The Life of Stanislaw Bielak

Stanislaw died on August 3, 2002 at the age of 82. Stanislaw Bielak was born April 20, 1920. He was the first living child of Stanislawa nee Raczkiewicz (my great aunt) and Jan Bielak. Czeslaw Marcin was born two years before him and died early. He had three siblings: Wladyslaw, Maria, and Wanda. Wanda recently died on March 11, 2023. Stanislaw lived in Ciotusza Nowa, Poland, where in September of 1939, there were battles near the village, before they were more concentrated around the city of Tomaszów. “In February 1943 the village was pacified, in July 1943 the population was displaced. They were replaced by Ukrainian colonists.” Stanislaw worked in a sawmill on furniture and was also a farmer. His wife Kazimiera (Chucik) Bielak was from Rogozno and helped on the farm and was a seamstress. They had five children: Danuta Sikora (1946), Stanislaw (1948), Edward (1950), Bogumila Zdunczyk (1952) and Janusz (1961) They had 11 grandchildren and there are many great grandchildren. . Many memories of him were collected. Irena Bielak wrote, “It is amazing how fast time goes. It's nice that you remember your grandfather like that today. He would have been 102 years old. Time has passed fast he will always remain in our memories. Lukasz Celmer wrote, “I remember.”: His grandson Marcin Bielak said that “he liked to walk horses and raised pigeons.” His Grandfather kept various kinds: Zamojski high-flying, Zamojski Gray, white lota, Szarik red, black, Skaplirzak, side red black yellow, and various types of crested. Marcin remembers holding a pigeon but they would often fly away when he came out. Eugeniusz Raczkiewicz remembered, “My father (Boleslaw) and I admired Stanisław's beautifully maintained horses and his passion. He enjoyed seeing my parents.” Marta Bielak-Gora shared, ““We spent a lot of time fixing bikes, grandpa was good at it. He also liked apple trees, which were a lot next to our house, and I had a string swing on almost every tree, which grandfather weaved himself. Our grandfather could also scrape a whistle from twigs.” Matrcin Bielak added that the whistles were made from willow bark. Marta also wrote, “Often, when we were bored, he would sit under the house on a bench, pulled out his scissors and began to scrape.” By sharing memories, we are writing these stories of our family together. http://www.turystyka.susiec.pl/?ciotusza-nowa,51