Joseph John Janik died in Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital after a short illness on July 2, 2011. He was born Feb. 5, 1916, in Chicago, Ill., to Rudolph and Magdelena (Burda) Janik.

He is survived by two sons, Josef Jan Janik (Margaret) and Ronald Tracy Janik (Marva); a daughter, Kerrone Lee Arbacauskas (Tony); six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.