township near Dorchester. Curtis attended the Barry grade school located about a mile from the home farm. He attended 3 years of high school at Dorchester and one year at Abbotsford, graduating in 1959.
His further education included the Holy Cross Seminary in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, the Dominican Novitiate in Winona, Minnesota and the Catholic Seminary in River Forest, Illinois. Curtis earned several post graduate degrees and was a librarian in the Divinity Library at the University of Chicago for several decades before his retirement in 2003. He could speak Russian and Slovak and could read Hebrew and Greek. He was interested in genealogy and spent a lot of time tracing the family history back through many generations. He made several trips to Slovakia to connect with that branch of the family. Curtis was a gentle soul, a lifelong scholar and had a wry sense of humor. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister Betty White (Jack) and a brother Stanley. Surviving are his partner of 53 years, Gregorio Juan Carlos Sanza, two sisters, Joanne Priest (Clifford) of Batavia, Illinois and Karen Fleming (Larry) of Crystal Lake, Illinois, twin brothers Douglas Wysocki (Reba) of Lincoln, Nebraska and Donald Wysocki (Carol) of Pasco, Washington, and many nieces and nephews. There will be no service, per his wishes. His inurnment will be next to the grave of his parents in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery in Milan, Wisconsin.
His further education included the Holy Cross Seminary in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, the Dominican Novitiate in Winona, Minnesota and the Catholic Seminary in River Forest, Illinois. Curtis earned several post graduate degrees and was a librarian in the Divinity Library at the University of Chicago for several decades before his retirement in 2003. He could speak Russian and Slovak and could read Hebrew and Greek. He was interested in genealogy and spent a lot of time tracing the family history back through many generations. He made several trips to Slovakia to connect with that branch of the family. Curtis was a gentle soul, a lifelong scholar and had a wry sense of humor. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister Betty White (Jack) and a brother Stanley. Surviving are his partner of 53 years, Gregorio Juan Carlos Sanza, two sisters, Joanne Priest (Clifford) of Batavia, Illinois and Karen Fleming (Larry) of Crystal Lake, Illinois, twin brothers Douglas Wysocki (Reba) of Lincoln, Nebraska and Donald Wysocki (Carol) of Pasco, Washington, and many nieces and nephews. There will be no service, per his wishes. His inurnment will be next to the grave of his parents in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery in Milan, Wisconsin.
