Clara B. Zawada Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Clara B. (Zamachaj) Zawada, 92, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at the Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley in Littleton, MA. Born August 9, 1922, she was a daughter of the late Anthony and Maryja Zamachaj. Clara lived for the past few years at the Nashoba Park Assisted Living Facility in Ayer, MA and previously in Williamsport, PA and Concord, MA. In her early years, she had a successful singing and recording career during the war years with the Joe Lazarz Orchestra and, as part of the band, had several hit records and was later inducted into the International Polka Hall of Fame. After marrying her husband Frank and moving to West Concord, she was also choir director, craft and floral design teacher, a cake decorator, cub scout leader, President of the West Concord Women's Club; and a member of Our Lady Help of Christian Roman Catholic Church, the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, the Polish Women’s Alliance, and Polish Falcons, Group 410. Clara was predeceased in 2010 by her beloved husband, Frank A. Zawada. Clara is survived by four sons, Frank and his wife Carlene, of Huntsville, AL, Michael and his wife Paula, of Sudbury, MA, Robert and his wife Eileen, of Groton, MA and John Carl and his wife Lynne, of Acton, MA, seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren; a sister, Angela Przybylowicz, of Chicopee, and a brother, John Zamachaj, of Milford, CT. She was predeceased by a brother, Stanley Zamachaj. Funeral services for Clara will be held Monday at 10AM from the Kozikowski Funeral Home, 565 Front St., Chicopee, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11AM in St. Anthony of Padua Church, Chicopee. Burial wil follow in St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Chicopee. Calling hours are Sunday from 3-6PM. Memorial contributions can be made to the Kosciuszko Foundation, online at thekf.org or at their mailing address: The Kosciuszko Foundation, Inc. 15th East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065.

Clara B. Zawada

August 9, 1922 - December 24, 2014

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