Letters

It was pretty common for relatives in Poland and the United States to write letters to each other. That connection ended though, almost 40 years ago. When my Mom and I spoke to Theresa (Kuftka) Parkansky (my newfound 1x cousin 1x removed) she remembered her mother Mary (Raczkiewicz) Kufta (my great aunt who lived in Muskegon, Michigan) writing to Poland frequently. When her mother was older, Theresea helped with this duty by going to the post office often and even helped address the envelopes for her mother.w Bartosz Raczkiewicz (my new found 2x cousin) remembered hearing from his father Eugeniusz Raczkiewicz that someone used to write to his grandfather Boleslaw (my great uncle.) Bartosz asked his father who used to write and was told that it was Mary Kufta. The last letter was written to Boleslaw by Mary’s daughter Teresa. She wrote to tell Boleslaw that her mother Mary had died. Mary died in 1984 so that is likely the date of the last letter between the U.S. and Poland within our family Image: By uploaded by Nickpo - Private collection, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7562509