The Life of Bronisława (Dubiel) Pankiewicz

Bronisława (Dubiel) Pankiewicz (my 1rst cousin 1x removed) was born September 3, 1923. Her parents were Paulina (Raczkiewicz) and Jan Dubiel. Bronislawa was one of six children. She was born about a month before her aunt Mary Raczkiewicz went to the US to meet her brothers Jan, Anthony and Joseph. She lived in Rogozno near her brother Jan. Bronisława married a brother of Jan’s wife --Stanisław Pankiewicz. I am not sure what his job might have been. Bronislawa and Stanislaw had six children -- Zbigniew, Elżbieta, Grzegorz, Bolesław, Krystyna and Henryka (my second cousins.) One lives in Warsaw and the rest live in the Tomaszow Lubelski area. They have occupations of shopkeeper, factory worker, farmer, soldier and then military school teacher. Many of them are retired. Bronislaw died on January 23, 2011. She was 88 years old. Her husband had died 30 years before she did. They lived in Dabrowa which is near Sabaudia., according to Eugeniusz Raczkiewicz. Eugeniusz hung out with their son Bolesław when they were in high school. Stasia Wojtowicz remembers that Bronislawa was her Godmother. She also remembers visiting Bolesław during and after the time he studied in Warsaw and has fond memories of that time.