Irena Jaworski, a longtime
passed away peacefully on
14, 2010
25, 1930
In 1940, at the age of 10, during the annexation of
Poland
deported her family to the Soviet labor camps in
She and her family would be moved from
to
and then to
In 1943, as a Polish refugee, she was sent to the Koja settlement in
five years. After WWII, her family made its way to
where they remained in exile. Irena lived in
1951 married Stefan, her husband of 54 years and where her two daughters were
born.
In 1962, Irena immigrated to the
States
husband who had immigrated six months prior. The family settled in
her husband and daughters proudly became US citizens. In
she would begin her banking career with Bank of America at their central cash
vault in
In 1980, Irena and her husband moved to
transferred to the Bank of America as their merchant teller when the branch
re-opened in the new
After a ‘forced’ retirement, she would work for Vineyard Bank in both Crestline
and
where she continued to work until two years prior to her passing when her
health began to fail her.
Her husband Stefan Jaworski preceded her in death in
2006. Irena is survived by her daughter Bo Spencer of
Arrowhead
daughter and son-in law Stella and Douglas MacKay of
Spencer of Lake Arrowhead, CA and Matthew, Kirsten, Kendall and Michael MacKay
of
A funeral mass will be held on Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 12:00 pm at Our Lady
of the Lake Catholic Church in Lake Arrowhead, CA.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts
may be made in memory of “Irena Jaworski / MacKay 2006” (so they know my mom is
connected to our family – this is the school Matt graduated from) to:
School
Memorial
Gift
1200 Jacob
Lane
Carmichael,
CA 95608
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for your kind words of support and sympathy and, most importantly, your prayers.
I’m so sorry for the loss of your mother. what an amazing legacy she left you!
What an amazing and adventurous life! So sorry for your loss.