St. Hedwig’s School graduating class, June 1960

by | Oct 11, 2011 | Polowy, Wysocki

From the Evening Observer, May 30, 1991, photo submitted by Danny S. McGill of Dunkirk St. Hedwig’s was a grade school in Dunkirk, New York, a few blocks from my grandparents’ home on Roberts Road. By row: Sister Severia, Nancy (Komada) Kostran, Bonnie...

Jerry & Audrey Stuczynski

by | Oct 5, 2011 | Stuczynski, Wysocki

{Work in Progress} My father was the only child of Walter and Sophie Stuczynski, born Jerome Walter Stuczynski (confirmation name Stanislaus).  His nickname as a child was “Stuka” (after the German dive-bomber), “Fuzzy” in high school, and...

Edward & Helen Stortz

by | Oct 5, 2011 | Szopinski

My Uncle Eddy and Aunt Helen (nee Szopinski) didn’t have any children, but watched us a number of times while my Grandmother (Wysocki) was in the hospital at the end of her life. Uncle Eddy was head of aintenance for a chain of bakeries in Buffalo, NY, and Aunt...

Walter and Sophie Stuczynski

by | Sep 5, 2011 | Stuczynski, Szopinski

My grandfather, Walter Stuczynski, was first legally Warren Stuczynski, an English approximation of Wenceslaus.  A friend in Dunkirk City Hall had the record changed to “Walter”, which he liked better.  His lifelong nickname was “Psyche”...