DICK GERSZEWSKI

BYNG-Memorial services for Richard Lucas "Dick" Gerszewski, 59, Byng, are 2:00 p.m. Saturday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Father Rusty Hewes will officiate.

Mr. Gerszewski died Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at his home. He was born October 23, 1948 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Magnus Richard and Elaine Marie Cewart Gerszewski.

He married Donna Jean Smith on June 5, 1992 at Allegany, New York. He and his wife moved to this area February 2007 from Ft. Adkinson, Wisconsin. Mr. Gerszewski was an Electrical Engineer for Alliant Tech in Janesville, Wisconsin. He served in the U. S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War where he received a Medal of Valor, Service Ribbon, and the Purple Heart. Mr. Gerszewski was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, the National Rifle Association, and the Vietnam Tankers Association. He was of the Catholic faith.

Survivors include his wife, Donna Gerszewski, of the home; three daughters, Jennifer McCourt and husband Robert, Ardmore, Tracy Apkarian and husband Jeff, Johnson Creek, WI, and LaDawn Button and husband Al, Janesville, WI; a son, Derreck Gerszewski and wife Shannon, San Diego, CA; his parents, Magnus and Elaine Gerszewski, Milwaukee, WI; four brothers, Tom Gerszewski and wife Dawn, Crystal Lake, IL, Charles Gerszewski and wife Mary, Wauwatosa, WI, Mark Gerszewski and wife Patricia, Sarasota, FL, and John Gerszewski and wife Jessie, Merrill, WI; eleven grandchildren; one great grandchild; four nieces; three nephews; and other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by a nephew, Joseph Gerszewski.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada