Married to Joseph J. Chmiel Sr. on September 3,1931 at St Anthony Polish Roman Catholic Church in Jersey City, NJ
Also known as Stella, she is survived by her husband Joseph Sr, children Joseph Jr, Dolores Parusa, Diane, Kenneth and Ronald. 11 grandchildren also survive as well as her sisters Laura Dylewski, Ann Regenye, Mimi Dunn, Lillian Ferguson and Helen Baker. She was predeceased by her sister Jane Law in 1968 and her brother Joseph in 1923 in addition to her parents John and Stefania Hunka. Stella & "Joe raised an apparent two tier family. The first set was Joseph & Dolores in the 1930's Raising those two right through high school, then welcomes 3 more in the 1950's with Diane, Kenneth and Ronald. Many thought Joe passed and Stella remarried but that was far from it.
Stella was a great gardener and an awesome cook. Best known for her homemade pierogi, as well as her other Polish dishes,
let alone any other foods she would make. Nothing was left to waste.She also made sure company left the dinner table with full tummies like any mother would.
Stella loved to crochet. She would see an item, study it closely and duplicate it from her memory without instructions.Also mom enjoyed sewing... She made many a dress and curtains for herself and others.
She was also an avid animal lover. She loved all our pets, her favorite was Suzette her toy poodle, even though she showed kindness to all of them. We had a menagerie. 6 dogs, 4 white angora cats, rabbits chickens hamsters, and fish. All at one time..
Everyone of our animals were "unwanted" animals that no one wanted... So we took them in.
Another item of mom is that she never learned to drive a car since she lived in a city and used public transportation. When we moved to central jersey aka "the country" the phrase mass transit was unheard of. A local area bus would travel through every 2 hours or so, The bus to NYC would be 2 times a day. My mom knew how to get around using those busses One day was to see her coming off the local bus carrying shopping bags on
her arms PLUS a LARGE Pizza in her hands. Nothing stopped her. AND when the busses stopped rolling I took over. Driving her all over...
Also known as Stella, she is survived by her husband Joseph Sr, children Joseph Jr, Dolores Parusa, Diane, Kenneth and Ronald. 11 grandchildren also survive as well as her sisters Laura Dylewski, Ann Regenye, Mimi Dunn, Lillian Ferguson and Helen Baker. She was predeceased by her sister Jane Law in 1968 and her brother Joseph in 1923 in addition to her parents John and Stefania Hunka. Stella & "Joe raised an apparent two tier family. The first set was Joseph & Dolores in the 1930's Raising those two right through high school, then welcomes 3 more in the 1950's with Diane, Kenneth and Ronald. Many thought Joe passed and Stella remarried but that was far from it.
Stella was a great gardener and an awesome cook. Best known for her homemade pierogi, as well as her other Polish dishes,
let alone any other foods she would make. Nothing was left to waste.She also made sure company left the dinner table with full tummies like any mother would.
Stella loved to crochet. She would see an item, study it closely and duplicate it from her memory without instructions.Also mom enjoyed sewing... She made many a dress and curtains for herself and others.
She was also an avid animal lover. She loved all our pets, her favorite was Suzette her toy poodle, even though she showed kindness to all of them. We had a menagerie. 6 dogs, 4 white angora cats, rabbits chickens hamsters, and fish. All at one time..
Everyone of our animals were "unwanted" animals that no one wanted... So we took them in.
Another item of mom is that she never learned to drive a car since she lived in a city and used public transportation. When we moved to central jersey aka "the country" the phrase mass transit was unheard of. A local area bus would travel through every 2 hours or so, The bus to NYC would be 2 times a day. My mom knew how to get around using those busses One day was to see her coming off the local bus carrying shopping bags on
her arms PLUS a LARGE Pizza in her hands. Nothing stopped her. AND when the busses stopped rolling I took over. Driving her all over...
Married to Joseph J. Chmiel Sr. on September 3,1931 at St Anthony Polish Roman Catholic Church in Jersey City, NJ
Also known as Stella, she is survived by her husband Joseph Sr, children Joseph Jr, Dolores Parusa, Diane, Kenneth and Ronald. 11 grandchildren also survive as well as her sisters Laura Dylewski, Ann Regenye, Mimi Dunn, Lillian Ferguson and Helen Baker. She was predeceased by her sister Jane Law in 1968 and her brother Joseph in 1923 in addition to her parents John and Stefania Hunka. Stella & "Joe raised an apparent two tier family. The first set was Joseph & Dolores in the 1930's Raising those two right through high school, then welcomes 3 more in the 1950's with Diane, Kenneth and Ronald. Many thought Joe passed and Stella remarried but that was far from it.
Stella was a great gardener and an awesome cook. Best known for her homemade pierogi, as well as her other Polish dishes,
let alone any other foods she would make. Nothing was left to waste.She also made sure company left the dinner table with full tummies like any mother would.
Stella loved to crochet. She would see an item, study it closely and duplicate it from her memory without instructions.Also mom enjoyed sewing... She made many a dress and curtains for herself and others.
She was also an avid animal lover. She loved all our pets, her favorite was Suzette her toy poodle, even though she showed kindness to all of them. We had a menagerie. 6 dogs, 4 white angora cats, rabbits chickens hamsters, and fish. All at one time..
Everyone of our animals were "unwanted" animals that no one wanted... So we took them in.
Another item of mom is that she never learned to drive a car since she lived in a city and used public transportation. When we moved to central jersey aka "the country" the phrase mass transit was unheard of. A local area bus would travel through every 2 hours or so, The bus to NYC would be 2 times a day. My mom knew how to get around using those busses One day was to see her coming off the local bus carrying shopping bags on
her arms PLUS a LARGE Pizza in her hands. Nothing stopped her. AND when the busses stopped rolling I took over. Driving her all over...
Also known as Stella, she is survived by her husband Joseph Sr, children Joseph Jr, Dolores Parusa, Diane, Kenneth and Ronald. 11 grandchildren also survive as well as her sisters Laura Dylewski, Ann Regenye, Mimi Dunn, Lillian Ferguson and Helen Baker. She was predeceased by her sister Jane Law in 1968 and her brother Joseph in 1923 in addition to her parents John and Stefania Hunka. Stella & "Joe raised an apparent two tier family. The first set was Joseph & Dolores in the 1930's Raising those two right through high school, then welcomes 3 more in the 1950's with Diane, Kenneth and Ronald. Many thought Joe passed and Stella remarried but that was far from it.
Stella was a great gardener and an awesome cook. Best known for her homemade pierogi, as well as her other Polish dishes,
let alone any other foods she would make. Nothing was left to waste.She also made sure company left the dinner table with full tummies like any mother would.
Stella loved to crochet. She would see an item, study it closely and duplicate it from her memory without instructions.Also mom enjoyed sewing... She made many a dress and curtains for herself and others.
She was also an avid animal lover. She loved all our pets, her favorite was Suzette her toy poodle, even though she showed kindness to all of them. We had a menagerie. 6 dogs, 4 white angora cats, rabbits chickens hamsters, and fish. All at one time..
Everyone of our animals were "unwanted" animals that no one wanted... So we took them in.
Another item of mom is that she never learned to drive a car since she lived in a city and used public transportation. When we moved to central jersey aka "the country" the phrase mass transit was unheard of. A local area bus would travel through every 2 hours or so, The bus to NYC would be 2 times a day. My mom knew how to get around using those busses One day was to see her coming off the local bus carrying shopping bags on
her arms PLUS a LARGE Pizza in her hands. Nothing stopped her. AND when the busses stopped rolling I took over. Driving her all over...
