Florian J. Magdziarz

July 12, 1927 - May 15, 2017

Florian J. Magdziarz, 89, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 15, 2017 in Holyoke Medical Center, with his loving family at his side. Born July 12, 1927 in Nagoszyn, Poland, son of the late Stanislaw and Zofia (Galas) Magdziarz, he has been an area resident for many years and a communicant of St. Anthony of Padua Church. Florian retired from the Monsanto Corp. after thirty-seven years of service as a machinist. Above all else he loved his family and looked forward to their times together. Florian is survived by his loving wife of thirty years, Kazia Magdziarz; loving children, Anna W. Ankiewicz and husband Mark of Ludlow, Ewa Zawisza and husband Wieslaw of Poland, John Magdziarz and wife Farideh Hosseini, and their children, Brennan and Arla, of CA, Tom Magdziarz of CA, and Cecilia Florence and husband Dan of Westfield, Cecilia’s sons, Steve Wawrzyniak, and Jason Wawrzyniak and wife Gisele, and their children, Dorian and Asher; and sister, Maria, and brothers, Kazimierz and Kajetan of Poland. He was predeceased by his first wife, Mary, in 1982. Funeral services for Florian will be held Thursday from Kozikowski Funeral Home , 565 Front St., Chicopee, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30AM in St. Anthony of Padua Church, 56 St. Anthony St., Chicopee. Burial will follow in St. Stanislaus Cemetery. Calling hours are Thursday from 8:30-10AM.