Joseph F. Murawski
Private Joseph F. Murawski, Company A, 707th Tank Battalion, U.S. Army. Serial: 42083044. He lived at 1212 Louis Street, Camden NJ. Buried at Luxembourg American Cemetery, Plot H Row 12 Grave 32, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
Private Joseph F. Murawski was born April 13, 1914 in New Jersey. He was the second of at least eight children born to Frank and Cecelia Murawski. The family lived at 907 Sycamore Street at the time of the 1920 Census. At the time of the 1930 Census, the Murawski family lived at 1210 Chestnut Street, a block in Camden where many Polish immigrants had made their home. His father was then working as a laborer in one of Camden’s many shipyards. As a youth, he attended the Lincoln School, and was particularly fond of hunting and fishing. The next door neighbors at 1212 Chestnut Street were the Wojtkowiak family. Casimir Wojtkowiak later worked as an investigator with the Camden County Prosecutors Office, while son John became a highly decorated fighter pilot after shortening his name to John White.
Joseph Murawski later lived at 1212 Louis Street. He was inducted into the Army, his call to service coming shortly after the death of his mother, Cecelia Murawski, on October 20, 1943. He received training on tanks at Fort Knox KY, where he was rated “expert” in the use of machine guns.
Private Murawski was killed in action on December 19, 1944. He was survived by his wife, Elizabeth, and a daughter, Cecelia. His sister Elizabeth was married to Camden firefighter Edward G. Glaze, who died while fighting a fire in 1958 as a member of Engine Company 7.
1210 Chestnut Street
1210 Chestnut Street, Camden NJ — home of the Murawski and Wojtkowiak families in the 1930s.
Murawski, Elizabeth M.
Camden Courier-Post —
MURAWSKI, ELIZABETH M.
Age 87, (nee Glaze), of Mt. Ephraim, NJ. Died Thursday, September 29, 2005, in Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, Camden, NJ. Born in Camden, Mrs. Murawski was a homemaker and an avid Phillies and Eagles fan.
She was the wife of the late Joseph, and is survived by her beloved daughter, Cecelia and her husband Michael Powell of Mt. Ephraim, and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her sister, Mildred Verzilli and her brother, Edward G. Glaze.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend her Funeral Mass Tuesday morning 10:30 AM in St. Francis DeSales Church, W. Gloucester Pike, Barrington, NJ. Viewing 9:30 to 11:30 AM in church. Interment private (ALLOWAY FUNERAL HOME, Merchantville, NJ).