Loretta Kondziela

It is with great sorrow that we mourn the loss of Loretta A. Kondziela, who left this world on June 19th, 2023, just one week before her 102nd birthday. She died peacefully of natural causes, with her son at her side. Loretta was born in Stamford, Connecticut on June 28 1921. She was the daughter of Joseph and Sabina Dombroski and the second youngest of six children. She worked at a number of Stamford based companies and at age 22, married Stanley Kondziela. They were married just as Stanley completed his training to become a lieutenant in the U.S Army and ultimately fight his way throughout Europe following the D-Day invasion. At the same time, Loretta worked in various jobs for the war effort. After the war she worked for a few different employers and eventually, with her husband Stanley and their sons, built their dream house, nearly from scratch and mostly by hand. Loretta and Stanley also ran a successful catering business for some time. A few years later, she joined the US Postal Service, as a clerk in the main Stamford Post Office. After 20 plus years of service, Loretta retired to enjoy the rest of her days pursuing her dreams and being with family. Throughout her adult life, Loretta was a member of the Holy Name of Jesus choir, along with the rest of her extended family, including her sister Josephine, organist and choir director. Loretta was very religious, a hard worker and devoted to her family, including two grandchildren. She enjoyed gardening, refinishing furniture, antique hunting and having her Granddaughters over for the weekend. She also enjoyed many vacations driving with Stanley all through New England as far north as Nova Scotia and west, where they spent many days in Pennsylvania and the surrounding states. She also enjoyed being on the water and enjoyed cruising Stamford Harbor and nearby Long Island sound in various family boats over the years, even a few times well into her nineties. Loretta is survived by her three sons, Paul, Philip and David Kondziela, her daughter-in-law Cynthia Kondziela, her two granddaughters, Christina and Sarah Kondziela, her sister-in-law Eleanor Dombroski and nieces and nephews. If you wish to make an online remembrance for the family online, you may sign the family guestbook at www.bosakfuneralhome.com or www.facebook.com/bosakfuneralhome

Loretta Kondziela

June 28, 1921 - June 19, 2023