Syracuse Herald Journal, Thu, Feb 5, 1976 p. 26

Mrs. Mary Adydan, 80, of 406 Chemung St., died yesterday in Community-General Hospital.

She was long active in church organizations. She was born in Poland and lived in Syracuse most of her life.

Mrs. Adydan was a member of the Rosary Society of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church of Syracuse, of which she was a communicant; Orchard Lake Seminary Auxiliary, Polish Legion of American Veterans Post 14 Auxiliary and St. Louis, St. Jadwiga and St. Stanislaus societies.

Mrs. Adydan was a Gold Star Mother. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John Bourg and Mrs. Jack Smith; three sons, Edward, Chester and John E. Adydan; 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 8:15 a.m. Saturday at the Bordynski Funeral Home, and at 8:45 a.m. in Sacred Heart Church.

Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Calling hours are 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow.

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According to the 1930 United States Federal Census, Carl and Mary Adydan resided at 406 Chemung Street in a home they owned. Carl was 36 years old and born in Poland about 1894. He immigrated to the U.s. in 1912 and his occupation was molder in a foundry. Mary was 35 and born in Poland about 1895. She immigrated to the U.S. in 1913.

Carl was 22 years old and Mary 21 when they married. Also living with them were their children: daughter Nellie (13 years old); son Stanley (11); son Edward (9); son Chester (9); and daughter Jane (5).

Their son Sergeant Stanley John Adydan, U.S. Army, died in action on February 28, 1945 in Germany. He was assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division and was with the division when they came ashore on Utah Beach on June 6, 1944, D-Day.

Their son John Eugene (who went by "Eugene") was born in July of 1930.