Montague Church Window memorializes  a WW2 casualty



                                                 Private John J. Kasyan
Born: 1925 
Branch of Service: US Army  142 INF   36th DIV. 
Date of Death: November 10, 1944

                                            Wars or Conflicts: World War II
                                               Buried: Plot B Row 26 Grave 5
                                             Epinal American Cemetery
                                          Epinal, France

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Among the dedicated stained glass windows located in 
St. James the Greater Church and being researched, it was found that one 
is dedicated to Pvt. John J. Kasyan.
It was discovered that he and his family lived in Jersey City, NJ. On locating a relative via Ancestry.com, is seems the family may have known the first Pastor assigned to St. James, Rev. Francis Warlikowski. Pvt. Kasyan's sister, Anna, is noted as having been the organist at the time of the church's dedication.
Thus, his grieving mother most likely had arranged to have her young son memorialized, while the church was being constructed, during Father Warlikowski's tenure. Her son was about 19 when he lost his life - having enlisted after completing 3 years of high school.