Michael Maczuzak

Michael Maczuzak, age 91, of Painesville, Ohio, passed away peacefully Wednesday, June 30, 2021, with his family by his side and surrounded with love. Mike was born on November 21, 1929, in Slickville, PA to the late Peter and Catherine Maczuzak. Growing up in a coal mining town, Mike and his eleven siblings shared a wealth of love and laughter, creating joyful childhood memories that Mike treasured throughout his life. As a young man, Mike worked with his father in the coal mine for a period before joining the US Navy and serving his country through the duration of the Korean War. He served as a Fire Control Technician aboard the US fleet flagship, USS Manchester, and received the American Spirit Honor Medal for high example to comrades in arms. The GI Bill gave Mike the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Penn State. After graduation he worked as a systems engineer for the power generation and process industries and was promoted to Systems Design Supervisor for Bailey Meter Company, headquartered in Wickliffe, Ohio. In his career, Mike developed a solid reputation for his reliability and integrity. He was a good and honorable man throughout his business and personal life. Above all else, he was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. His greatest joy was being together with family and watching his grandchildren grow up. He was very proud of his 13 grandchildren’s talents and achievements and attended performances and sporting events regularly. He also enjoyed spending quiet time fishing and gardening, especially with his grandchildren. Mike was a multitalented man. He had a beautiful singing voice and his family enjoyed hearing him sing his favorite songs until the last days of his life. And he was an exceptionally talented artist, and his wonderful drawings will live on as family treasures. When Mike was young, he would amuse and entertain his siblings and friends with caricature drawings that brilliantly captured the essence and humor of his subjects. He also had a vast memory for jokes and loved to hear them and tell them, from his childhood until his final hours. He had a great talent for telling jokes and always loved laughing with friends and family. He was an avid reader and loved to learn and understand the world. He particularly enjoyed learning about history and science and having intellectual discussions on many topics. He also loved discussing and solving complex math and geometry puzzles and had a brilliant mind for this. Mike was a philosophical deep thinker his entire life and enjoyed studying and pondering the nature of the universe and the nature of God. He was a devout Catholic, baptized at the Saint Demetrius Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Jeannette, PA. Michael is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Mary (nee Dillon) Maczuzak; children, Theresa (Tim) Fagan, Michael Maczuzak, John (Jill) Maczuzak, Tom (Lily) Maczuzak, Laura Maczuzak, and Joe (Jodi) Maczuzak; grandchildren, Caitlin, Michael, and Sarah Fagan, Elizabeth (Josh) Abend, Melissa, John, Olivia, and Peter Maczuzak, Hasan, Yusra, and Yusuf Ali, Jake and Mia Maczuzak. He is survived by two sisters; Helen (Henry) Novince of Portage, IN., and Sonia (Frank) Vernalis of Portage, IN.; and two brothers; Paul (Barbara) Maczuzak of Bentleyville, PA and Ted Maczuzak of East Norriton, PA. He is preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Peter Maczuzak Jr., John (Janet) Maczuzak, and five sisters, Joanne Maczuzak, Mary (George) Kadash, Olga Mikluscak, Catherine (Daniel) Luketich and Patricia Petrisek. The family will receive friends 4-8 pm, Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at the Brunner Sanden Deitrick Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 8466 Mentor Ave., Mentor, OH 44060. A funeral service will be held 10 am, Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at St. Mary of the Assumption Church, 8560 Mentor Ave., Mentor, OH 44060. Please meet at the church. Burial will follow in Mentor Cemetery. Contributions may be made in memory of Mike to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 6111 Oak Tree Blvd, S Suite, Independence, OH 44131 or on their website https://www.lls.org/ Send flowers and offer condolences at www.brunners.com

Michael Maczuzak

November 21, 1929 - June 30, 2021