Stanley Paszul, 85; got Katyn Memorial built: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Jersey Journal, The (Jersey City, NJ) - Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Deceased Name: Stanley Paszul, 85; got Katyn Memorial built
Stanley Paszul, 85, the driving force behind the Katyn Memorial at Exchange Place in Jersey City, died on Dec. 16.
A former Jersey City resident and a soldier in the Polish resistance movement, Paszul was determined to erect the memorial that commemorates the Katyn Massacre in 1940 in which Soviet Union forces slaughtered more than 20,000 Polish prisoners.
Born in Mikolsk, Poland on Nov. 11, 1923, Paszul personally donated thousands of dollars to see the memorial completed in 1990 and even helped design the statue, friends and relatives said yesterday.
Paszul was a member of the Home Army, an underground Polish resistance force, before he was arrested by the Soviet Union's secret police. He spent 11 years in Soviet custody, much of it spent at a Siberian work camp, said his daughter Christine Surach.
He was reunited with his family in 1963 in Jersey City, where he worked in a foundry making wooden molds. He also made cabinets and wood carvings on the side until 2006, Surach said. "He enjoyed life, and he never wanted to get old," she said.
In the United States, Paszul was an active member of several Polish-American groups, including the Polish American Congress, which he served as the New Jersey Division's vice chair. He used these ties to build support for the Katyn Memorial.
Paszul was visiting Poland this fall when he took ill and died. His body is scheduled to arrive back in the country on Saturday.
A wake at Plaza Funeral Home in Jersey City is scheduled from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, and Mass will be Monday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Anthony of Padua Church, 330 Sixth St., officials said.
Paszul is survived by three children, seven grandchildren, two sisters, a brother-in-law, and several nieces and nephews.
Jersey Journal, The (Jersey City, NJ) - Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Deceased Name: Stanley Paszul, 85; got Katyn Memorial built
Stanley Paszul, 85, the driving force behind the Katyn Memorial at Exchange Place in Jersey City, died on Dec. 16.
A former Jersey City resident and a soldier in the Polish resistance movement, Paszul was determined to erect the memorial that commemorates the Katyn Massacre in 1940 in which Soviet Union forces slaughtered more than 20,000 Polish prisoners.
Born in Mikolsk, Poland on Nov. 11, 1923, Paszul personally donated thousands of dollars to see the memorial completed in 1990 and even helped design the statue, friends and relatives said yesterday.
Paszul was a member of the Home Army, an underground Polish resistance force, before he was arrested by the Soviet Union's secret police. He spent 11 years in Soviet custody, much of it spent at a Siberian work camp, said his daughter Christine Surach.
He was reunited with his family in 1963 in Jersey City, where he worked in a foundry making wooden molds. He also made cabinets and wood carvings on the side until 2006, Surach said. "He enjoyed life, and he never wanted to get old," she said.
In the United States, Paszul was an active member of several Polish-American groups, including the Polish American Congress, which he served as the New Jersey Division's vice chair. He used these ties to build support for the Katyn Memorial.
Paszul was visiting Poland this fall when he took ill and died. His body is scheduled to arrive back in the country on Saturday.
A wake at Plaza Funeral Home in Jersey City is scheduled from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, and Mass will be Monday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Anthony of Padua Church, 330 Sixth St., officials said.
Paszul is survived by three children, seven grandchildren, two sisters, a brother-in-law, and several nieces and nephews.
Stanley Paszul, 85; got Katyn Memorial built: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Jersey Journal, The (Jersey City, NJ) - Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Deceased Name: Stanley Paszul, 85; got Katyn Memorial built
Stanley Paszul, 85, the driving force behind the Katyn Memorial at Exchange Place in Jersey City, died on Dec. 16.
A former Jersey City resident and a soldier in the Polish resistance movement, Paszul was determined to erect the memorial that commemorates the Katyn Massacre in 1940 in which Soviet Union forces slaughtered more than 20,000 Polish prisoners.
Born in Mikolsk, Poland on Nov. 11, 1923, Paszul personally donated thousands of dollars to see the memorial completed in 1990 and even helped design the statue, friends and relatives said yesterday.
Paszul was a member of the Home Army, an underground Polish resistance force, before he was arrested by the Soviet Union's secret police. He spent 11 years in Soviet custody, much of it spent at a Siberian work camp, said his daughter Christine Surach.
He was reunited with his family in 1963 in Jersey City, where he worked in a foundry making wooden molds. He also made cabinets and wood carvings on the side until 2006, Surach said. "He enjoyed life, and he never wanted to get old," she said.
In the United States, Paszul was an active member of several Polish-American groups, including the Polish American Congress, which he served as the New Jersey Division's vice chair. He used these ties to build support for the Katyn Memorial.
Paszul was visiting Poland this fall when he took ill and died. His body is scheduled to arrive back in the country on Saturday.
A wake at Plaza Funeral Home in Jersey City is scheduled from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, and Mass will be Monday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Anthony of Padua Church, 330 Sixth St., officials said.
Paszul is survived by three children, seven grandchildren, two sisters, a brother-in-law, and several nieces and nephews.
Jersey Journal, The (Jersey City, NJ) - Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Deceased Name: Stanley Paszul, 85; got Katyn Memorial built
Stanley Paszul, 85, the driving force behind the Katyn Memorial at Exchange Place in Jersey City, died on Dec. 16.
A former Jersey City resident and a soldier in the Polish resistance movement, Paszul was determined to erect the memorial that commemorates the Katyn Massacre in 1940 in which Soviet Union forces slaughtered more than 20,000 Polish prisoners.
Born in Mikolsk, Poland on Nov. 11, 1923, Paszul personally donated thousands of dollars to see the memorial completed in 1990 and even helped design the statue, friends and relatives said yesterday.
Paszul was a member of the Home Army, an underground Polish resistance force, before he was arrested by the Soviet Union's secret police. He spent 11 years in Soviet custody, much of it spent at a Siberian work camp, said his daughter Christine Surach.
He was reunited with his family in 1963 in Jersey City, where he worked in a foundry making wooden molds. He also made cabinets and wood carvings on the side until 2006, Surach said. "He enjoyed life, and he never wanted to get old," she said.
In the United States, Paszul was an active member of several Polish-American groups, including the Polish American Congress, which he served as the New Jersey Division's vice chair. He used these ties to build support for the Katyn Memorial.
Paszul was visiting Poland this fall when he took ill and died. His body is scheduled to arrive back in the country on Saturday.
A wake at Plaza Funeral Home in Jersey City is scheduled from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, and Mass will be Monday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Anthony of Padua Church, 330 Sixth St., officials said.
Paszul is survived by three children, seven grandchildren, two sisters, a brother-in-law, and several nieces and nephews.
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