ADAMSKI, Edward John "Ed"

ADAMSKI, LEWONSKI, GEER, CAMPBELL, PENIKAS, AELNCYNOWICA, LEARY

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 6/16/2017 at 17:40:08

Obituary ~ Edward John "Ed" Adamski
June 22, 1924 ~ March 08, 2017

Leon Journal-Reporter
Leon, Decatur County, Iowa

Edward John Adamski, son of Bronislaw and Anna Mary (Lewonski) Adamski, was born June 22nd, 1924, in Naugatuck, Connecticut and died at Westview Acres in Leon, Iowa, on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at age 92.

Edward was a Merchant Marine for about a year before enlisting into the United States Army in 1942. While in the Merchant Marines he survived one torpedo attack off of Cape Hatteras. He was assigned to the Military Police Corps, sent to England, and entered Normandy four days after D-day. He joined the 84th Infantry Division as a medical aidman and served as a medic throughout the World War II campaigns until he met the Russians at the Elbe. He was honorably discharged from the Army in 1945. He returned to the sea, re-enlisted in 1946, this time for the Artillery, which sent him to Germany. His next Army training was in the physical therapy department at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington D.C. That was followed by a year at the atomic test sight at Eniwetok in Special Services. He was also in Special Services in Japan and Korea. In 1954, he went to Fort Carson, Colorado, where he specialized in youth work until 1961, until he was sent to Berlin, Germany. While in Berlin Ed was part of the Army’s Honor Guard for President John F. Kennedy. Ed was awarded the Bronze Star and many commendations and citations during his Army career.

After retiring from the Army, Ed worked in the insurance business in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Then in 1965, he moved to Connecticut and found work at Bard-Parker, a medical instrument manufacturer. He started as a machine operator and worked his way up to being a Line Foreman. In 1972, he moved to Deposit, New York to work at the new Bard-Parker plant in Hancock, New York. He worked a total of 21 years at Bard-Parker until this retirement. He spent the last three years of his life living in Leon, Iowa.

He is survived by three sons, Edward John Adamski, Jr., Anthony Paul Adamski and wife, Heidi, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and John David Adamski of Lamoni, Iowa; grandchildren, Elizabeth Anne Adamski, Pfc. James Anthony Adamski, and Josef Joshua Adamski; step-children, Allen Geer, Gary Geer, and Michael Geer; and other relatives and friends.

Edward was preceded in death by his parents; first wife, Lela Mae Adamski and second wife, Patricia Arlene Campbell; and his brothers and sisters, Mary Cecilla Adamski Penikas, Anthony John Adamski, William B. Adamski, Francis Thomas Adamski, Stella Adamski, Victoria Adamski Aelncynowicz, Joseph Paul Adamski, Florence Teresa Leary, and Emily W. Adamski.

All services for Ed will be held in New York State.

Slade - O'Donnell Funeral Home of Leon and Lamoni handled arrangements.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, June of 2017

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