Generation One: Czimbal-Vansacs

children of JOSEPH J. CZIMBAL and ELIZABETH M. VANSACZ

(Note: Elizabeth (Vansacz) Czimbal gave birth to 16 children, 
8 of whom survived into preadolescence.)

(1) Margaret “Mary" M. Czimbal  
b. 1/30/1895 Bekescsaba, Hungary
d. 3/9/1980  Cleveland, OH
married to Alex Kiss (b. 1890, d. 1962)
naturalized Sept. 1937, Detroit
buried in West Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Section 23, Lot 37

(2) Elizabeth “Lizzie” Czimbal
b. 1/16/1897 Bekescsaba, Hungary
d. 7/1975 Curtisville, PA
married to Konstantyn Szotyk (b. 1895, d. 1982)
children: Helen, Mary, Elizabeth, John, Olga, Mike

(3) Joseph John Czimbal, Jr.
b. 8/28/1899 Bekescsaba, Hungary
d. 11/20/1988 Long Beach, CA

served as a court interpreter in Indiana, Pennsylvania (1924)

(4) Edith Czimbal    

b. 12/24/1905  Bekescsaba, Hungary
d. 5/6/1943 Cleveland, OH
married in 1924 to John P. Knezinek (b. 1901, d. 1973)
died of "general peritonitis," at age 37
buried in West Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
(Section 23, Lot 37)

(5) Andrew Joseph Czimbal
b. 11/25/1911 PA

d. 6/27/1989 Pomona, CA

served in World War II, Private First Class; enlisted April 6, 1943
buried in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA
(Section 34, Site 926)

Uncle Andy continued to live in the Czimbal house at 4803 Storer Ave until the late 1980's, when he moved to CA to be closer to his brother John.

(6) HELEN ELIZABETH CZIMBAL 

b. 2/16/1915 Iselin, PA

d. 6/1996 Pittsburgh, PA
married to CHARLES A. SPRING IV on September 6, 1941
children: Elizabeth, Charles, Richard, Philip
buried in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Pittsburgh

Born on the Czimbal farm in Iselin, moved to Cleveland in 1924. Worked as a "sales lady" at Sears Roebuck & Company in Cleveland before her marriage. Met her husband Charles at a gas station.

(7) John J. Czimbal

b. 10/22/1918 PA
d. 7/8/2006 Pomona, CA
married 1946 to Elizabeth Vitkay (div. 1969)
children: John Jr.

(8) Michael Czimbal

b. abt 1921

d. 3/24/1928 Cleveland, OH