Roman Joseph Steciw
STECIW, LUZECKYA, WILSON, MCGLAUGHLIN, EAKIN, HAMPTON, MITCHELL, GOEBEL, SLICK
Posted By: Sarah Fletcher (email)
Date: 7/13/2020 at 11:40:34
Roman Joseph Steciw was born on November 29, 1938 in Medwecza, Ukraine to Mykola and Paraskewia (Luzeckya) Steciw. Following WWII, Roman and his family were living in Germany when they immigrated to the United States. They came through Ellis Island, where his name is on the Memorial Wall. He was very proud to become an American citizen when he became 18 years old and the American flag flew proudly outside every home he lived.
Roman attended Crane Technical High School in Chicago and later night school at DeVry Technical School, where he studied electronics, graduating in July 1967. He was drafted in the U.S. Army in January 1962 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri for basic training and then was stationed at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, for most of his tour of duty. He was discharged in 1964 and remained in the Army Reserves until January 1968.
Roman worked for Northwest Orient Airlines at Midway and O'Hare Airports in Chicago for 11 years. He met his wife Judith Wilson at a NWA picnic and they were married September 17, 1966 at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Chicago. Roman left NWA to work for Xerox Corporation where he worked for 33 years, transferring to the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Branch in 1978. The family moved to an acreage near Oxford where they lived for 14 years. In 1992 Roman and Judy moved to Coralville. After his retirement from Xerox in 2001 he worked part time as a delivery driver for Hy-Vee, a job he really enjoyed. He retired from Hy-Vee in December 2012. Roman and Judy moved to Keystone Place at Forevergreen Independent Living in August 2017.
Roman was active with the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. He was a member of the Coralville Noon and later the Morning Optimist Clubs. He was a member of the Coralville American Legion and served as a member of the Honor Guard performing ceremonial duties for veteran funerals and other ceremonies and parades. He was selected to attend the Eastern Iowa
Honor Flight to Washington D.C. with daughter Jeanna in May 2019. He was on the Coralville July 4th Parade Committee for many years and assisted the Friends of the Coralville Library with book sales. He received the T. Patricia Dee Volunteer Service Award in 2011.
Survivors are his wife Judy, his daughter Jeanna (David) McGlaughlin, of North Liberty and their children: Sherry (Daniel Eakin) Michael (daughter Brooklyn) Morgan and Jared, his son Joseph (Jacqueline) Steciw, of Cedar Rapids, and their children: Casey, Haley Jo, Cade Steciw, and Haley O. Hampton, a brother John (Dori) Steciw and nephew Stephan Steciw of Chicago, sisters-in-law: Joan Mitchell of Elma, Kathy (Kenneth) Goebel of New Hampton, Dianne Wilson of New Hampton, brother-in-laws: Roger (Sharon) Wilson of Elma, and Edward Slick of Ionia, plus many nieces & nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and step-mother, Ewa Steciw, parents-in-law, Raymond & Marian Wilson, and sister-in-law Vicki Slick.
Roman will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
Military Honors will be conducted on Monday, July 6, 2020 at 11 AM at Oak Hill Cemetery in Coralville. Graveside Committal will be held at 3 PM, Monday, July 6, 2020 at Rose Hill Cemetery in Fredericksburg, Iowa.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Coralville American Legion Honor Guard, Eastern Iowa Honor Flight, or St. Croix Hospice (3741 Center Point Rd NE, Cedar Rapids, 52402)
Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service
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