Tony was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and was the youngest child of the late Jan 'John' and Anna (Rychlak) Adamski. He was an avid sports lover, especially baseball and basketball. Tony played baseball and basketball at Springfield Trade High School and graduated with a concentration in tool machining. In their younger days, Pete Berte, a teammate, and the future best man at his wedding, nicknamed him 'Windy' because of his speed. He was blessed with the ability to regularly beat out infield grounders. He most often played the center field position and had wide ranging prowess frequently catching balls hit over his head, with his back to home plate as he ran down those fly balls down, then turning to catch them. After High School, he volunteered to join the US Navy in 1943 graduating from Sampson Naval Training Station Machinist Mate School at Great Lakes Training Center, and then from Refrigeration School at Carrier Refrigeration Co., Syracuse, N.Y. He served in the Pacific theater of war during World War II on the troop vehicle landing ship, USS Monitor - LSV 5. While aboard the USS Monitor, he participated in the invasions of Leyte, Luzon, San Filipe, Grande Island, La Paz, and Okinawa. During the battle of Okinawa a Japanese Kamikaze plane narrowly missed the ship during an attack. His closest shipmate aboard the ship was Laverne (Louie) Gardner, of Oelwein, Iowa, whom Tony and his family visited after the war. Tony received the American, Pacific, Philippine Liberation, Navy Occupation, WW2 Victory, and Combat Action medals. Tony was on his ship that was present in Tokyo Bay, Japan for the signing for the peace treaty and took part in the repatriation of American prisoners of war back to the United States. Subsequent to his naval service, Tony played semi pro baseball during the late 1940's and early 1950's. He worked at the American Bosch in Springfield, where he met his future wife, Mary Pascucci. After marriage, he then joined the Springfield, MA Fire Department, and ultimately retired with the rank of Captain after 32 years of service. Tony was a proud member of the Polish American Veterans of Wilbraham, MA., Polish American Citizens Club in Ludlow, MA., American Legion Post 277 of Indian Orchard, MA., The Disabled American Veterans, PNA Lodge #2873 of Ludlow, MA., and the National Rifle Association. He passed away at the Soldiers' Home of Holyoke on Nov. 12, 2014, surrounded by his family. With him when he died was his grandson, Rob Adamski, his grandnephew Robbie Adamski, a fellow Springfield Fire Fighter and one of his best friends as well, his son, Frank and his wife Mary, and former daughter-in-law Karen Adamski. His wife, Mary (Pascucci) Adamski to whom he was married for 65 years, predeceased him, as did all four of his siblings, John, Frank, Anna, and Marie. At the time of his passing, he left his children, Frank R. Adamski and his wife, Mary, his daughter Karen Wroblewski and her husband Robert, of Dracut, MA and grandchildren, Robert Adamski and his wife Lisa of Farmington, CT., Steven Adamski and his wife Suzanne, of Tampa, Florida and their mother, Karen A. Adamski of West Springfield, MA., Jeffrey Wroblewski of Foxboro, MA and Jennifer (Wroblewski) Lopez and her husband John of Monson, MA and great-grandchild, Jonathan Lopez, and numerous other relatives, including cousins, and nieces and nephews. His second great grandchild, Alivia Marie Adamski was born on December 4, 2014, to Robert and Lisa Adamski, but unfortunately, he never got to meet or hold her.