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- Michael Albert Potish - December 2, 1921 - March 12, 1943. Military Service: Enlisted November 16, 1942 in the United States Army at Syracuse, New York. Son of Rudolph John and Pauline Charnetsky Potish.
Newspaper Obituary - Saturday, March 13, 1943 Palladium Times - Oswego, New York - Pulaski - A wire was received Saturday morning by the family of Michael Potish, son of Mrs. Pauline and the late Rudolph Potish, giving notification of his death following previous announcement Friday of his being seriously ill in Colorado. Inducted into the Army November 23, 1942, Potish was assigned to the Air Corps in Atlantic City, where he recently underwent an operation. He telephoned the family Thursday of last week saying he had been transferred to Colorado. Death was attributed to septicemia, infection of the blood stream. The youth was born in Binghamton December 2, 1921, and attended Pulaski Academy. Before entering service he was employed by the New York Central Railroad. The Potish home is on Scenic Highway, Port Ontario, and the family is well-known as vegetable growers throughout Central New York because of summer tourist trade. Survivors include besides his mother, two brothers, Mickey and Victor, the latter inducted into the Army Thursday and scheduled to report next Thursday for active duty; four sisters, Amelia, Sophie, Anne and Margaret. The body will be brought to Pulaski with a military escort and will be given military honors at the grave by the Robert Edwards Post, American Legion. Arrangements are incomplete awaiting arrival of the body.
Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, March 18, 1943 Oswego Palladium Times - Oswego, New York - Pulaski - Funeral services for Michael A. Potish will be held at 1:30 Friday afternoon from his late home in Port Ontario and from the Bethel church there at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Albert E. Lawrence will conduct the services and full military honors will be paid. There will be a firing squad and bugler from Fort Ontario and color guard, colors, and bearers from the Robert Edwards Post, American Legion. Burial will be in Richland cemetery and the flag at Selective Service headquarters at the Pulaski Court House will be lowered to half-staff during the services.
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