Wayne is my beloved father in law, even though he was the pain in the arse :-) I miss bickering with him in a playful way. I was always in awe of his intelligence. He still remembered the Latin he learned in high school! He loved to quote some of them, and naturally, they went over my head. He was a diehard Notre Dame fan, just like his mother. As University of Alabama fans, my husband and I enjoyed pestering him, or vice versa, whenever we or he won. He absolutely LOVED to fish. He had countless fishing rods with specialties in salt water, fresh water, etc., hanging on the walls in his man cave/garage. Yup, he had a boat as well as lots of fish pictures. Every time when we visited him and Carolyn, we stayed in the garage until the wee hours. We cherish the memories of him going deep sea fishing with us at the Outer Banks. He was in heaven.
He is the son of Constantine "Connie" Walter Mnich and Wladyslaw "Lottie" Maria Phyllis Marciniak. A year after he was born, they moved to Griffith, Indiana. In 1942, his only sibling Dennis arrived.
When he was about nine years old, he lost his hearing in both ears. Interestingly, Dennis also lost his hearing at the same age. Their mother, who used to be a nurse, suspected it was the prescription she received from her doctor when she was late with both pregnancies that might have caused the boys to become deaf. That was the only explanation she could come up with as they were born healthy, and there was no history of deafness on both parents' sides of family.
Wayne's parents sent him and Dennis to the Indiana School for the Deaf in Indianapolis. It is not known how long he was at that school. He was so advanced in his studies that his parents put him back in the public school. He graduated from the Bishop Noll Institute in Hammond, Indiana, in 1956. His widowed mother thought he would go to the University of Notre Dame, but he chose to attend Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., where he met his wife, Ruth Carolyn Outlaw. He graduated in May 1960, and a month later, on June 12, 1960, he married Carolyn in her hometown in North Carolina. A year after Carolyn converted to Catholicism, they married again in Griffith, Indiana.
In September 1960, Wayne started teaching at the West Virginia School for the Deaf in Romney. As their baby's due date neared, Wayne sent Carolyn home. In April 1961, their firstborn, Mark, was born. In about 1962, the family moved to Sulfur, Oklahoma, where Wayne secured a job at the Oklahoma School for the Deaf. Another boy was born in 1963 but did not survive. In 1965, another son, Michael, was born. The family then moved to Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire (1967-1970). In 1970, Wayne took the family to Talladega, Alabama, where their precious daughter, Melissa, was born. Wayne taught at the Alabama School for the Deaf for eight years before moving to Olathe, Kansas, in the summer of 1978 to teach at the Kansas School for the Deaf. Mark was a senior in high school so Carolyn stayed behind with the children. After Mark's graduation, they joined Wayne.
Wayne was one of the founders of the sign language interpreting training program at the Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas.
He and Carolyn moved to North Dakota, Indiana, North Carolina, and then back to Kansas. From July 1994 to August 1998, he was the Executive Director of the Kansas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Topeka. In late 1998, he applied and got a job, teaching American Sign Language at the Indiana University in Bloomington. About three years after Carolyn's death, he moved back to Olathe.
Wayne and Carolyn had been married 50 years, one month, and 10 days when Carolyn passed away on July 22, 2010. He is also predeceased by their infant son, his parents, and Dennis. He is survived by his children and their spouses, as well as seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren, a sister in law and two nieces.
He is greatly missed by us all.
He is the son of Constantine "Connie" Walter Mnich and Wladyslaw "Lottie" Maria Phyllis Marciniak. A year after he was born, they moved to Griffith, Indiana. In 1942, his only sibling Dennis arrived.
When he was about nine years old, he lost his hearing in both ears. Interestingly, Dennis also lost his hearing at the same age. Their mother, who used to be a nurse, suspected it was the prescription she received from her doctor when she was late with both pregnancies that might have caused the boys to become deaf. That was the only explanation she could come up with as they were born healthy, and there was no history of deafness on both parents' sides of family.
Wayne's parents sent him and Dennis to the Indiana School for the Deaf in Indianapolis. It is not known how long he was at that school. He was so advanced in his studies that his parents put him back in the public school. He graduated from the Bishop Noll Institute in Hammond, Indiana, in 1956. His widowed mother thought he would go to the University of Notre Dame, but he chose to attend Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., where he met his wife, Ruth Carolyn Outlaw. He graduated in May 1960, and a month later, on June 12, 1960, he married Carolyn in her hometown in North Carolina. A year after Carolyn converted to Catholicism, they married again in Griffith, Indiana.
In September 1960, Wayne started teaching at the West Virginia School for the Deaf in Romney. As their baby's due date neared, Wayne sent Carolyn home. In April 1961, their firstborn, Mark, was born. In about 1962, the family moved to Sulfur, Oklahoma, where Wayne secured a job at the Oklahoma School for the Deaf. Another boy was born in 1963 but did not survive. In 1965, another son, Michael, was born. The family then moved to Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire (1967-1970). In 1970, Wayne took the family to Talladega, Alabama, where their precious daughter, Melissa, was born. Wayne taught at the Alabama School for the Deaf for eight years before moving to Olathe, Kansas, in the summer of 1978 to teach at the Kansas School for the Deaf. Mark was a senior in high school so Carolyn stayed behind with the children. After Mark's graduation, they joined Wayne.
Wayne was one of the founders of the sign language interpreting training program at the Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas.
He and Carolyn moved to North Dakota, Indiana, North Carolina, and then back to Kansas. From July 1994 to August 1998, he was the Executive Director of the Kansas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Topeka. In late 1998, he applied and got a job, teaching American Sign Language at the Indiana University in Bloomington. About three years after Carolyn's death, he moved back to Olathe.
Wayne and Carolyn had been married 50 years, one month, and 10 days when Carolyn passed away on July 22, 2010. He is also predeceased by their infant son, his parents, and Dennis. He is survived by his children and their spouses, as well as seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren, a sister in law and two nieces.
He is greatly missed by us all.
Wayne is my beloved father in law, even though he was the pain in the arse :-) I miss bickering with him in a playful way. I was always in awe of his intelligence. He still remembered the Latin he learned in high school! He loved to quote some of them, and naturally, they went over my head. He was a diehard Notre Dame fan, just like his mother. As University of Alabama fans, my husband and I enjoyed pestering him, or vice versa, whenever we or he won. He absolutely LOVED to fish. He had countless fishing rods with specialties in salt water, fresh water, etc., hanging on the walls in his man cave/garage. Yup, he had a boat as well as lots of fish pictures. Every time when we visited him and Carolyn, we stayed in the garage until the wee hours. We cherish the memories of him going deep sea fishing with us at the Outer Banks. He was in heaven.
He is the son of Constantine "Connie" Walter Mnich and Wladyslaw "Lottie" Maria Phyllis Marciniak. A year after he was born, they moved to Griffith, Indiana. In 1942, his only sibling Dennis arrived.
When he was about nine years old, he lost his hearing in both ears. Interestingly, Dennis also lost his hearing at the same age. Their mother, who used to be a nurse, suspected it was the prescription she received from her doctor when she was late with both pregnancies that might have caused the boys to become deaf. That was the only explanation she could come up with as they were born healthy, and there was no history of deafness on both parents' sides of family.
Wayne's parents sent him and Dennis to the Indiana School for the Deaf in Indianapolis. It is not known how long he was at that school. He was so advanced in his studies that his parents put him back in the public school. He graduated from the Bishop Noll Institute in Hammond, Indiana, in 1956. His widowed mother thought he would go to the University of Notre Dame, but he chose to attend Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., where he met his wife, Ruth Carolyn Outlaw. He graduated in May 1960, and a month later, on June 12, 1960, he married Carolyn in her hometown in North Carolina. A year after Carolyn converted to Catholicism, they married again in Griffith, Indiana.
In September 1960, Wayne started teaching at the West Virginia School for the Deaf in Romney. As their baby's due date neared, Wayne sent Carolyn home. In April 1961, their firstborn, Mark, was born. In about 1962, the family moved to Sulfur, Oklahoma, where Wayne secured a job at the Oklahoma School for the Deaf. Another boy was born in 1963 but did not survive. In 1965, another son, Michael, was born. The family then moved to Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire (1967-1970). In 1970, Wayne took the family to Talladega, Alabama, where their precious daughter, Melissa, was born. Wayne taught at the Alabama School for the Deaf for eight years before moving to Olathe, Kansas, in the summer of 1978 to teach at the Kansas School for the Deaf. Mark was a senior in high school so Carolyn stayed behind with the children. After Mark's graduation, they joined Wayne.
Wayne was one of the founders of the sign language interpreting training program at the Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas.
He and Carolyn moved to North Dakota, Indiana, North Carolina, and then back to Kansas. From July 1994 to August 1998, he was the Executive Director of the Kansas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Topeka. In late 1998, he applied and got a job, teaching American Sign Language at the Indiana University in Bloomington. About three years after Carolyn's death, he moved back to Olathe.
Wayne and Carolyn had been married 50 years, one month, and 10 days when Carolyn passed away on July 22, 2010. He is also predeceased by their infant son, his parents, and Dennis. He is survived by his children and their spouses, as well as seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren, a sister in law and two nieces.
He is greatly missed by us all.
He is the son of Constantine "Connie" Walter Mnich and Wladyslaw "Lottie" Maria Phyllis Marciniak. A year after he was born, they moved to Griffith, Indiana. In 1942, his only sibling Dennis arrived.
When he was about nine years old, he lost his hearing in both ears. Interestingly, Dennis also lost his hearing at the same age. Their mother, who used to be a nurse, suspected it was the prescription she received from her doctor when she was late with both pregnancies that might have caused the boys to become deaf. That was the only explanation she could come up with as they were born healthy, and there was no history of deafness on both parents' sides of family.
Wayne's parents sent him and Dennis to the Indiana School for the Deaf in Indianapolis. It is not known how long he was at that school. He was so advanced in his studies that his parents put him back in the public school. He graduated from the Bishop Noll Institute in Hammond, Indiana, in 1956. His widowed mother thought he would go to the University of Notre Dame, but he chose to attend Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., where he met his wife, Ruth Carolyn Outlaw. He graduated in May 1960, and a month later, on June 12, 1960, he married Carolyn in her hometown in North Carolina. A year after Carolyn converted to Catholicism, they married again in Griffith, Indiana.
In September 1960, Wayne started teaching at the West Virginia School for the Deaf in Romney. As their baby's due date neared, Wayne sent Carolyn home. In April 1961, their firstborn, Mark, was born. In about 1962, the family moved to Sulfur, Oklahoma, where Wayne secured a job at the Oklahoma School for the Deaf. Another boy was born in 1963 but did not survive. In 1965, another son, Michael, was born. The family then moved to Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire (1967-1970). In 1970, Wayne took the family to Talladega, Alabama, where their precious daughter, Melissa, was born. Wayne taught at the Alabama School for the Deaf for eight years before moving to Olathe, Kansas, in the summer of 1978 to teach at the Kansas School for the Deaf. Mark was a senior in high school so Carolyn stayed behind with the children. After Mark's graduation, they joined Wayne.
Wayne was one of the founders of the sign language interpreting training program at the Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas.
He and Carolyn moved to North Dakota, Indiana, North Carolina, and then back to Kansas. From July 1994 to August 1998, he was the Executive Director of the Kansas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Topeka. In late 1998, he applied and got a job, teaching American Sign Language at the Indiana University in Bloomington. About three years after Carolyn's death, he moved back to Olathe.
Wayne and Carolyn had been married 50 years, one month, and 10 days when Carolyn passed away on July 22, 2010. He is also predeceased by their infant son, his parents, and Dennis. He is survived by his children and their spouses, as well as seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren, a sister in law and two nieces.
He is greatly missed by us all.
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