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Edward Leo Paniak

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Sep 1, 1932 – Jan 10, 2022

Service Details

A Memorial Service in his honor will be held on Friday, January 21, 2022, at 10:00 am CST at the Draeger-Langendorf Funeral Home Mt. Pleasant, WI. 53403 followed by the interment service at West Lawn Memorial Park 9000 Washington Ave. Racine, WI 53406.

For those who wish to witness the visitation via livestream on Friday, January 21, 2022 at beginning at 12:00 noon CST (actual service will start at 1 pm CST), you will be able to click on the link below:

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Edward Leo Paniak, age 89, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, January 10, 2022, in Brooksville, FL.

He was born in Chicago “Back of the Yards”, IL on September 1, 1932. He was St. Joseph Catholic Church Class of 1950 and Graduated with a BA in Accounting from the University of Illinois.

He is survived by his wife, Mary “Minnie” (Fiore) F. Paniak; brothers: Bernard and Walter. He was pre-deceased by his parents: Joseph and Victoria (Roback) L. Paniak and siblings: Richard, Leonard, and Josephine.

He served his country in the US Air Force from 1952-1956. As an avid hunter/fisherman and outdoorsman, he lived in Alaska for most of the ’60s while working for Standard Oil. He moved to Dallas, TX in the ’70-’80s while working for various oil companies. He returned home in 1990 where he met Mary when he started Ballroom dancing. He was a great dancer. They were married shortly after in 1993.

A Memorial Service in his honor will be held on January 21, 2022, at 10:00 am CST at the Draeger-Langendorf Funeral Home Mt. Pleasant, WI. 53403 followed by the interment service at West Lawn Memorial Park 9000 Washington Ave. Racine, WI 53406.

He will be loved, missed, remembered, and remain in our hearts.

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  1. Larry Cress says

    January 20, 2022 at 10:49 am

    Ed always had my love and respect……

  2. Lauren Butler says

    January 20, 2022 at 7:06 pm

    You were the best person I’ve ever known, I’ll forever miss out beach walks and your sweet advice. I hope to see you again soon 🦋💕

  3. Don & Adrianne Roback says

    January 21, 2022 at 2:01 pm

    I have many fond childhood memories of growing up in the “back of the yards” neighborhood with Ed, Lenny, Bernie & the Paniak family. We appreciated the well written tribute to Ed & the beautiful, uplifting , memorial service. May the peace of the Lord be with you all.
    Don & Adrianne Roback

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Vicky Coerper

Brian and the rest of the staff, we just wanted to take a moment to thank you for handling every detail of our mom’s (Vera Miller’s) funeral so expeditiously and flawlessly. Being here in North Carolina, I was worried about getting mom back to WI which was her wish. All I had to do was make one phone call to your office and you seamlessly got her from Rex Healthcare in Raleigh, NC back to WI.

All of the arrangements were so impeccable; pictures, book for signing, flowers, thank you and acknowledgement cards, arrangements with Graceland Cemetery, and even playing our slideshow with music and photos, and getting it to loop properly.

You took so much worry off of me and my siblings by professionally stepping in and handling everything for us. I was going a little crazy thinking I had to do it all, but you helped so much that we just needed to share these thoughts and feelings with others. Thank you for everything,

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