BRONIA ROSLAWOWSKI

Bronia Roslawowski, age 88, of Kansas City, died July 14, 2010, at Menorah Medical Center. She was born in Turek, Poland, on December 23, 1921, to Hersh and Bluma Kibel. As a child, she was educated at Beis Yaakov. During World War II, Bronia was imprisoned in several Nazi concentration camps including Auschwitz. After being liberated by the United States Army (for which she was always grateful to America), she worked with the Army in displaced persons' camps. In 1948, Bronia immigrated to the United States. Not knowing where to settle, she asked where President Truman was from and decided that if Missouri was a good place for the president's family, it would be a good place for hers. In her early years in Kansas City, she had many jobs including caring for newborns at Baptist Hospital. She often worked three jobs to support her children. For many years, she and her husband Mendel owned M & M Bakery where Bronia passed out love and doughnuts to generations of children, and bread and sandwiches to their families. She was proud of the success of all of those who worked with her, particularly those who continued in the bakery business. Bronia frequently spoke to schools and community groups about her experiences during the Holocaust, teaching messages of love and justice. "I don't hate the Nazis," she would say, "so no one has the right to hate." She taught that she was saved by righteous Jews and non-Jews alike. "Look out for your neighbor because, if you don't, no one else will." Bronia was unfailingly loving, and she herself was loved by people from every part of the community. As she always said, "What a baker puts into the oven, she takes out of the oven." Bronia was predeceased by her parents and all of her siblings, by her husband Mendel Roslawowski and her previous husband Willie Jacks, and by a granddaughter, Lisa Beth Rosel. She is survived by her children Beverly Jacks Sklover (Philip), Walter Rosel, Karen Lynn Rosel, Alice Jacks Achtenberg (David), and Judy Jacks Berman (Steve); by her grandchildren Anne Rosel French (Brian), David Julian Rosel, Joseph Michael Jacks Berman, Miriam Jacks Achtenberg (Michael Morse), Alanna Michelle Jacks Sklover (Rebecca Kirzner), Jeffrey Samuel Jacks Berman (Courtney), Samuel Jacks Sklover, Joseph Jacks Sklover, and Rebecca Jacks Achtenberg; and great-grandchildren Brandon Tyler French and Alexis Lisa French. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 16, in the sanctuary of Beth Shalom Synagogue, 95th and Wornall, Kansas City, Missouri. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, the Heritage Center of the Jewish Community Center, or the Beth Shalom - Rose Family Early Childhood Education Center. The family wishes to thank Bronia's caregivers at Village Shalom, Enhanced Home Care, and the doctors, nurses and staff of Menorah Medical Center. Online guestbook available at www.louismemorialchapel.com. Arrangements: Louis Memorial Chapel 816 361 5211.