I ( Genevieve) lived in Cicero, Il. for 63 yrs and then we moved to Schaumburg, Il. Married Ernest Grillo in Dec. of 1946. We have two lovely daughters Jeanne and Rosemary. Also have two lovely granddaughters Tracy and Laura and two fine son-in-laws Rick and Ron.

1- I am working on the geneaology of both families. They came to America from Posan, Poland in 1890 thru Ellis Island.

They both lived in Chicago, Ill.. My mother's family lived there and her Father had a butcher shop and own the building which stayed in the family till 1944

My Grandfather's name was John Wiatrak and my Grandmother's name was Mary Lesna (Lesny) Their childrens names are as follows Leon, Antonina, Helen, Bonifacy,Mary,Bronislav,Lucy, Bertha, Edward,Vanda

My Dad's Father was Thomas Bartelak and his Mother was Agnes Markiewcz. They had 3 son sons, Henry born in Poland, Stanley and Joseph born in Chicago, IL.

The Bartelak family moved to Cicero in 1900 and that was when Thomas died and Agnes remarried. She married Walenty Pawlowski whose wife had died leaving him with 3 children Jack, Mike and Helen.

Agnes and Walenty had 4 children Kate, Mary,Frances and Agnes.

2- I like doing jigsaw puzzels.

3- Play the piano which I tried to teach myself, did a fair job.

4- Love to putter in the flower garden and try to make the flowers grow.

5- Chatting on the SENIOR NET were you can find a lot of nice people. COME JOIN US. We are people from everywhere and of all ages from 55 to what ever.

6- Doing aerobics three times aweek. Another place to find nice people.

I am a retired Faculty Secretery from Morton college in Cicero, Il. work there for about 14 yrs.