John S. Samarziya

 
Name at birth:    John S. Samarziya 
Date of birth:    31 December 1919 
Place of birth:   Bessemer MI USA 
Date of death:    11 January 1998 
Place of death:   Bessemer MI USA 
Place of burial:  Hillcrest Cemetery Bessemer MI USA 
 
Submitted by:  Dan Chupinsky  (dchup@flash.net)

John was a simple man with simple pleasures. He enjoyed friends and relatives. He liked to garden and cut firewood from the 40 acres his father owned. He stopped at the local tavern for a glass of beer after a day in the iron mines in the Gogebic Range. When the ravages of time crippled his body, he found pleasure in a day of fishing, or a long ride through the country he loved in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan.
He was a cook in the Navy during WW2, an iron miner in the mines in and around Bessemer. He ran the machinery at Big Powderhorn Ski Hill, and in the summer, he could be found on a lawnmower cutting grass. John is missed by more friends and relatives than he could recall if he were put to the test.
Rest in peace, John.