Buffalo News (New York, March 28, 2005, Monday

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Buffalo News (New York)

March 28, 2005 Monday
FINAL EDITION

SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. B5

HEADLINE: STANLEY F. WOZNY, CITY WORKER, UNION LEADER;
AUG. 31, 1913 -- MARCH 24, 2005

DATELINE: NIAGARA FALLS

BODY:
Stanley F. Wozny, who was credited with unionizing the city water treatment plant, died Thursday in his home. He was 91.
Mr. Wozny was born in Niagara Falls and graduated from Niagara Falls High School in 1931.
After working 13 years as a crane operator at the Union Carbide Corp. plant here, he joined the city Water Department.
Mr. Wozny took labor-management courses at Cornell University and later founded and served as the first president of the union at the water plant. He later was named an honorary member of Local 14551, United Steelworkers of America, which still represents employees at the plant. Mr. Wozny retired as a plant engineer in 1979.
He was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church.
His family said he enjoyed golf and his dog, Brady, and was good at working on mechanical and electrical devices.
His wife of 61 years, Joan Ciepiela Wozny, died Dec. 31, 2001.
He is survived by two daughters, Arlene M. and Ruth E., both of Niagara Falls.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Holy Trinity Church, 1419 Falls St., after prayers at 9 in Zajac Funeral Home, 319 24th St. Burial will be in Holy Trinity Cemetery, Lewiston.
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