Rakocy, Joseph Jerome b. 08 Dec 1916 Youngstown, Mahoning Co., OH d. 13 Apr 1982 Youngstown, Mahoning Co., OH: My Damon Genealogy

1916 - 1982 (65 years)

Name	Rakocy, Joseph Jerome
Birth	08 Dec 1916	Youngstown, Mahoning Co., OH
Gender	Male
Baptised	10 Dec 1916	Youngstown, Mahoning Co., OH
Baptised	St. Matthias Church by Father John M. Gerenda
Census	14 Jan 1920	Coitsville, Mahoning Co., OH [1]
Census	05 Apr 1930	Youngstown, Mahoning Co., OH [2]
Census	16 Apr 1940	Youngstown, Mahoning Co., OH [3]
Death	13 Apr 1982	Youngstown, Mahoning Co., OH
Burial	Youngstown, Mahoning Co., OH
Burial	Calvary Cemetery; Section 46, Lot 206, Grave 3
Person ID	I83082	My Damon Genealogy
Last Modified	19 Dec 2020

Father	Rakocy, Stephen John, b. 08 Jun 1883, Spišský Štiavnik, Austria-Hungary/Slovakia d. 14 Mar 1962, Youngstown, Mahoning Co., OH (Age 78 years)
Mother	Dvornicky, Catherine Mary, b. 21 Nov 1887, Hranovnica, Slovakia, Austria-Hungary d. 1968, Youngstown, Mahoning Co., OH (Age 80 years)
Marriage	28 Oct 1907	Ottawa Co., OH [4]
Family ID	F31296	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Horvat, Margaret Ann, b. 11 Feb 1921, Youngstown, Mahoning Co., OH d. 27 Nov 1992 (Age 71 years)

Marriage 24 May 1939 Youngstown, Mahoning Co., OH

Children

1. Rakocy, J.J.

Family ID F31330 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 27 Feb 2014

Event Map

	Birth - 08 Dec 1916 - Youngstown, Mahoning Co., OH
	Baptised - St. Matthias Church by Father John M. Gerenda - 10 Dec 1916 - Youngstown, Mahoning Co., OH
	Census - 14 Jan 1920 - Coitsville, Mahoning Co., OH
	Census - 05 Apr 1930 - Youngstown, Mahoning Co., OH
	Marriage - 24 May 1939 - Youngstown, Mahoning Co., OH
	Census - 16 Apr 1940 - Youngstown, Mahoning Co., OH
	Death - 13 Apr 1982 - Youngstown, Mahoning Co., OH
	Burial - - Youngstown, Mahoning Co., OH

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Documents » Slide Show		1920 U.S. census, Mahoning County, Ohio, population schedule, Coitsville, enumeration district 107, p. 8A
		1930 U.S. census, Mahoning County, Ohio, population schedule, Youngstown, enumeration district 88, p. 18A
		1940 U.S. census, Mahoning County, Ohio, population schedule, Youngstown, enumeration district 96-130, p. 14B

Notes

Notes for Joseph Jerome Rakocy:
Joseph was born at his parents' home on Columbus Ave. in Youngstown, delivered by Dr. Taylor with Mrs. John Stanislaw (mother-in-law of Anne Rakocy) assisting. Birth registry states that there were 9 other children living and 5 other children dead at the time of the probate court registration (Aug.5,1965). He lived at 1203 E.Indianola from about 1941 to 1945 then 3121 Pine Hollow Dr. (with Andy Kuzak) from 1945 to 1952. He and his family moved to 614 1/2 Oak Hill Ave,living there in 1952, he then moved to 2824 Jean Street where he lived from 1953 to 1969. In 1969 moved to 330 E.Avondale where he lived until his death.
He lived with his parents at 2543 Tampa in Youngstown from about 1937 to 1941. He was baptized on Dec.10,1916 at St. Matthias Church by Father John M. Gerenda, the sponsors being Joseph Petrencik and Catherine Petrencik. he was confirmed on June 13, 1926 at St. Matthias Church by Rt. Rev. J. Schrembs.
He was a scarfer at Republic Steel Corp. where he worked for 42 years, retiring in December 1978. He was a member of St. Matthias Church, its Holy Name Society, USW Local 1331, and its retirees group. He was a Navy veteran of WWII, inducted on June 15,1945, serving on the U.S.S. Chester, a Heavy Cruiser. Attended basic training at Great Lakes Training Center outside of Chicago. Leaving from Philadelphia, his ship passed through the Panama Canal, went to Guam and the Kwajelain Is. and reached Ominato Island in Japan in October 1945. He returned to San Bruno,California where his wife Margaret met him and stayed in Oakland,California. He was discharged in April 1946 with the rank of A/S,S2/C.
He was also an officer in the Order of the Royal Buffaloes, known as the Ro-Buff Club, which was a social club formed from a group of friends working at Republic Steel. They rented a storefront on Poland Ave. as a social room and fielded a softball team for a number of years in the late 1940's and early 1950's.
Tom Horvat was also a member of the club.
Joseph was buried at Calvary Cemetery in Youngstown,Ohio in Section 46, Lot 206 Grave 3

Sources

[S22] 1920 U.S. census, Mahoning County, Ohio, population schedule, Coitsville, enumeration district 107, p. 8A (penned), dwelling 138, family 151, Kate and Steve Roccochie [Rakocy], digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 October 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625_1413, image 23.
[S583] 1930 U.S. census, Mahoning County, Ohio, population schedule, Youngstown, enumeration district 88, p. 18A (penned), dwelling 152, family 152, Catherine and Steve Rakocy, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 October 2013); citing FHL microfilm publication 2341580, roll 1846, image 151.0.
[S697] 1940 U.S. census, Mahoning County, Ohio, population schedule, Youngstown, enumeration district 96-130, p. 14B-15A (penned), household 235, Catherine and Stephen Rakocy, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 October 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T627_3273.
[S35] Ohio, Mahoning County, marriage records, 1915-1970.
Ottawa County, Ohio, marriage record, John Rakocsy and Catharine Dvornicky, 28 October 1907; digital image, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org; accessed 17 February 2019).