Stanley J. Wnuk

Stanley J. Wnuk, 79, of 170 West Street, Ware, passed away on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at Baystate Mary Lane Hospital in Ware. Stanley was born on May 3, 1929 in Palmer, MA son of the late Joseph and Catherine (Fijal) Wnuk and has lived in Ware since 1963.

Stanley was a 1946 graduate of Palmer High School and received his B.S. Degree from American International College in Springfield, and his Masters from Westfield State College in Westfield. He began his teaching career in 1960 at the Edgartown Junior High School on Martha's Vineyard where he taught English and Social Studies for 3 years, then taught English and Spanish at the former Hardwick High School and later at the Quabbin Regional High School in Barre before retiring in 1988, after a teaching career of approximately 30 years.

He was a Korean Era veteran of the U.S. Army, serving as a court stenographer for the V Corps Judge Advocate Section in Frankfort, Germany.

Stanley was a faithful communicant of St. Mary's Church in Ware, he was a member of the National Chapter of the American Legion, the Quabin Retired Teachers' Association, the Massachusetts Teachers' Association, and the Joseph Pilsudski Club in Gilbertville.

He is survived by his sister-in-law, Josephine Wnuk of Wilbraham; his cousin, Irene Judin and her husband Larry of Bayside, N.Y. and his many close friends and colleagues.

Stanley's funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 25, 2008 from the Cebula Funeral Home, 66 South Street, Ware, MA. A funeral Mass will be said at 10 a.m on Saturday in St. Mary's Church, 60 South Street, Ware. Interment with full military honors will follow in Sts. Peter & Paul Cemetery in Bondsville, MA. Calling hours for family and friends will take place on Saturday morning 8:30-9:30 a.m in the funeral home chapel.