Adwin "Inky" J. Rusczek, Sr, W1MPO SK Nov. 19, 2014 Age 97

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Adwin J. Rusczek, Sr, W1MPO SK

SK Nov. 19, 2014

10-10 Number: 17844
QCWA Number: 11074


WALLINGFORD - Adwin J. "Inky" Rusczek Sr., 97, of Wallingford, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, at MidState Medical with his loving family by his side. He was the beloved husband of Lucy Altieri Rusczek.

He was born in Wallingford, March 3, 1917, a son of the late Joseph and Mary Ferri Rusczek and had been a World War II Veteran of the U.S. Army having served in the 51st Signal Battalion. He was a parishioner of Most Holy Trinity Church and a member of the V.F.W. and the American Legion.

In addition to his wife Lucy, Inky is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Adwin J. "Joe" Rusczek Jr., and JoAnne Rusczek; his daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Atty. Robert Naccarato; his brother, Joseph Rusczek and his wife, Ann, all of Wallingford; and his four grandchildren, Brandon and Melissa Rusczek, and Bethany and Mary Naccarato. He was predeceased by his eight siblings, Albert Rusczek, Velara Kwolek, John Rusczek, Celia Gruz, Elizabbeth Rusczek, Evelyn Morris, Viola Ginalski and Ann Russell.

His family will receive relatives and friends in The Wallingford Funeral Home, 809 N. Main St. Ext., on Sunday, Nov. 23, from 3 to 6 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Monday, Nov. 24, at 9 a.m. from the funeral home when the funeral cortege will proceed to Most Holy Trinity Church where a Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Interment with military honors will be in St. John Cemetery in Wallingford. Gifts in his memory may be sent to the American Legion Shaw-Sinon Post 73, or Most Holy Trinity Church, 68 N. Colony St., Wallingford.

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Funeral Home
Wallingford Funeral Home
809 North Main Street Ext. Wallingford, CT 06492
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Funeral Home Details
Published in The Record-Journal on Nov. 21, 2014
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I also found "cached" this small article on Eham.net that had at one time linked to a Newspaper Article, that is also not able to be viewed.

Nicknamed 'Inky' Early In Life, This Photographer (W1MPO) Was Well-Rounded:
by myrecordjournal.com on July 19, 2010
93-year-old Joe "Inky" Rusczek, of Wallingford, holds a 35mm film camera he used while a photojournalist for the Record Journal. Ruszek is a WWll army veteran and a ham radio hobbyist. WALLINGFORD - When he was growing up in Wallingford in the 1920s, Adwin Rusczek would hang around with a group of youngsters who called themselves the Dead End Kids. One had a penchant for handing out nicknames, and for no reason Rusczek can recall he was assigned the name "Inky." The name has stuck for more than eight decades. Rusczek's wife of 55 years, Lucy, calls him "Ink." By the onset of the Second World War, Rusczek was a natural for the Army Signal Corps. He joined in 1942 as a radio operator using Morse code. As a tech sergeant, he served in the 51st Signal Battalion of the 5th Army, under General Mark Clark. "Most of the guys didn't know much about electronics or radio," he said. "You have to know how a signal travels. You've got to understand the technical portion." Rusczek's military service took him across North Africa, from Casablanca to Tunis, where his forces hooked up with those of General George Patton. He was with Patton again, in Sicily. One day found himself in a house there, with a meeting of top brass that included Patton.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...es/?page=447&type=1+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

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Sorry to have never met "Inky" in person.

73 K2HAT Lee