Wladyslawa Trojanowski

Wladyslawa (Ozorowska) Trojanowski was born in Poland in 1925. As a teenager during WWII, with Poland under Nazi occupation, she was one of many forced laborers taken from their homes to work in Germany factories and farms. Wladyslawa was one of the fortunate few to be placed on a farm where food was plentiful and the hardships bearable. During her three years in Germany, she met her future husband, Tadeusz, who was also from Poland working on a neighboring farm. After the war, they were transferred to a refugee camp and then returned to Poland. They had four children. Wladyslawa’s parents had traveled to the United States in the early 1900’s where they met, married, and had three of nine children. With the death of their twins, they returned to Poland with their infant daughter, Mary. When Mary was 18, she returned to the United States just before WWII. In 1963, Wladyslawa and her family immigrated to the United State and were reunited with Mary and her family. Wladyslawa was a resourceful, strong, loving woman. Through their hard work, Wladyslawa and Tadeusz, made a better life for their family in Cresskill as well as those still in Poland. Wladyslawa was a faithful parishioner of St. Therese of Lisieux Church, Cresskill, NJ. Her neighbors lovingly called her Babci (grandmother) and admired her beautiful vegetable garden and flowers. She was an early bird, tending to her garden in the early hours so that many of her neighbors never even knew who did all the hard work. The loss of her sight was extremely painful as she could no longer see her beloved family and beautiful flowers. Please consider donating to the Glaucoma Foundation at https://glaucomafoundation.org/. Survived by daughters, Maria Ditzel and Grace Mazur and their husbands Joseph and Andrzej. Grandchildren: Adam Trojanowski and Edna of Vermont, Michael Ditzel and his wife, April, and Jennifer Stanford with husband, Christopher, both of Maine, and Kristina Mazur of New Jersey. Great-Grandchildren: Autumn, Zachary, Ryan, William and Emily. Predeceased by parents Apolonia and Michal, husband of 55 years, Tadeusz, Sister Mary, Brothers: Franek, Jan and Tadeusz, and two sons: Stanislaw and Jan. Visitation will be held on Saturday, August 21, from 9:00-10:30 followed by the Funeral Mass at St. Therese of Lisieux Church, Cresskill and internment in Westwood Cemetery.

Wladyslawa Trojanowski

August 16, 2021