The County Press

GILBERT “GIL” MROZ


 

 

GILBERT “GIL” MROZ was born February 6, 1934, in Sault St. Marie, MI to the late John and Marion (Brzozowski) Mroz.

Gil attended the Sault St. Marie branch of Michigan College of Mining and Technology through his sophomore year and then transferred to Houghton MCMT campus, also known as Michigan Tech University, where he majored Civil in Engineering.

Gil served in the United States Army. After active duty, Gil served in the Army reserves and the Department of Defense sent him to Greenland to work on the Distant Early Warning Line the DOD was installing in the Arctic. After he returned from Greenland he worked for Michigan Bell where he spent his entire career. He met and married his wife, Jean. They were married May 18, 1956 and were together for over 65 years. They lived in Oak Park, Michigan, then Gil was transferred to New York, and they lived in Edison, New Jersey for a time, then moved back to Rochester, Michigan. Together they had five children, Dan, John (Lynn), Debra (David Bonadeo), Karen (Ron Urman), and Judy (Bob Ziola).

Gil and Jean were very active members of St. Irenaeus, in Rochester, Michigan. Gil was actively involved with the local Knights of Columbus. Annual family vacations to Florida and eventually west, to Arizona, introduced Jean and Gil to their eventual winter home of Sun City West. As a couple they shared a passion for travel, visiting many places in the U.S. and Europe.

During his early retirement years, he and Jean also became grandparents to nine children, Michael, Jessica, Caitlin, Elizabeth, Grant, Matthew, Bradley, Alyssa and Bailey and later, greatgrandparents to five children.

Gil passed away peacefully on January 12, 2022, in Sun City West, Arizona. He is preceded in death by his loving wife, Jean, who died just two months prior to him. He will be remembered as a kind and devoted husband, father, grandfather and greatgrandfather to his family.

A memorial Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 29, 2022, at St. Cornelius Catholic Church, 3834 N Mill Rd. Dryden, Michigan. Rev. Fr. Mike Gawlowski will officiate. Gil’s remains will be interred beside his beloved Jean in Arcadia Township Cemetery following the mass. The family will be available for visitation from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, April 28, 2022, at the Muir Brothers Funeral Home of Imlay City, 225 N. Main St., Imlay City, Michigan, and from 10-11 a.m. at St. Cornelius Catholic Church in Dryden on Friday April 29, 2022. Those wishing to make memorial contributions may direct them to the American Heart Association. Please be sure to sign our on-line register book to share your memories and condolences with the Mroz family.

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