ALICE R. ZIARNIK

(1904 - 1978)

Alice R. Ziarnik, 74, of 3028 S. Nevada Ave., Milwaukee, died late Thursday evening in Trinity Memorial Hospital, Cudahy.

Funeral services will be 8:30 am in Schramka-Rempowski Funeral Home, 2408 East St. Francis Ave., St. Francis, Wis. and 9 am in St. John School for the Deaf Chapel, Milwaukee. The Rev. Donald Zerkel will officiate. Interment services will be 12 noon Tuesday in St. Mary Cemetery, Manitowoc, the Rev. Harold Berryman will officiate.

Mrs. Ziarnik, nee Alice Letkiewicz, was born Aug. 28, 1904 in Poland, daughter of the late Alexander and Josephine Rognicka Letkiewicz. She was educated in St. John School for Deaf in Milwaukee. She was married to Theodore Ziarnik Jan. 23, 1926 in St. Casimir Church, Milwaukee. They resided in Manitowoc. He preceded her in death in November of 1958. Mrs. Ziarnik was a member of I.C.D.A. Chapter Seven.

Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Inspector Robert J. and Marjorie Ziarnik of Milwaukee and George J. and Arleen Ziarnik of Westfield, N.J.; two brothers, Sigmund and Joseph of Milwaukee; a sister, Theodora Woloszyk of Milwaukee; nine grandchildren, Michael, Ronald, Mark, Barbara, Judy, William, Andrew, Robert T. and Nancy Kowalczyk and a great granddaughter, Jennifer Ziarnik. A daughter preceded her in death.

Friends may call in Schramka-Rempowski Funeral Home from 4 pm to 9 pm Monday where a vigil service will be conducted at 7 pm. Memorials may be made to St. John School for the Deaf.

Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., - Sunday, Sept. 3, 1978 - page 7

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Pair Will Pledge Troth by Signs

Wedding in Wordless Courtship

Unusual Ceremony to Give Manitowoc Man Milwaukee Bride

A romance of three years, a courtship in which never a word has been spoken by the two principals, will culminate on January 23 at Milwaukee when Theodore Ziarnik, 1024 South Twenty-second street, this city, claims as his bride Miss Alice Letkiewicz, of Milwaukee. (Photo) And the wedding ceremony will be without words. A license for the marriage was issued at Milwaukee Monday. Both principals are unable to speak or hear and their romance, of three years has been developed by "word of hand." At the marriage license bureau they answered the questions in writing, as the clerk pointed to the questions on a printed form.

But they are happy. Through members of her family, the bride-to-be at Milwaukee declared she is happy in that she has been led to a man she loves.

Although they were engaged a year, the decision to marry in January, 1926, was not reached until New Year's day when Ziarnik visited the home of his sweetheart. Then, in the language-the only language-each understood, she said, "Yes," and arrangements were made to visit the license bureau.

An elaborate wedding is being planned. The father, the mother, the brother and sister are anxious that the supreme happiness of their daughter and sister shall be fittingly celebrated. She is the only one of the family who is unable to speak or hear.

Mr. Ziarnik, who is 28, is employed by the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing company and has been in the plant here for years and after the wedding at Milwaukee the couple will come to Manitowoc to take up their home. Miss Letkiewicz is 21 years of age and a most attractive girl. A number of relatives and friends from this city will attend the wedding at Milwaukee.

Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. January 6, 1926 P. 2

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