John GRATISKI/GRUTKOSKI(1-2) was born
on 25 April 1886 in Austria.(2-5) Death
certificate states that birth place was Italy, however, draft registration
cards and the Wyoming State Coroner’s Report, both state his birth place was
Austria.(1-2,5) John
married Susie Warhol 14 October 1911 in Kemmerer at St. Patrick’s
Church.(6) He submitted draft registration cards for WWI
on 12 September 1918 in Kemmerer, Wyoming.(5)
John was living in Frontier and was working at the Kemmerer Coal Company
as a coal miner.(5) John was described
as short in height, medium build with gray eyes and dark brown hair.(5) John, aged 37 years died in a gas explosion
in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 in Frontier.(2-4) In addition to losing her husband, Susie lost
her brother, Paul WARHOL, Jr. and her brother-in-law Michele CARRERA aka "Mike CITERIO", who was married to her
sister Annie.(8) John was buried on 17 August 1923 in
Kemmerer.(3-4)
Ten
days after the coal mining accident, a “Card of Thanks” was published in the
Kemmerer Republican on 24 August 1923, page 5.
We
unite in expressing our thanks to our many friends, whose many deeds of
kindness and comforting words assisted us to bear the burden of our loss in the
untimely death of Mike Citerio, John Gratiski and Paul Warhol at the Frontier
mine, August 14; especially do we thank the members of the K. of C. lodge,
L.O.O.M and Local Union 2360, U.M.W of A; in fact, everyone who assisted us, to
whom we are duly grateful.
MRS. MIKE
CITERIO
MRS. JOHN
GRATISKI
JOHN WARHOL
MRS. ELLA WARHOL(7)
Survivors
included John’s widow, Susie, and his five children ages, 11, 9, 7,5 and 3
years old.
Sources:
1. Kemmerer
Republican, (Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming), 24 August 1923, page 1,
microfilm; Lincoln County Library, 519 Emerald Street, Kemmerer, Lincoln,
Wyoming 83101.
2. Sneddon
Robert T. Inspector (Dist 1) &
Robert V. Hotchkiss Inspector (Dist2), "State Coal Mine Inspectors Of
Wyoming, Districts No. 1 and 2," year:
1923; report, 1923; , Wyoming State Archives on microfilm, Cheyenne,
Wyoming.
3. John
Gratiski, death certificate file no. 1418 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming,
Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.
4.
Cemetery-Headstone, Kemmerer City Cemetery, Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming. Personal photograph, property of and in
possession of Roberts Roots & Branches, of headstone taken between 2000 and
2003., Warhol, Paul & Gratiski, John.
5.
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,"
database with images, FamilySearch," digital, FamilySearch, FamilySearch.org
(: online digital 9 March 2018); citing United States World War I Draft
Registration Cards, 1917-1918, "United States World War I Draft
Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K687-G69 : 12 December 2014), John
Gratiski, 1917-1918; citing Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States, NARA
microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records
Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 2,022,241.
6.
Marriage Records, Western States Marriage
Record Index, BYU/Idaho Special Collections, Rexberg, Idaho, online.
familyhistory@byui.edu, ID #182653.
7. Kemmerer Republican,
(Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming), 24 August 1923, page 5, microfilm; Lincoln County
Library, 519 Emerald Street, Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming 83101.
8.
Kemmerer Gazette, Kemmerer,
Lincoln, Wyoming, Wyoming Newspaper Project online, “Wedding”, 26 July
1916. page 4.
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