Vincent J. “Vince” Cieslewicz, 92, Wittenberg, father of two Plover women, died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, at North Haven Assisted Living Center while under the care of Ministry Hospice.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, at St. Adalbert Catholic Church in Rosholt, with the Rev. Father Jeffrey Hennes officiating. Burial with full military honors will be in St. Adalbert Cemetery.

Visitation will be at the Pisarski Funeral Home in Stevens Point from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, and at the church from 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, until the Mass. A general rosary will be prayed at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

A memorial will be established at a later date for St.
Adalbert School where he attended grade school and later served on the school
board.

Condolences may be offered online at
www.pisarskifuneralhome.com.

Mr. Cieslewicz was born Aug. 25, 1924, in the town of New
Hope, a son of the late Stanley and Clara Ziolkowski Cieslewicz. He attended
local schools.

He entered the U.S. Army July 20, 1944, in Milwaukee. He
served with Company F, 63rd Infantry, as a machine gun operator during World War
II. He served in New Guinea and Luzon. He received the WWII Victory Medal,
Asiatic Pacific Theatre Ribbon with two Bronze Battle Stars, Philippine
Liberation Ribbon with one Bronze Battle Star, two
Overseas Service Bars, Army of Occupation Medal of Japan, Distinguished Unit
Badge and a Purple Heart for being injured while serving in Luzon on July 8,
1945. He was honorably discharged Aug. 5, 1946, at Fort Sheridan, Ill.

Mr. Cieslewicz was married to Helen Bruski Nov. 16, 1946, at
St. Adalbert Church in Rosholt.

After their marriage, they moved to Chicago, Ill., where he
was a supervisor at Felt and Tarrant Comptometer on North Paulina Street.

They moved back to central Wisconsin where he purchased a
milk route and supplied the Rosholt Cheese Factory with milk for seven years.
He also purchased a dairy farm which he converted to a potato operation after
he sold the milk route. He sold the business in 1992.

He was a member of St. Adalbert Parish and the St. Adalbert
Rosary Society.

Survivors include his wife of 70 years, Helen; six children,
Joe (Diane) Cieslewicz, Wittenberg, Jon (Christine) Cieslewicz, Franklinton, N.C.,
Lin (Joe) Vogel and Patti (Joe) Cahill, both of Plover, Maria (Steve) Bestul,
Kronenwetter, and Jane (John) Laub, Athens; four sisters, Josephine Smith,
Rosalie Sloan, Pat West and Clare (Dave) Jozwiak; four brothers, Tony (Jean)
Cecil, Marty Cieslewicz, Tom (Doris) Cecil and Michael (Enid) Cieslewicz; 15 grandchildren;
and six great-grandchildren.

He was also preceded in death by two sisters, Mary
Sherfinski and Annette Mozuch; three brothers, Francis, Stanley and Casey; and
two infant grandsons.