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 Roman Kaczmarczyk
January 27, 2002
Roman Kaczmarczyk, 78, of 912 Cold Spring Road died Sunday at home.
Born in Szklanow, Poland, on July 10, 1923, son of Jozef and Wiktoria Kosmaia Kaczmarczyk, he attended schools there and resided in Buska Zdroj, Poland, until he was 16. When he was 17, he and his younger brother, Kazimierz, were held in a concentration camp in Germany until the end of World War II.
After the war, Mr. Kaczmarczyk was employed by the English army as a civilian truck driver transporting supplies and munitions in Germany. In March 1951, he and his family immigrated to the United States, arriving in New York City.
He was employed as a carpenter and contractor and had worked on the construction of many buildings and homes in New York City and Long Island. He also was employed by Halper & Sons Construction and Kreisman Construction Corp. He was an active member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters Local No. 926 and had trained and mentored many carpenters. He retired in 1988.
He had resided in Brooklyn until 1969, and was a communicant of Our Lady of Consolation Church. He then moved to Maspeth, N.Y., where he was an active member of Holy Cross Church and the local Polish National Alliance. He moved to Williamstown in 1994 and to Adams in 1998.
He enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren, gardening, music, dancing, and working on building projects for his family.
His wife, the former Daniela Wypychowska, whom he married in 1946 in Germany, died April 14, 2000.
He leaves four daughters, Basia Kaminski of Woodstock, N.Y., Christina Kaczmarczyk and Jasia Bergmann, both of Williamstown, and Elizabeth Funke of New York City; two sisters, Irena Wojcik and Adela Kosela, both in Poland; a brother, Marian Kaczmarczyk of Poland, and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, Feb. 2, at 11:30 a.m. at Second Congregational Church on Hancock Road, Williamstown, with the Rev. Penny Rich-Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the family plot, Southlawn Cemetery, Williamstown. There are no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, Roman's family requests the donations be made to the Williamstown Youth Center or the VNA and Hospice of Northern Berkshire through the GEORGE M. HOPKINS FUNERAL HOME, 61-67 Spring St., Williamstown, MA 01267, which is in charge of arrangements.
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