Jacob Cichy Wauconda, Illinois Obituary

Jacob Cichy

Jacob Cichy was born in the City of Chicago, on February 1, 1940 to Mitchell Cichy and Helen Bednarczyk. Jacob passed away on Friday, March 20, 2020. Jacob just celebrated his 80th birthday. Jacob was a machinist, owned his own business for years, and went on to graduate college at 59, becoming an Occupational Therapist. Jacob married his first wife, the late Susan, and had four children he was very proud of. The late Steven (Ginger), David, Lisa and John (Julie). They lived in Wauconda, where he was very active in the community. In 1997, Jacob went on to marry Barbara Lehman and is survived by Barbara and her daughter Jeanette. Jacob loved his family, including his grandchildren, William (Kaitlin), Andrew, Tatiana, Nicholas and Madelyn, Eilana and Mateo. Jacob was also blessed with several great grandchildren. He is also brother to Diane Kalinowski and Roman Cichy. Jacob was passionate about Spiritual self-discovery and enjoyed participating in a wide variety of volunteer activities. He was founding member of the Unity Church of Crystal Lake and was an active member with the Unity Spiritual Center of Woodstock, where he was loved by his many friends. Jacob will be dearly missed by many. We will celebrate Jacob's life with a memorial service at the Unity Spiritual Center of Woodstock and small Inurnment service, which will be arranged at a later date. Please feel free to refer to the Kisselburg-Wauconda Funeral Home website at a later date for more information. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Unity Spiritual Center 225 W. Calhoun St., Woodstock, IL 60098, (815-337-3534), www.unitywoodstock.org. To connect to the service via a Zoom meeting, please go to https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2483694463 and use password Cichy1 or for a telephone conference call, please call 1-312-626-6799 with meeting ID 248 369 4463 and use password Cichy1.
February 1, 1940 - March 20, 202002/01/194003/20/2020
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Kisselburg-Wauconda Funeral Home
October 3, 2020
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Karen Peterson
March 26, 2020
Jacob such a wonderful friend. I will miss seeing you at church and our many conversations. I will always remember our many laughs when you forgot where you left your cane. You would alway say thank you for all you do, so my friend I want to say THANK YOU FOR ALL Y... Continue Reading
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Deb Gelscheit
March 26, 2020
Jacob was a kind and loving soul with a quick smile and hug for anyone who was lucky enough to know him. I was one such lucky person. I will miss him, but am very grateful for the many fond memories I have of him. My heartfelt sympathy goes out to his entire family.
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Eileen Brannigan
March 26, 2020
I will miss seeing Jacob weekly at Unity Spiritual Center and will miss his caring, loving way and our talks. He was such a wonderful man to be around. I know he is all good now. I smile when I think about him!
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Rev Tom
March 26, 2020
I am sincerely grateful for my relationship with Jacob. It was a relationship that included respect, fun, visioning and work. Jacob was one of the first congregants to welcome me to Unity Church of Crystal Lake back in the year 2000. We became friends immediately and had... Continue Reading
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Holly
March 25, 2020

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Karen
March 25, 2020
Mr. Cichy and Mrs Cichy took me camping with them, way,way back in the late 60s early 70s. They always made me feel like part of the family. As I got older he drove me and my mom to work everyday, if I recalled that correctly🤔. Great people. So sorry. All I can imagine ... Continue Reading
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Mary Perrin Czt
March 25, 2020
As a member of unity spiritual center of Woodstock, for 15 years, I have many memories of Jacob and his warm inviting smile. One memory is when Jacob was photographer for our church activities. He would come downstairs with his camera to youth ministry and catch the chil... Continue Reading
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Marypatriece Raupp
March 25, 2020
I am so grateful for the time I was able to spend with Jacob as he helped train me to be a prayer chaplain many years ago and showed me the ropes of being a board member. He was passionate about what he believed in and was always open to new ideas to grow spiritually! ... Continue Reading
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Claudia Cieciwa McGrath
April 4, 2020
When I saw Jacob's obituary in the Daily Herald, the name popped out at me since my maternal grandmother's maiden name was Cichy. Reading further, dates and names matched up though we knew Jacob's father as Uncle Matt. As kids we visited periodically on Iowa St., but h... Continue Reading
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Rae Ewald
March 25, 2020
A great guy who together with Ms Sue had a great family! Love and hugs to all...sweet memories:)
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Marilyn Weniger
March 25, 2020
I knew Jacob from an Arthritis Water Exercise program that we attended for years with a wonderful, close-knit group of friends. We all got together just recently to celebrate Jacob’s 80th birthday. We will miss his kind heart and smile. Such a good listener and truly ... Continue Reading
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