Babcia's obit

This ran in the Union Leader yesterday. Thanks to my Uncle Joe for helping McMumsy write it, and McMumsy for asking me for my two cents. I did try to get her penchant for half-nude dancing in there but, well, it's a family publication.


Czeslawa XXX
HAMPTON FALLS - Czeslawa “Tessie’’ (Bartosiak) XXX died June 30,
2007, in Winnetka, California. She was 91.
Born June 19, 1916, in South Boston to Katherine (Wiechura) and Matthias Bartosiak, she attended Roxbury High School and graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music. She was Miss Boston Polish-American in 1935 and was also first-prize winner in the 1939 Miss Pulaski competition at American Legion Post 269.

She was married to John XXX for 49 years – he died in 1989. The
couple owned and operated XXX Pewter, first in Boston before
relocating to Drinkwater Road in Hampton Falls where it became a landmark. Mrs. XXXbresided in Hampton Falls for nearly 50 years before moving to Concord and then to California.

She was a longtime member of the Hampton Falls Grange, and Miraculous Medal Parish in Hampton. While in Concord she attended Immaculate Heart of Mary. She will be remembered by her friends and family for her hospitality, her beautiful gardens, and her extraordinary apple pies, made from apples she picked from trees on her farm.

Besides her husband, she was pre-deceased by three brothers and two
sisters, the latter two dying during the 1918 influenza epidemic. The
family includes two sons, Chester of Winnetka, Cal., and John Jr. of
Concord; six grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

SERVICES: A funeral will be held in September at Immaculate Heart of
Mary Church, Concord.
Memorial donations may be made to the NH Food Bank, 62 West Brook St.,
Manchester, NH, 03101.