Jan 23, 2021
Cherished husband and loving father, grandfather an great-grandfather William Albert Sobieraj (Bill), 80, of Marion quietly returned to his creator on January 19, 2021.
Born in Buffalo, NY on April 6, 1940, son of the late Jacob M. and Frances (Konior) Sobieraj, he was raised in Utica, NY graduating from St Francis De Sales High School, spent one year in the seminary before enlisting in the U.S. Air Force working as a refueler in Germany, where he developed his love of all things kraut, sausages, and beer.
But it was in the piano bar at the Hotel Utica where he met the love of his life, Elizabeth Z (Ziemba) Sobieraj (Bette) and began what would become a 56.5 year marriage of love, patience, understanding and family.