The LIfe of Wladyslaw Bielak

Władysław (Waldemar) Bielak was born on July 19, 1922 to Jan Bielak and his wife Stanisława (Raczkiewicz), one of the five children that they had. His Godmother was Mary Kufta, his mother’s sister. Mary moved to the U.S. a little over a year later. He married Zofia Kawalec and worked as a farmer in Sabaudia, Poland. He also worked as a miller and raised pigeons. Their children are Wiesław (1955) and Jerzy “Jurek” Bielak, (1961), They have six grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren. Wladyslaw died a year ago on April 10, 2022 at the age of 99. He reposed at the Chapel at the Municipal Cemetery in Tomaszów and was buried after Holy Mass on April 12, 2022.