Theodore M. Godek, 88, Organized Church CYO

He was born December 28, 1914 in Cleveland and had resided in Lorain since 1945.

Mr. Godek worked at Fruehauf Trailer in Avon Lake for 24 � years and then worked at Rockwell International in Wellington for 10 years retiring in 1979.

He was a member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Lorain and the church Holy Name Society in which he was a past president and officer. He established CYO athletics at St. Stanislaus and was a member of the Lorain Golden Age Pensioners Club in which he served as a historian.

He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Robert (Barbara) Werczynski of Lorain; 4 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren and 1 great great granddaughter.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Josephine (nee Czarnecki) on September 18, 2001; son, Thomas Godek in 1980; parents Peter and Harriet (nee Firnfara) Godek and brothers Joseph Godek and John Godek.

The family will receive friends, Sunday, June 8, 2003 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Gluvna-Shimo-Hromada Funeral Chapel, 3224 Broadway Avenue, Lorain where the St. Stanislaus Holy Name Society will pray the rosary Sunday, at 7:30 p.m.

Funeral services will be held Monday, June 9, 2003 at 9:30 a.m. in the funeral chapel followed by a funeral mass at 10:00 a.m. at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, 2702 Elyria Avenue, Lorain. The Rev. Kevin Shemuga, pastor, and the Rev. William Schill, deacon will concelebrate. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Lorain.