Camden People - Joseph J. Lesniewski

JOSEPH J. "BG JOE" LESNIEWSKI was born in New Jersey in 1919. He was working as a machinist and living in Pennsylvania when he enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps in Philadelphia on December 12, 1941.

Joseph Lesniewski came to Camden after Word War II, where he married Wanda Chomiczewksi, who lived and had grown up at 1440 Rose Street. He was appointed to the Camden Fire Department early in 1951.

The 1956 New Jersey Bell Telephone directory shows Joseph J. Lesniewski living at 1100 Orchard Avenue in Camden. By 1959 the family had moved to 930 Atlantic Avenue, around the corner from St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church. The Lesniewski family would reside there into the 1970s. Joseph J. Lesniewski was serving with Engine Company 7 at 1115 Kaighn Avenue in December of 1959.

Joseph J. Lesniewski was still serving as a

Fire Fighter in 1977. He was then living at 166 Linden Avenue in Oaklyn NJ. Before retirement he had seen his son, Joseph A. Lesniewski, join the department, on April 2, 1974. The younger Lesniewski had risen to the rank of Captain by 1997, the serving at Engine Company 11 on North 27th Street in Cramer Hill.

Last a resident of East Beechwood Avenue in Oaklyn NJ, Joseph J. Lesniewski passed away on May 9, 2008, survuved by his wife Wanda, son Joseph A. Lesniewski and daughter Elaine Lesniewski Griffin.

Camden Fire Department - FIRE WATCH MAGAZINE, SPRING 1977

IN RECOGNITION…..

ANNIVERSARY DATES:		CONGRATULATIONS TO:
Fr. Howard G. Brickner #5	26 Years	Fr. Harvey J. Fisher #186	26 Years	Capt. James W. Smith	26 Years
Dep. Chf. Anthony C. Saponare	35 Years	Fr. Andrew H. Foreman #183	26 Years	Fr. William J. Stibi #120	26 Years
Batt. Chf. Robert E. Dukes	30 Years	Fr. Henry S. Keubler #34	26 Years	Fr. William M. Stone #29	26 Years
Insp. Fr. George C. Hennessy #21	30 Years	Fr. Joseph J. Lesniewski #50	26 Years	Capt. William G. Winstanley	26 Years
Dep. Chf. Daniel F. Jiannetto	30 Years	Fr. Phillip MacDonald #7(1	26 Years	Fr. Adolph S. Zubrzycki #62	26 Years
Dep. Chf. Theodore L. Primas	30 Years	Fr. Joseph J. McTaggart #26	26 Years	Batt. Chf. John J. Giuliano	21 Years
Fr. Eugene F. Alston #7	29 Years	Batt. Chf. John J. Mogck	26 Years	Insp. Fr. Alfred D. Nigro #76	21 Years
Batt. Chf. Biaggio P. Ardire	29 Years	Capt. John E. Moore	26 Years	Fr. Leon Puszczykowski #100	21 Years
Fr. William R. Harring #69	29 Years	Capt. Robert P. Olesiewicz	26 Years	Fr. John L. Sterner #73	21 Years
Fr. William E. Hinch #151	29 Years	Capt. Anthony T. Orme	26 Years	Fr. Francis P. Stibi #143	21 Years
Capt. Herbert J. Schott	28 Years	Fr. Ralph H. Palmer #46	26 Years	Fr. Carl R. Szalkowski #95	21 Years
Batt. Chf. Charles A. Bates	26 Years
Members as listed above, have anniversary dates which fall during the first quarter

Camden Courier-Post * May 11, 2008

LESNIEWSKI JOSEPH J.
On May 8, 2008, of Oaklyn, NJ, age 88.
He is the beloved husband of Wanda (nee Chomiczewski) and loving father of Joseph A. Lesniewski (Terriann) of Williamstown and Elaine Griffin (David) of Cherry Hill. His dear grandchildren Laura and Emma Griffin and brother-in-law Charles Chomiczewski of Collingswood also survive him. Mr. Lesniewski was an Army Veteran of WWII and a retired Camden City Firefighter.
Relatives and friends are invited to meet Tuesday morning from 9:30 to 10:30 AM at the CRERAN FUNERAL HOME, 400 WHITE HORSE PIKE, OAKLYN, NJ. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11:00 AM at St. Aloysius Church, 37 W. Haddon Ave. in Oaklyn. Interment will follow in New St. Mary's Cemetery, Bellmawr. There is no evening viewing.