Background
Mother Anna Zdonek Father Mieczyslaw "Charles" Czeslawski Sister Adeline Brother Raymond Edwin was Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1913, Edwin R. Czeslawski AKA Chess was an ordained Roman Catholic priest.
Mother Anna Zdonek Father Mieczyslaw "Charles" Czeslawski Sister Adeline Brother Raymond Edwin was Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1913, Edwin R. Czeslawski AKA Chess was an ordained Roman Catholic priest.
He attended Saint Mary of the Lake Seminary and DePaul University.
In 1962, he was given the title of Monsignor by Pope John XXIII. Chess was originally commissioned an officer in the United States Army Reserve in 1942. He would serve in World World War II with the 47th Bombardment Group, the 57th Bombardment Wing and the Twelfth Air Force. In 1946, he was released from active duty.
Shot down by flak.
During the Korean War, he served with the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing and the Fifth Air Force. Later in his career, Chess was named Command Chaplain of the United States. Air Force Security Service before becoming Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force in 1961. Chess remained Chief of Chaplains until his retirement in 1970.
Chess died in 2000 at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.
He had Parkinson"s disease.
In 1948, Chess was recalled to active duty as a member of the United States Air Force.