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PLEASE NOTE: BECAUSE OF HURRICANE SANDY, THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BEGIN AT 7:00 PM INSTEAD OF 8:00 PM. FOLLOWING THE SERVICE, ALL VISITING HOURS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED.
A time of visitation will take place on Monday, October 29, 2012 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ.
A funeral service will take place during the visitation time beginning at 8:00 PM.
Regina Sadrzak, age 85 of Pompton Lakes died in the early morning hour of Thursday, October 25, 2012.
Regina was the second of five children born in Czyzew, Poland to Karol and Zofia (nee Rodziewicz) Mazur. Until the age of fourteen, her childhood could have been described as quite normal. But in 1941 Regina’s life and the life of her family changed dramatically. World War II had begun and one day, Russian forces invaded her home sending Regina and other family members to Siberia where she remained until the war ended. While in Siberia she worked as a lab technician at a sugar refinery testing sugar levels in water given to war prisoners as a minimal means of nutrition. Conditions were very difficult and food was scarce. Regina and other prisoners would actually scrape bark off trees, ground it up to make pancakes and eat potatoes left in the field after harvest. The war ended and Regina returned home to Poland but she quickly experienced another tragic event in her and her family’s lives; her father had been helping Jewish survivors change their names to protect them, He got caught and was promptly executed in front of Regina’s sister by an underground faction that still had allegiance to the Nazi’s.
Following the war, at age nineteen, Regina went to school and received her high school diploma. She met Jan Sadrzak who was stationed in her town as a soldier in the Polish Army. They married in 1949 and soon after, Eva, their beautiful baby girl was welcomed into the world. Regina focused all her attention on caring for Eva and being a homemaker.
With hopes for a better future, Regina and Eva emigrated to the United States in 1964. They quickly settled in Clifton and Regina took a position as a seamstress with Gramercy Mills, also located in Clifton. She remained there for twenty years, providing for herself and Eva.
In 1971, Regina proudly witnessed the marriage of her daughter to Andrew Wojciechowski. The newlyweds settled in Pompton Lakes in 1979 and welcomed Mom to live with them. She took a position as an inspector with Boston Scientific Corporation – a manufacturer of artificial veins for heart patients, and worked there from 1985 to 2002. She continued to be a resident of Pompton Lakes until her passing.
In her leisure, Regina enjoyed reading as well as knitting and crocheting beautiful sweaters, scarves, and blankets for her family and friends. She also enjoyed making her famous potato pancakes, delicious cheese crepes and pierogis which her family adored her for. It’s not that these recipes were anything special in and of themselves. It was just the special touch that Regina had for making them taste great and impossible to duplicate! She was also a bit of a brewmaster. Everyone loved a unique drink she made from Guinness Stout, Everclear and vanilla – Mmmmmmmmmmmm!
Regina will be remembered by her family and many friends as an independent, outgoing, friendly woman who was always cheerful and who always smiled.
Surviving is her dear daughter Eva and husband Andrew Wojciechowski of Pompton Lakes; her two grandsons: Paul Wojciechowski and wife Randi and Tom Wojciechowski; her three great-grandchildren: Justin, Kyle and Amy; her two sisters: Halina Sebastian of Maplewood and Irena Skjoldager and husband Mogens of Denmark, and her niece Maja
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PLEASE NOTE: BECAUSE OF HURRICANE SANDY, THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BEGIN AT 7:00 PM INSTEAD OF 8:00 PM. FOLLOWING THE SERVICE, ALL VISITING HOURS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED.
A time of visitation will take place on Monday, October 29, 2012 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ.
A funeral service will take place during the visitation time beginning at 8:00 PM.
Services
PLEASE NOTE: BECAUSE OF HURRICANE SANDY, THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BEGIN AT 7:00 PM INSTEAD OF 8:00 PM. FOLLOWING THE SERVICE, ALL VISITING HOURS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED.
A time of visitation will take place on Monday, October 29, 2012 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ.
A funeral service will take place during the visitation time beginning at 8:00 PM.
Regina Sadrzak, age 85 of Pompton Lakes died in the early morning hour of Thursday, October 25, 2012.
Regina was the second of five children born in Czyzew, Poland to Karol and Zofia (nee Rodziewicz) Mazur. Until the age of fourteen, her childhood could have been described as quite normal. But in 1941 Regina’s life and the life of her family changed dramatically. World War II had begun and one day, Russian forces invaded her home sending Regina and other family members to Siberia where she remained until the war ended. While in Siberia she worked as a lab technician at a sugar refinery testing sugar levels in water given to war prisoners as a minimal means of nutrition. Conditions were very difficult and food was scarce. Regina and other prisoners would actually scrape bark off trees, ground it up to make pancakes and eat potatoes left in the field after harvest. The war ended and Regina returned home to Poland but she quickly experienced another tragic event in her and her family’s lives; her father had been helping Jewish survivors change their names to protect them, He got caught and was promptly executed in front of Regina’s sister by an underground faction that still had allegiance to the Nazi’s.
Following the war, at age nineteen, Regina went to school and received her high school diploma. She met Jan Sadrzak who was stationed in her town as a soldier in the Polish Army. They married in 1949 and soon after, Eva, their beautiful baby girl was welcomed into the world. Regina focused all her attention on caring for Eva and being a homemaker.
With hopes for a better future, Regina and Eva emigrated to the United States in 1964. They quickly settled in Clifton and Regina took a position as a seamstress with Gramercy Mills, also located in Clifton. She remained there for twenty years, providing for herself and Eva.
In 1971, Regina proudly witnessed the marriage of her daughter to Andrew Wojciechowski. The newlyweds settled in Pompton Lakes in 1979 and welcomed Mom to live with them. She took a position as an inspector with Boston Scientific Corporation – a manufacturer of artificial veins for heart patients, and worked there from 1985 to 2002. She continued to be a resident of Pompton Lakes until her passing.
In her leisure, Regina enjoyed reading as well as knitting and crocheting beautiful sweaters, scarves, and blankets for her family and friends. She also enjoyed making her famous potato pancakes, delicious cheese crepes and pierogis which her family adored her for. It’s not that these recipes were anything special in and of themselves. It was just the special touch that Regina had for making them taste great and impossible to duplicate! She was also a bit of a brewmaster. Everyone loved a unique drink she made from Guinness Stout, Everclear and vanilla – Mmmmmmmmmmmm!
Regina will be remembered by her family and many friends as an independent, outgoing, friendly woman who was always cheerful and who always smiled.
Surviving is her dear daughter Eva and husband Andrew Wojciechowski of Pompton Lakes; her two grandsons: Paul Wojciechowski and wife Randi and Tom Wojciechowski; her three great-grandchildren: Justin, Kyle and Amy; her two sisters: Halina Sebastian of Maplewood and Irena Skjoldager and husband Mogens of Denmark, and her niece Maja
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