Klementyna (Golebiowska) Raczkiewicz Died April 4, 1918

“Here rests in peace, Klementyna Raczkiewicz, born 23 November 1897, died 4 April 1918, She asks for Hail Marys.” ***** Complication of childbirth was the cause of death for my Grandpa’s first wife Klementyna nee Golebiowska. She died April 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 12 days after her 21st birthday. Their daughter Bronislawa was born three days earlier in Bay City, Michigan. ***** Puerperal sepsis (infection from childbirth currently causes death for around three mothers for every 100,000 births. In 1918, when Klementyna died, it accounted for over 50% of childbirth related deaths. It wasn’t until 1935 that an effective treatment was found. ***** Klementyna’s parents were listed on the death certificate as Albert Solombeiski (actually Golebiowski) and Katherine Bucznick (actually Roczniak.) The discrepancies are from either handwriting or language challenges. (In the world of Polish immigrants that I am learning about – Anna Dubiel (related to new found 2nd cousin Andrzej Dubiel) came with her husband Walenty Roczniak and settled in Emmet, Michigan. I haven’t quite connected these two Roczniak families yet. ***** Klementyna (Golabiowska) Raczkiewicz (my Grandpa’s 1rst wife) was buried April 6, 1918 in the Polish Catholic Cemetery, which later became Holy Cross Cemetery. ***** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postpartum_infections