Martha Wnek, a long time Brunswick
resident, passed away peacefully on December 15th at Hawthorne House in Freeport.
She was born on October 13, 1921 in
Middletown, Connecticut, the daughter of Stanislaus (Stanley) and Bronislawa
(Bernice) Adamczyk. She was one of 5 children and the last of her siblings to
pass away.
She attended St Mary’s Catholic School
in Middletown and Woodrow Wilson High School, graduating in 1939. She was a
child of the depression and came of age during World War II. After HS
graduation she worked as a book keeper at Kelly’s Bakery in Middletown.
After the war she was married to high
school classmate Mitchell T. Wnek on February 8, 1947, after he had returned
from World War II service as a naval officer in the Pacific. After residing in
Elmira, NY for several years they moved back to Cromwell, Connecticut. In 1960 the family moved to Cumberland, Rhode
Island. There she worked for several years for the Cross Pen Company and
managed a jewelry store in the Warwick Mall.
Her husband, Mitchell passed away in
April 1972 and Martha moved to Brunswick in the early 1980s in order to be
closer to family, residing first at the River Road apartments and then at Willow Grove.
She is survived by her four children:
Dr. Janice Wnek O’Connor and husband Joseph of Brunswick, Frank Wnek and wife
Meredith of Harpswell, Philip Wnek and wife Jackie of Charlestown, Rhode Island
and Joyce Tedford and husband Jim of Stafford Springs, Connecticut.
Her extended family includes her
children, their spouses, ten grandchildren, thirteen great grandchildren and
one great great grandchild.
Martha was an avid reader and enjoyed
weekly card parties with her friends. She enjoyed traveling in her later years,
making trips to Hawaii, Ireland, England and a cruise to the Caribbean. But her
greatest joy was being around her family, as she was the family matriarch for
many years.
Her grandchildren ands great
grandchildren will forever fondly remember late night card games at ‘Babci’s
Casino.’
Martha was a member of St Charles
Borromeo Roman Catholic Church - All Saints Parish, volunteering for many years
at the church Christmas Fair. Due to Covid restrictions, a funeral service will
be deferred to late Spring at a date to be announced at St Charles Borromeo
Church in Brunswick. She will be buried next to her husband at Calvary Cemetery
in Middletown, CT.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be
made in her memory to Beacon Hospice, 55 Lisbon St #2600, Lewiston, ME 04240. Arrangements are by Stetson’s Funeral Home 12 Federal St.
Brunswick, where memorial condolences may be expressed at
stetsonsfuneralhome.com