John Joseph DUDICK, Sr.^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]}

1894 - 1978  (83 years)

• Name	John Joseph DUDICK  [13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	18 May 1894	Johnsonburg, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA   [10, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24]
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Jan 1978	Bradford, Mckean, PA, USA   [14, 17, 18, 19]
  Buried	Abt 27 Jan 1978	Bridge View Cemetery, Mt. Jewett, Mckean, PA, USA   [14, 19]
  Person ID	I4	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Gyorgy Josef DUDIK, *,   b. May 1864, Neviczke, Ung, Ungvasi Jaros, Magyar (Now In Ukraine) ,   d. 2 Nov 1907, Clarion Junction, Johnsonburg, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Mother	Marie VOVCSIK,   b. 25 Dec 1862, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary ,   d. 18 Aug 1932, Mt. Jewett, Mckean, PA, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Married	1886  [20, 25]
  Family ID	F6210	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susan Irene KUTCHMIRE,   b. 17 Jun 1902, Ormsby, Mckean, PA, USA ,   d. 20 Oct 1981, Bradford, Mckean, PA, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	24 Jan 1920	St. Bernard's Church, Bradford, Mckean, PA, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Dorothy J. DUDICK,   b. 30 Sep 1920, Bradford, Mckean, PA, USA ,   d. 29 Jan 2010, Bradford, Mckean, PA, USA  (Age 89 years)   2. Donald Arthur DUDICK,   b. 12 Aug 1922, Bradford, Mckean, PA, USA ,   d. 4 Jul 1997, Bradford, Mckean, PA, USA  (Age 74 years)   3. Evelyn M. DUDICK,   b. 20 Jul 1924, Bradford, Mckean, PA, USA ,   d. 31 Mar 1999, Bradford, Mckean, PA, USA  (Age 74 years)   4. John Joseph DUDICK, Jr.,   b. 24 Oct 1926, Bradford, Mckean, PA, USA ,   d. 14 Jun 2013, Boulder City, , Nevada  (Age 86 years)   5. Edward Clarence DUDICK,   b. 31 Mar 1929, Bradford, Mckean, PA, USA ,   d. 22 Jan 1999, Bradford, Mckean, PA, USA  (Age 69 years)   6. Sue Anne DUDICK   7. Richard David DUDICK,   b. 21 Jan 1936, Bradford, Mckean, PA, USA ,   d. 2 Apr 1994, Shell Beach, San Luis Obispo, California, USA  (Age 58 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F6226	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  John Joseph Dudick, Sr. was either born in Germany, Austria, Hungary or in Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania. His marriage certificate, death certificate and social security records say Pennsylvania, but his son, John remembers him saying he was born in Germany. His birth record has not been able to be located, even though Elk Co., PA kept track of birth records from 1893 to 1905. He also lists his age differently in a couple of different forms. In his marriage record dated Dec. 29, 1919, he lists himself at age 25. His parents lived in Neviczke, Hungary for probably at least 3 generations, but came to America in 1892. If his 1894 birthdate is correct, he was likely born in Pennsylvania. He supposedly lost his father when he was around 6 years of age from descendants' memories. However, according to this article in the Johnsonburg Press, dated January 3, 1908, he was 13 years old when his father died. "County Commissioner Thomas paid a visit to Father Baker's school in Buffalo last week and was much pleased with what he saw at the institution. He took there the thirteen year old son of Joe Dudack, the man who died suddenly at Johnsonburg some weeks ago, and left him. The lad is bright but has never attended school a day in his life. He was anxious to go to the Buffalo institution and Commissioner Thomas thinks it's the place for him. There are seven hundred boys in the school at the present time and they are not only educated, but also taught trades. It's a charitable institution and set up by Father Baker's unceasing efforts in behalf of homeless boys." He worked on the railroad as a young man and picked up quite a bit of Italian because of it. He was a soldier in World War I. He first enlisted May (1), 1917 as a Rig builder. His character was defined as "excellent". He is on a list of injured soldiers from the Pennsylvanians in the Indiana Evening Gazette on Saturday, Nov. 2, 1918. His rank was a private and he was from Kushequa, PA. He was honorably discharged from the 16th Infantry, Co. C, National Guard on Aug. 5, 1917. (D-131) He then apparently re-enlisted in the 112th Infantry, Company C and served in Le Mans, France from 1918-May 6, 1919. (D-132, 134) He was wounded in battle on July 18, 1918 and received the purple heart for gallant service. His son John has a large wide angle picture of him and the 112th in his home. (D:DOC, E) He had to fill out a World War II draft registration card, in which he verifies his birthdate, May 18, 1894 and place, Johnsonburg, PA, his wife's name, Sue, his address, 283 Congress St., Bradford, PA and his career as a fireman. He was 5 foot 7 inches tall, with brown hair, hazel eyes and light complexion. In the 1930 census records for Bradford, McKean Co., PA, John was renting his home. It's contents were worth $35.00. He was age 36 and his wife was listed as age 28. They were married when he was 26 and she was 18. He lists his birth place as New York and his wife's as Pennsylvania. His parents were born in Italy (his stepfather and his spouse) and her parents were born in Austria. Children living in the family were Dorothy Irene, Donald, Evelyn, John and Edward. He was a fireman by trade. According to the Bradford Era, on Oct. 24, 1945, Private John J. Dudick of Congress St. was thrown a birthday party by his mother while on furlough. He had been trained in Las Vegas, Nevada and was expecting to be shipped to the Pacific. This is even more interesting as his birthday was in May. The only family member that I could tell was in attendance was brother, Ed Dudick. According to this same paper, his mother and her husband, Tony Cesario, visited them on Nov. 22, 1945. He and his wife attended the funeral of a cousin, Joseph Michalek, in Nanticoke in April of 1949. He was in the paper again when he fell down the stairs of his home at 15 Park St. and was taken to the hospital in an ambulance on Sep. 11, 1951. He is listed as receiving 26 Park St., in Bradford, PA on Aug. 31, 1954 in Smethport Deeds which was willed to them by neighbor, Albert A. Griffin. John and his wife never lived in this home, but continued to rent the home at 15 Park St. which they had lived in for much of their adult lives. (D-22) Before renting 15 Park St., they lived at 283 Congress St. in Bradford, Pennsylvania. John Joseph Dudick, Jr. remembers both his parents as hard workers. His dad was a jack-of-all trades. He worked much of his life in the fire department as a firefighter and mechanic, doing all the necessary repairs on the fire fighting equipment. He had built a pumping truck from the ground up and was naturally proud of this accomplishment. He had several heart attacks, one of which forced him to retire from the fire department. In the Bradford Era on Apr. 12, 1976, he is listed as having received his 25 year membership for working in Sales at Witco Chemical Corporation. He was always a good provider for his family. For pleasure, he loved to fish. He would take his sons, fishing and hunting. His wife was a very attractive woman. It was always said that her children were well behaved. She liked her children to be well dressed and well mannered. She loved to collect pretty objects. By the end of her life her home was a wall-to-wall and ceiling-to-ceiling collection of old fashioned glassware, photographs and well loved objects. She was a born seamstress and did professional paper hanging. No job was too large to tackle. She did everything well. John, Jr. remembers this about his family life. He says they always ate well, even during the depression. His father only took a belt to him once when he kept a friend out in the hills so long that his parents had gotten worried. He remembers fighting with his brothers, going hunting in the hills of Bradford often with his friends and building a radio receiver from odds and ends. He used it to listen in on his older brother and his girl friend while they would talk on the telephone. He felt he had a good childhood, "a damn good childhood with lots of fun." There was lots of snow in Bradford during winter months. Snow was enjoyed with ice skating, bob sledding, skiing, tobogganing and all other winter sports. He had a good time in the hills with his bicycle, model planes, soap box derbys, guns, and all the good things of youth.

  
  

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