Bertha (Zlatykanicz) Sositko and four of her children in order by age: Helen Josephine- age 10, Mary- age 9, Geneva E.- age 7 1/2, and Joseph "Joe" Sositko- age 4 1/2 years old. This was Geneva Sositko's First Communion in the spring in about 1925. The family's church was St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. Take notice to the girls with their Dutch Boy haircuts. Bertha was born in 1883 in Muszyna, Poland to Peter and Apolonia (Chmielowska) Zlatykanicz. She married John Sositko in 1908 in Hamilton, Ohio. Helen married George A. Henry (the son of Lena Tribbey, raised up in Oxford, Ohio and Leroy "Roy" Henry, born in Darrtown, Milford Twp, Butler Co., Ohio) in 1934. Helen married second to Fred W. Cook (George's youngest half brother) in 1946. Helen talked about her childhood to her daughter, Terry Ann (Cook) Tuttle Bradley. She talked about how she remembers going ice skating with her brothers and sisters on the canal when the canal would freeze over in the winter in Hamilton, Ohio.

Joseph "Joe" Sositko at about 10 years old in about 1931 (or the autumn of 1930) at St. Joseph's Catholic School. He was born in 1920 in Hamilton, Ohio. The son of Bronislawa Rosalia "Bertha Rose" (Zlatykanicz) and John 'Jan' Sositko.

Joseph R "Joe" Sositko standing in the snow in probably late 1942 (or early 1943) in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. He was probably home visiting from the Army. He was born in August 1920. The son of John and Bertha (Zlatykanicz) Sositko. Some of his brother and sisters names were Frank, Helen, Mary, Geneva, and Jennie "Jean" Sositko. He married Pauline Guyler in 1944.

John Sositko with most of his children and their spouses in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio in about 1962. Front Row: Joseph "Joe" Sositko and Jennie (Sositko) Harrison [also known as 'Jean']. Back Row: Pauline (Guyler) Sositko, Mary (Sositko) Ridenour, Helen J. (Sositko) Cook, John Sositko, William "Bill" Harrison and Fred W. "Bud" Cook. The family surname of Sositko was shortened to Sitko for a short time in the 1930's. It's on some of the marriage records. Helen was first married to George Henry. Jennie was first married to Samuel "Sam" Cayse. This photo was most likely taken by Wilbur Ridenour (or one of John Sositko's grandchildren) and it was probably taken on the same day as the photo of John Sositko and his grandchildren from his children in this photo. Helen and Fred Cook's daughter, Terry remembers her parents and her aunts and uncles voting for John F Kennedy for President in 1960 and she remembers them staying awake all night on election night to see if he won the presidency. Helen worked at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton, Ohio. She was the head cook. Mary and Jennie worked at the coffee shop at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton, Ohio. Pauline was a nurse's aid at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton, Ohio. Joe worked at Pillsbury.

Sherry Cook with her aunt and uncle, Pauline and Joseph "Joe" Sositko at her mother's funeral in February 1968 in Hamilton, Ohio. Sherry's mother was Helen J. (Sositko) Cook. Helen died on February 13, 1968 when Sherry was still 13. Helen asked Joe and Pauline a few months earlier to finish raising Sherry for her when she dies.

Joseph "Joe" Sositko and his niece, Sherry Lynette Cook in the late 1960's in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. Joe was the son of John and Bertha Rose (Zlatykanicz) Sositko. Sherry was the daughter of Fred W "Bud" and Helen J (Sositko) Cook.

Photos of Pauline (Guyler) and Joseph Sositko in about the early 1940's in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio.

Joseph "Joe" Sositko in a school photo from either the fall of 1927 or the spring of 1928 when he was still 7 years old. He attended St. Joseph's Catholic School in Hamilton, Ohio. Joseph was born August 8, 1920. His parents were Jan "John" "Joannes" and Bronislawa "Bertha" R. (Zlatykanicz) Sositko.

Joseph "Joe" Sositko and Pauline Guyler in the early-mid 1940's in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. They were married in 1944 in St. Joseph's Church. Joe died in 1989 and Pauline died in 2007.

Joseph "Joe" Sositko and his wife, Pauline (Guyler) Sositko in Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio in probably the 1960's. Joe was born in 1920 in Hamilton, Ohio. He was the son of John and Bertha (Zlatykanicz) Sositko. Pauline was born in 1926 in Iowa but grew up in Hamilton, Ohio. She was the daughter of William and Myra (Clark) Guyler. Pauline and Joe's best friends were Joe's sister, Helen J (Sositko) and Fred W. "Bud" Cook.

Joseph Sositko in the Army in the early 1940's. He was born in 1920 in Hamilton, Ohio. The son of Bertha (Zlatykanicz) and John Sositko. I heard he enlisted in the military service in Indiana but his military record on the internet says he enlisted in Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on October 14, 1942. It also says he was born in 1921 but that is incorrect. Joseph "Joe" married Pauline Guyler in 1944.

This is a photo of Frank and his brother, Joseph "Joe" Sositko in about the early 1940's in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. It looks like they are at their parents home. Their nephew, Mark "Gene" Henry said he remembers that the house was not real brick. It was some kind of fake brick siding. He's right because it doesn't have the brick in many other photos.

Joseph "Joe" Sositko and his wife, Pauline (Guyler) Sositko with his brother, Frank Sositko in about the mid to late 1940's. Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio.

Joseph Sositko and his mother, Bertha (Zlatykanicz) Sositko in the early 1940's in Hamilton, Ohio during the time of World War II.