Obituary - Joseph Felix Dominiske

JOSEPH F. DOMINISKI

Funeral services for Joseph F. Dominiski, 69, were held Tuesday at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion. Rev. E. Thomas Rodda conducted the rites and burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Friends who served as pallbearers were Gus Christoff, Herman Gerras, Colin Hamilton Jr., Ferdnand Marcy, John Samuels and Harry Walkup.

Mr. Dominiski died Saturday, Jan. 31, at Sweetwater Memorial hospital. He had been in ill health for three and one half years. He was a retired coal miner and had been employed by Colony Coal company.

Joseph Felix Dominiski was born Sept. 16, 1883, in Pittsburgh, Pa., and had lived in Rock Springs for 39 years.

Survivors are his wife, Esther; two sons and a daughter, Joseph Carl and Leo Edward Dominiski, and Mrs. Milton Friel, all of Rock Springs; five grandchildren and one great-grandson; two stepdaughters, Alice Bradly of Los Angeles and Mrs. Joseph Huntley of Chillecothe, Mo., who both were in Rock Springs for the funeral services; one brother and one sister, Leo F. Dominiski of Akron, Ohio and Katherine Hendershott of Dover, N.J.

The Dominiski home is at 331 I street.

--Rock Springs Miner, Feb 8, 1953

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Obituary - Eva Virginia Dominiske Friel

EVA FRIEL

Funeral services for Eva Friel were conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, 1996 at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, Second and B streets, Rock Springs. The Rev. Russ Johnson officiated. Interment was in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Rock Springs.

Pallbearers were Steve Hickerson, Kevin Friel, Keith Friel, Craig Friel, Blair Friel and Brian Friel. Honorary pallbearers were Michael Mackey, Lee Harns, Paul Montgomery, Joel Hickerson, Bill Harns and Jared Harns.

Mrs. Friel, 89, of 821 Young Ave., Rock Springs, died at 6:55 a.m. Friday, Feb. 16, 1996 at the home of her daughter in Rock Springs. A resident of the Rock Springs area since 1916 and former resident of Colorado, Mrs. Friel had been in ill health for the past several months.

She was born on Feb. 14, 1907 in Erie, Colo., the daughter of the late Joe Felix and Margaret Anderson Dominiski. Mrs. Friel attended schools in Colorado and Rock Springs and was a graduate of Rock Springs High School with the class of 1928. She married Milton B. Friel Sr., and he preceded her in death in October of 1960. Mrs. Friel was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion.

Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Milton B. and Cindy Friel Jr., of Rock Springs; one daughter, Nancy Hickerson of Rock Springs; one sister-in-law, Anna Dominiski of Rock Springs; 10 grandchildren, Steven Hickerson, Mrs. Mike (Cheryl) Mackey, Mrs. Bill (Nancy) Harns, Ruther Hickerson, Mars. Paul (Cathy) Montgomery, Kevin, Keith, Craig, Blair, Brian and Reena Friel; 26 great-grandchildren; and several nieces also survive.

--Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Feb 24, 1996

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Obituary - Margaret Rebecca Anderson Dominiske

Local Woman Stricken On Bus And Dies

Mrs. Joseph F. Dominiski of 314 D street, aged 43 years, died in the Carbon County Memorial hospital at Rawlins Monday one hour after she was taken from an eastbound transportation bus. She was stricken as the bus entered Rawlins and was removed to the hospital at once.

Mrs. Dominiski left early Monday for her old home in Ohio. She had been in ill health for several months suffering from a serious heart condition. The trip to the home of her parents was planned in an effort to prolong her life.

Decedent with her family had lived in Rock Springs for the last five years. Prior to that time she lived at Reliance for ten years. She was born in England November 29, 1887 and came with her parents to America when she was three years old. The family of her father and mother settled in Ohio. Her maiden name was Rebecca Margaret Anderson, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson who survive her. She was married to Joseph Dominiski at Walsenburg, Colorado in 1904.

Mrs. Dominiski is survived by her husband, two sons, J.C. Dominiski of Reliance, and Leo L. Dominiski of this city; one daughter, Mrs. Milton Friel, also of Rock Springs; one grandson and one granddaughter; a sister, Mrs. Albert Reese of Rock Springs; and four sisters and one brother who live in Ohio with her parents.

Funeral Today

Funeral services were held today at two p.m. from the home on D street and from the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion at two-thirty p.m. Rev. R. Emmet Abraham of Green River, a former rector of the church, officiated. Mrs. Dominiski was of the Episcopalian faith.

Many friends of the family from Rock Springs and Reliance were in attendance and there were many floral tributes. Pallbearers were William Reese, Galen Van Valkenburg, Henry Lance and Clyde Moss, of Rock Springs, Robert Jolly of Winton, and William Stark of Reliance. Interment in charge of the Rogan Mortuary was in Mountain View cemetery.

--Rock Springs Rocket, Oct 2, 1930

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Obituary - Leo Edward Dominiske

LEO E. DOMINISKE

Funeral services for Leo Edward Dominiske, 64, of 4004 Springs Drive, Rock Springs, were conducted Friday at 10 a.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, the Rev. George Mackey officiating. Burial was in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were James Buston Jr., Milton Friel, Hugh Friel, Ben Hautala Jr., Robert Hautala and Larry Hickerson.

Mr. Dominiske died Tuesday, April 3, at his home. He had been in ill health for the last two years.

Mr. Dominiske was born March 7, 1909 at Erie, Colo., the son of the late Joseph F. and Margaret Anderson Dominiske. He married Ann H. Buston July 13, 1929 at Rock Springs. He came to Rock Springs in 1915 and had resided here since then. Mr. Dominiske had been employed as a coal miner until 1957. He was later employed by Sweetwater County from 1959 until May 1972 when he retired due to his health. He attended schools in Rock Springs and was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, Rock Springs Gem and Mineral Club, United Mine Workers of America, Young-at-Heart Senior Citizens Center and American Association of Retired Persons. He had been active in the county Democratic Party organization and at the time of his death was serving as a precinct committeeman, a position he had held for many years.

Survivors include his wife, Ann of Rock Springs; one daughter, Mrs. Harold L. (Lois) Williams of Rock Springs; one brother, Joseph of Rock Springs; one sister, Mrs. Milton (Eva) Friel of Rock Springs; four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

--Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, Apr 7, 1973

Learn more about Leo on the Van Valkenburg Family History website:

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