Kazimierz Lapszynski, age 79, of Wayne passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 6th, 2018 in the presence of, and while receiving the loving care of his family.

Kazimierz was born in Poland to Wladyslaw and Katorzyna Lapszynski.  He was born and spent the first several years of his life at a time when the entire world was at war.  Kazimierz and his family were uprooted at the onset of the war and were eventually relocated to Prudnik, Poland.  Prudnik is where Kazimierz would spend his formative years, get his formal education and work on the small farm his family owned.

Following his High School graduation, Kazimierz was recruited into the Polish military.  Not long after being discharged from the military, Kazimierz attended a local village dance with a few close friends.  That night is when he met a young attractive women by the name of Helena Drobnicka.  Helena was a young pretty girl who caught the attention of many of the young men.  Kazimierz though, out maneuvered, and outwitted all of them and got Helena to go out with him on a date. Kazimierz courted Helena for about two years and as fate would have it, they fell in love and were married.  They got married on October 6th, 1961 in a small Roman Catholic Church in the City of Prudnik.

Subsequent to their marriage, they immigrated to the United States in 1964, for search a better life and the American Dream.  They left Poland with their one year old child and while Helena was six months pregnant with their second.  Upon arriving in the United State, they settled in Garfield where they lived for seven years.  Then, in 1972 they moved their family to Wayne.  Wayne was the place they would call home for the rest of their lives together and raise their four children.  Helena and Kazimierz cherished fifty-six years of loving and loyal marriage together.

Kazimierz earned a position as a maintenance mechanic when they moved to the US, at a company called Pantasote in Passaic, where he worked for eighteen years.  Following the closing of Pantasote, Kazimierz went to work for Globe Foods in Clifton for five years, then Roche in Passaic for about four years then finally at Almedica in Waldwick until his retirement in 1994.  All of the positions that Kazimierz held were of a technical nature, installing, and maintaining equipment such as production line machinery of all kinds. Kazimierz excelled in all of the positions he held due to the pride he took in his work.  Kazimierz earned numerous accommodations throughout his career and more importantly he earned the respect and admiration of all that were lucky enough to know him.

Kazimierz was an avid gardener.  In Pennsylvania, he owned a small farm where he maintained an orchard of fruit trees.  In addition to maintaining his orchard, Kazimierz also upheld a bountiful vegetable garden, an assortment of berry bushes, several Honey Bee colonies and became a Master Beekeeper.  Actually anything having to do with the outdoors or wildlife, Kazimierz had a love for.  Fishing and hunting in particular brought many years of joy and satisfaction to him.  Being the highly skilled mechanic that he was, Kazimierz loved to work with his hands and had a hard time sitting still.  He could fix just about anything.

Kazimierz was also devoted to his catholic faith, he and Helena were parishioners of St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in Passaic for many years.  Kazimierz was also an usher for the church for many years as well.  His family remembers many summer days over the years being spent at the Jersey Shore, particularly Seaside Heights, where he would go fishing and clamming.

Aside from all of Kazimierz’s hobbies, skills and interests, his greatest love and passion was for his family.  Nothing meant more to Kazimierz than providing for and spending time with his family.   Kazimierz was an extraordinary person, he was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather.  He touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by everyone that knew him.

Kazimierz is survived by his wife Helena (Drobnicka) of Wayne, three sons, Christopher Lapszynski, John Lapszynski and his wife Marybeth of Oak Ridge, and Joseph Lapszynski and his wife Jolanta of Garfield, one daughter Irena Gazzillo and her husband Nick of Freehold, ten grandchildren; Brooke, Samantha, JohnPaul, Nicholas, Patrick, Christopher, Mark, Kimberly, Kathleen,, and Eric.

In Lieu of flowers, those planning a donation in Kazimierz name are asked to consider The Lustgarten Foundation, 415 Crossways Park Dr., D, Woodbury, NY 11797, or Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey 195 Little Albany St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901.