In Memory Leo Golicki - Ilion High School Class of 1959
LEO E. GOLICKI Ilion youth dies in gym. January 17, 1959 A 17 year old Ilion youth, Leo E. Golicki, last night collapsed while playing basketball in the Annunciation School Hall gymnasium, dying in a few moments. Golicki, son of Mr. And Mrs. Geo Golicki, 11 Hall St., was playing a pick-up game with a group of Ilion youths and gave no indication of feeling bad according to spectators. Dr. Theodore Carney and Dr. C. C. Whittemore, Herkimer county coroner, were called when artificial respiration failed. Dr. Whittemore will perform an autopsy today. Cy Deyle, who had long been interested in basketball for boys in Ilion was in the gym when the youth, who had just tossed the ball in the basket, slumped to the floor. The youth seemed to recover quickly, and when Deyle suggested someone run outside and get some snow to help revive him, Golicki told him "I'm all right." A moment later he slumped over again and lost consciousness. Those present said a priest and doctor were called. LEO E. GOLICKI Leo was born on Oct. 3, 1941, in Herkimer, a son of Leo and Isabelle Sikorowicz Golicki. The family moved to Ilion four years ago. A senior at Ilion Central High School, Leo was a member of the school's varsity football team, a member of the Quill Staff, the school newspaper, and the yearbook. He had a leading role in an operetta planned by the school Orpheus Choir. He was a communicant of The Church of the Annunciation where he was an Altar Boy. Surviving are his parents; a twin sister, Caroline, at home. Edward Sikorowicz of Mohawk, his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Caroline Sikorowicz, Herkimer; his paternal grandparents, Mr. And Mrs. William Golicki of Fort Lauderdale, Fla; also four cousins and three great aunts. Services will be conducted at 10:30a.m. Tuesday, January 20, 1959 from his home and at 11 a.m. from the Church of the Annunciation, with burial in Calvary Cemetery, Herkimer, in the spring. Obituary resource courtesy of members of the Class of 1959.
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