Janina Majzerowicz

Janina Maria Majzerowicz, 92, passed away on August 18th, 2023. Janina was born June 8th, 1931 in Pasieka Otfinowska, a small village in Southern Poland, to parents Stefania ?abuz and Piotr Galus. During her childhood, marked by the brutal German and Soviet occupation of Poland, she lived and worked on the family farm and attended school in the nearby city of Tarnów. After a chance encounter at a wedding and a whirlwind courtship, Janina married her husband Bogdan Majzerowicz on July 16, 1953. The couple moved to Tarnów, where Bogdan worked at the family grain mill and Janina settled into life as a homemaker. In 1984, Janina made the life-altering decision to follow her young daughter Margaret to America. Leaving behind all she knew, Janina began a new life in Chicago, where she lovingly helped raise her American grandsons Mark and Michael, providing a crucial link to their Polish heritage. Soon after immigrating, Janina began a new career: working as an at-home caregiver. Over the decades, Janina assisted dozens of elderly individuals, patiently nursing them with uncommon care and love. Throughout her life, Janina was a devout Catholic who took great solace in prayer and the sacraments. She led a life of service to others and made tremendous sacrifices to ensure the welfare of her loved ones both in Poland and in the United States. When she herself fell ill with Alzheimer's in 2013, her daughter Margaret and grandson Mark embodied her legacy of compassion and kindness, nursing Janina at home in Crystal Lake until her passing.

Janina was preceded in death by her sister Stanis?awa Soch, her parents, Stefania and Piotr Galus, and her beloved husband, Bogdan Majzerowicz. Janina is survived by her sister, Zofia Pecak; her children, Margaret Majzerowicz-Pecak and Janusz Majzerowicz; grandchildren Mark and Michael Pecak, Krzysztof Majzerowicz, and Ma?gorzata Smagacz; and great-grandchildren Wojciech and Mateusz Smagacz and Jan Majzerowicz. Janina will be interred at St. Adalbert's Cemetery in Niles, Illinois. Her funeral mass at St. Ladislaus Parish in Chicago will take place on Saturday, September 2nd, 2023, at 11:00am.

Published by Northwest Herald on Aug. 22, 2023.