Mary Magdaline, born November 7, 1913, in Pulaski Township, near Warsaw, North Dakota, was the fourth of twelve children born to John and Martha Gerszewski.
She walked to rural school, graduated from Ardock, North Dakota High School and received her B.S. in Education from Maryville State University. Her graduate studies include a fifth year of education from Bemidji State, an elementary science degree from the University of North Dakota and Headstart certification from the University of Indiana, Bloomington.
Mac taught five years in Walsh County, ND, rural school until 1942 when she went to Milwaukee, WI to work for Perfex Co. manufacturing ammunition supplies to support the War effort.
She returned to North Dakota to marry Sylvester Adamski in June 1946 at St. Stanislaus Church, Warsaw. They made their home in Oslo, Minnesota. In 1947, Mac accepted a position in the Oslo Public Schools where she taught elementary students for 28 years until her retirement in 1984.
She moved to Toledo, Ohio in 2004 to live near her daughter.
Mac was a lifetime member of the N.E.A. and M.E.A.; the American Legion Auxiliary Post #331; Knights of Columbus Auxiliary; Jolly Seniors of Oslo; and was active for 56 years in St. Joseph Parish Ladies Aide, altar committee and religious education.
Survivors are her son, Tim (Mary) Adamski, Edmond, Oklahoma and their children, Jon Nelson and Jennifer Weingrad; daughter, Joan (William) Hennessy, Toledo, Ohio; grandchildren, Sean, Oakland, CA, Brendan, Columbus, OH. and Meghan Hennessy, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Syl; sisters, Sarah Ebertowski, Suzanne Sood, Louise LaPointe, and brothers, Walter, Onufry, Sebastian, Isadore, Henry and Stephen.
Funeral services will be held at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Oslo, MN, with interment at St. Stanislaus Catholic Cemetery, Warsaw, North Dakota.
Local arrangements by the Thomas I. Wisniewski Funeral Home (419-531-4424).
Published in Toledo Blade on November 19, 2009
Mary Magdaline, born November 7, 1913, in Pulaski Township, near Warsaw, North Dakota, was the fourth of twelve children born to John and Martha Gerszewski.
She walked to rural school, graduated from Ardock, North Dakota High School and received her B.S. in Education from Maryville State University. Her graduate studies include a fifth year of education from Bemidji State, an elementary science degree from the University of North Dakota and Headstart certification from the University of Indiana, Bloomington.
Mac taught five years in Walsh County, ND, rural school until 1942 when she went to Milwaukee, WI to work for Perfex Co. manufacturing ammunition supplies to support the War effort.
She returned to North Dakota to marry Sylvester Adamski in June 1946 at St. Stanislaus Church, Warsaw. They made their home in Oslo, Minnesota. In 1947, Mac accepted a position in the Oslo Public Schools where she taught elementary students for 28 years until her retirement in 1984.
She moved to Toledo, Ohio in 2004 to live near her daughter.
Mac was a lifetime member of the N.E.A. and M.E.A.; the American Legion Auxiliary Post #331; Knights of Columbus Auxiliary; Jolly Seniors of Oslo; and was active for 56 years in St. Joseph Parish Ladies Aide, altar committee and religious education.
Survivors are her son, Tim (Mary) Adamski, Edmond, Oklahoma and their children, Jon Nelson and Jennifer Weingrad; daughter, Joan (William) Hennessy, Toledo, Ohio; grandchildren, Sean, Oakland, CA, Brendan, Columbus, OH. and Meghan Hennessy, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Syl; sisters, Sarah Ebertowski, Suzanne Sood, Louise LaPointe, and brothers, Walter, Onufry, Sebastian, Isadore, Henry and Stephen.
Funeral services will be held at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Oslo, MN, with interment at St. Stanislaus Catholic Cemetery, Warsaw, North Dakota.
Local arrangements by the Thomas I. Wisniewski Funeral Home (419-531-4424).
Published in Toledo Blade on November 19, 2009
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TSGT Walter Gerszewski
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Sarah Theresa Gerszewski Ebertowski
1910–1975
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Isadore John Gerszewski
1915–1975
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Sebastian L Gerszewski
1916–1996
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Rose Vivian Brandt
1917–2012
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Henry Lawrence Gerszewski
1918–1991
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Suzanne Barbara Sood
1920–1998
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Louise M La Pointe
1924–2008
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Stephen Martin Gerszewski
1925–1993
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Adeline Elizabeth Gerszewski Hardy
1927–2020
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