Joseph Grembla Obituary

I want to send my sympathy to the family of Father Joe. You now have an angel up in heaven watching over you....

FATHER JOE WAS THE BEST FRIEND ANYONE COULD ASK FOR.I COULD CALL ON HIM ANY TIME AND HE WOULD FIND THE TIME TO SEE ME.OR JUST TALK ON THE PHONE WITH ME.HE WAS THERE WHEN I LOST ONES IN MY FAMILY FOR THIS I THANK HIM.FATHER JOSEPH WAS THE NEXT BEST ONE TO OUR MAKER AND NOW HE CALLED HIM HOME. GOD MUST HAD NEEDED FATHER JOE THERE WITH HIM.JUST TO LOOK OUT FOR US HERE.SO GOD IS TAKEING CARE OF BIGGER THINGS.I WILL MISS YOU FATHER JOE SO BAD.BUT I KNOW IN MY HEART I WILL GET TO SEE YOU WHEN GOD TAKES ME.YOU MY DEAR FATHER HAVE BEND THE BEST FRIEND TO ME AND I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU.OR STOP LOVING YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY.GOD BE WITH YOU AND TAKE CARE OF YOU AS YOU DID FOR MANY LOVE MYRTLE M MALKOWSKI,AND FAMILY

Father Joe was our family priest for as long as I can remember. My mom and dad met Father Joe when he was ordained in 1957 and sent to St. Bruno. Our family, which included five girls, were members of St. Bruno Church and we all went to grammar school at St. Bruno School. My dad and Father Joe were the best of friends, and used to bowl together on a league. He was there for all our family celebrations (First Communion, Confirmation, weddings-three of us were married by him) and our family sorrows (funerals). He used to come to dinner at our house all the time. We kept in touch with him throughout his ministry. The entire Marszalek clan wants to send Father Joe's family our deepest, heartfelt condolences on his death. He was truly a holy, caring, gentle soul and the best priest in the world. May God comfort all of you in this time of sorrow.

Our deepest sympathy,

Bruno, Frances, Elaine, Rosemary, Gloria, Paula, Christine and all the members of our extended family

We were saddened by the death of Father Joe. We grew up in Chicago and St. Bruno's was our home parish. He married my sister and her husband and was a guest at their wedding. We remember him visiting our classrooms when we were in school and his work with the teen club. He was a wonderful human being and will be missed. Our condolences to his family.



Louise (Wilczewski) Ahlbach, Edna Wilczewski and Linda (Wilczewski) Novak

Fr. Joe was a great example for me when we were neighbors in Humboldt Park - he at St. Fidelis and I at St. Sylvester. His calm and kind manner always made you feel welcome and special. He always had time and a helping hand for everyone he met along the path. He will be missed by the priests and people of Chicago.



As we remember our faithful departed today, we are encouraged to entrust them to God's loving care, to know that they live now in a new way in the Spirit, and to feel their love guiding us to join in God's praise forever.



Peace be in your heart,

FATHER JOE WAS A FRIEND OF OUR FAMILY FOR A LONG TIME, HE MARRIED MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF IN 1969. HE BAPTISED MY 2 SONS, HE WILL BE SORELY MISSED.

I first met Fr. Joe at St. Helen's and have great memories of many fun times at Teen Club with him. He was a wonderful person who always kept us in his prayers after all these years. He will be greatly missed by many.

I am very saddened on hearing of the death of "Fr. Joe". I met Fr. Joe while teaching at St Mary of Perpetual Help High School, where he also taught and was Assosiate Pastor. This was during the late sixties when the Viet Nam War was going on, as well as the Civil Rights Movement, the Hippy Generation and Flower Children. These events had quite an influence on our students. To say the least he was a rock, an example, and a friend to the faculty and student body. He helped guide us during these difficult times. Fr. Joe, we will miss you dearly.

Father Joseph, was a great family friend, and are sorrow will be with us and are family for a long time.He was there when,I lost my 3 children in a car acct. I will miss him very much,But he is with are father now. Janet Gresham (De Oca)

FATHER JOE WAS ONE OF MY BEST CHILDHOOD MEMORIES FROM ST HELEN'S DAYS. A GOOD SPIRITUAL LEADER, HE ALWAYS HAD A GREAT HUMOR. MOST MEMORABLE WAS HIS ULTRA EGO WHEN HE CAME TO OUR TEEN CLUB PARTIES AS HIS "BROTHER".



WE SHARE YOUR LOSS.



GRACE AND PELAGIA BAZYLEWSKI

GOD BLESS YOU FATHER JOSEPH WE WILL MISS YOU.NOW YOU ARE WITH YOUR THE ALL MIGTHY.WE WILL SOMEDAY BE TOGTHER AGIAN. THEY SAY WE WILL SEE EACH OTHER IN A NOTHER LIFE SEE YOU THEN LOVE FROM THE HERRADA'S FAMILY GOD BLESS!

Father Grembla was a gentleman and a fine priest. May his kind soul rest in peace.

Fr. Joe touched the hearts of many people during his many years in ministry. I met him when he was assigned to St. Helen's Parish and I was in grammar school. When I graduated 8th grade, he gave me a small bronze cross with the Last Supper beneath it. For years I've taken it with me when visiting the sick.



Fr. Joe taught me a lot about who God is and was an inspiration to me growing up. He was like a father to me. I will always remember him as one who loved God, family and the many people he called friends.

We are so saddened of Fathers passing but we know God will welcome as a well done faithfull servant.We enjoyed him as well as the parish while we lived there.

May he rest in peace.

Fr. Joe was always such a gracious man. He was a thoughtful and spiritual priest. I always felt welcome around him. People spoke of him with such affection. He made a great impact in the lives of so many. My sympathy to his family, especially to Bernie. My prayers are with all of you, and especially with Fr. Joe. May God reward him for his faithful service of the gospel.

Fr. Grembla was a family fixture at our home. St. Fidelis was our childhood church and School. He was always so good to our families. He made things so much more enlighting, his desire to know what what was going on in our lives. My husband and I our both 36 yrs old and we have one child. We went away to college and when we returned we got married at St. Sylvestor church and always thought about Fr. Grembla and where we would be at that time. As time did go by and we later in life became parishers at St. Priscilla we look up at the podem and it was like a HUGE bright light and came over both of us ...it was Fr. Grembla--my husband and I was so over joyed that when we apporach him after mass to shake his hand....he could not believe it himself. Here we were grown adults with a family of our own...It was a Great sunday for the rest of the day. We both told our mom's and they were excited as well. Fr. Grembla was not able to make it for our son's Bapitism, but he made sure to give us his blessings when he saw us again the next sunday. We had the pleasure of seeing him once again at St. Priscilla and for that we would always remember and be greatful to Fr. Grembla!!



The Almazan Family

Father Joseph was one of the greatest Pastor in my live. Always he was a ready to give his help and love to every one. A person who will be sorely missed for all St. Bruno parishioners, we will miss him as a Friend, Father, and wonderful Pastor. My and my wife prayers are with all the parish families who will miss him.

Have a good journey to meet the all

mighty.



Your friend,

Louis Seamon

FATHER JOE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR ME. WHEN I NEEDED HIM THE MOST! IN MY LIFE.I WAS ONLY ABOUT 9 YEARS OLD WHEN I FRIST MET FATHER JOE.I MYSELF WILL ALWAYS MISS HIM AND GOD BE WITH HIM. AS FATHER JOSEPH IS WITH ME!GOD HAS BLESSEST HIM IN HIS LIFE.I THANK GOD FOR THIS. I LOVE YOU FATHER JOE. THINK FOR ALL TO THE BEST MAN EVER IN ONES LIFE.GOD BE WITH HIM. FROM A VERY DEAR FRIEND TONI MALKOWSKI AND NICHOLAS S. FLORES JR AND FAMILY

Our deepest sympathy in your loss of Fr. Joe. We had the good fortune of visiting with him in Sept. and were looking forward to his visiting with us. We all will miss him very much. He was an excellent example of what a Priest should be; kind, understanding, forgiving and loving.

OUR CONDOLENCES TO ALL OF FR. JOE'S FAMILY. HE WAS OUR TEEN CLUB MODERATOR IN THE EARLY 1960'S AT ST. BRUNO'S. WE BECAME FRIENDS IMMEDIATELY AND CONTINUED OUR FRIENDSHIP AS YEARS WENT BY. HE ALWAYS HAD A KIND WORD AND PLEASANT SMILE. HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. GOD BLESS "FR. JOE".

KATHY,,SANDI, BASH AND JEANNIE

I remember Father Joe as a very quiet young priest dedicating his life to the Church while always having the full support of his family. May the knowledge of our Lord's love help make this time of sorrow easier to bear.

He was a very holy very humble servant of Our Lord; may he rest in His Eternal peace

Father Joe is now in a wonderful place, but he will be missed .

He will always live on in our hearts.

Please accept my deepest sympathy. Prayers are with Fr. Grembla, as well as his entire family and his friends. His death is very sad to me. -- He married my husband and me in 1997. He was extremely kind to do so, with only a three-week notice. When we decided to get married, and chose not to wait (given we had already been dating for 10-1/2 years), he was the first one we phoned. And, he agreed to do this for us, even though he was going to be having surgery within those few weeks. And, on the evening of our wedding rehearsal, while in the rectory office, looking in the record book of baptisms, we discovered that he also had baptized me. So, we came a long way together! I remember him laughing as he told me, "I baptized you, don't you remember?" I know I was there, but I admit, I didn't remember! Also, he married us on his birthday, March 16th. Every year since our wedding, I sent him a birthday card, and he and we also exchanged Christmas cards. I grieve for him, holding very fond memories close to my heart. God rest his soul.

Deepest sympathy for your loss.

Today I lost my lifelong trusted friend and buddy...Padre Jose (that's my nickname for Him) was always there since I was 14 years old and working with him at St. Bruno's Teen Club. Whether in person or over the phone he offered encouragement, hope and a few chuckles to relieve the pain. He paid me the greatest honor by doing the funerals for my parents, who also loved and respected him. When Mom passed 3 years ago, he came back to St. Bruno's and honored Her with the funeral Mass. After my heart attack he called and got me through that crisis...when I asked him if he could send me the obligatory plastic rosary (he always brought one when he visited in the hospital) he sent me His because I was in Florida and he said he ran out of the ones he gave away. So He'll always be right there with me when I pray and I'll always feel safer and stronger because of it. Thank you Padre for a lifetime of memories, happiness and strength that only YOU could have imparted. I'll think of you often and cherish your memory!

Fr. Joe was a priest's priest. A friend who will be sorely missed. A Saint before his time!

Fr. Joe was close to our family when I was growing up. He was a very thoughtful and wonderful person and will be missed by all. My sympathy is with all the family at this very trying time.

Our condolences to all of Fr. Joe's parish families. We will miss him as a friend, mentor and go-between with our Lord.

Fr Joe was a great influence in our lives. During times of crisis and times of joy, he offered us his support and love. He was a living testimonial to the true meaning of priesthood. There are so very many lives he touched, so many people he inspired, yet he always remained humble. Fr Joe G made the world a better place and we will miss him.

A true gentleman and fine priest! May he be with the Lord for a job well done. Sympathy and prayers to his family and friends.

Dear Friends

Fr. Joe was my classmate (1957) and an inspiration and a hard worker. Fr. Joe helped me on many occasions and I am so sorry that he has died
Unfortunately I am preparing for surgery on Nov 1 and will be in the hospital and unable to attend the funeral
Please accept my deepest sympathy

Fr. Tom Millea

My deepest sympathy is with all of you at this time of your great loss. Father Joe was a wonderful priest. I really enjoyed him as the Pastor of St. Bruno's Church. He was a very caring and giving man. My prayers are with all of you to get you through your loss.