WESTFIELD – Wladyslawa (Szepanski) Chrusciel, 90, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at Noble Hospital, with her loving family by her side. Born in Bielawy, Poland on May 29, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Jozef and Miata Szepanski. During World War II, Wladyslawa was taken into forced labor and displaced to Belgium where she lived until emigrating to the United States in 1956. She was a cook at several restaurants and a communicant of Holy Trinity Church. Wladyslawa was predeceased in 1993 by her beloved husband, Piotr Chrusciel, and in 2010 by her beloved son, Steven Chrusciel. Wladyslawa is survived by her loving children, Sophie Wojciechowski and her husband Albert, Stacia Chrusciel, Helen Pucci and her husband Richard, Henry Chrusciel, Wanda Boluk, Christine Chrusciel and Anne Lamere; her loving grandchildren, Jason and Angela Costa, Jeffrey and Eddie Wojciechowski, Monica Lynch, Michael Chrusciel, Melessia Stevens, Pedro Chrusciel, JoAnna Lamere and Jonathan Ramirez; and her cherished great grandchildren, Katie and Emily Stevens, and Demarcus Reed. Funeral services will be held Monday at 9a.m. from Legacy Funeral Home, 4 Princeton St., Westfield, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. in Holy Trinity Church. Burial will follow in St. Mary Cemetery. Calling hours are Sunday from 4-7 p.m.
