Joan Ann Nowacki of Elmwood Park

Joan Ann Nowacki, age 85, of Elmwood Park, Illinois, passed away on Friday, May 29, 2020 at the Jackson County Memorial Hospital in Altus, Oklahoma.

Joan Ann Pietrzak was born on May 12, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois to Joseph Stanley and Emily (Schilowanitz) Pietrzak. She married Stanley Frank Nowacki, Jr. Joan worked as an accounts manager for and electronics firm for many years before retiring.

Her parents, husband, a son, Steven Joseph Nowacki, a brother, James Edward Pietrzak, and two sisters, Dorothy Mae Pietrzak-Woods and Rhoda Ann Pietrzak-Corso, preceded her in death.

Survivors include daughter, Paulette Rose Skorka and husband, Dean, of Chandler, Arizona; two sons, Stanley Frank Nowacki, III and wife, La Reba, of Altus, Oklahoma and Michael Scott Nowacki of Chicago, Illinois; a daughter-in-law, Debbie Tenuta-Nowacki of Elmwood Park, Illinois; 12 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.

Private burial of cremains at St. Adalbert Cemetery, Niles.