Preceded by Franciszek Januszewski Resting place Cleveland, OH Name Stefan Lodzieski | Succeeded by Franciszek Januszewski Nationality Polish-American | |
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Died April 24, 1951
Cleveland, OH | ||
Stefan Lodzieski (1882 - April 24, 1951) was a Polish-American baker and social activist. He was one of the founders of the Jozef Pilsudski Institute of America and served as its second president between 1944 and 1951.
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Early life
Born in Wierzbno in 1882, Lodzieski immigrated to the United States in 1902, where he settled in Lakewood, Ohio. In 1911, he started his own bakery, which he eventually made into a bakery shop chain called Lakewood Bakery. He was active in the Polish National Defense Committee and the Komitet Wykonawczy Szkol Doksztalcajacych. Following World War I, he supported the Polish Welfare Association, efficiently helping new Polish immigrants.
World War II and Aftermath
Lodzieski was one of the founders of the National Committee of Americans of Polish Extraction (KNAPP) and served as one of the presidents of this organization. In 1943, he became the treasurer and then, in the years 1946-1951, the vice-president of KNAPP. He generously supported many KNAPP activities, making possible the regular publishing of the Biuletyn Organizacyjny KNAPP and financing the initiative of paying for Polish advertisements in the American press.
In 1943, he was one of the founders of the Jozef Pilsudski Institute of America and became its lifetime member in December. In the years 1944-1951, he served as president of the Institute and made donations on several occasions. Lodzieski died on April 24, 1951 in Cleveland, Ohio and was buried there.