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Posted: Saturday, October 17, 2015 3:28 pm


Dolores Blonkowski Dubaj, matriarch of five generations passed away October 16th, 2015. She was born March 14th, 1931, in Lockport, NY, the daughter of William and Stella Stefanowski Blonkowski.

Dolores attended design school and was a talented seamstress, making clothes for her three daughters and then some; she also loved her flower gardens, walking, bird watching, knitting, and beading, but most of all family was Dolores's life and everything revolved around the family .

Dolores was the wife of the late Adam L. Dubaj who passed away June 13, 2003; dear mother of Marie Nunnari of Fairport, NY, Diane (Dallas Ward) Yerdon and Lynn (Mont) Miller; loving grandmother of Angela Hanczarowski, Michelle (Jonathan) Price, Stephanie (Manar) Alnuaimi, Brian Crow, Eileen Terdon and Louise Miller; great grandmother of Timothy Leising, Andrew Alnuaimiand twins Hanna and Hailie Skates; great-great grandmother of Edith and Emma Price and great-great-great grandmother of Addison Leising. Dolores was the sister of Stanley Blonkowski, Loraine (Edward ) Sherman and the late Frances Sahr, Lota Biernacki, Dorothy Blonkowski, Helen Dubai, Jean Kowalski and Mary Nowak; she is also survived by her dear friend and beau, Harold Seeloff; sister-in-law Florence Snyder and her daughter Grace and Ron Bilby; several nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews.

Relatives and friends may call on Monday, October 19th from 2-4 PM and 7-9 PM in Prudden and Kandt Funeral Home, 242 Genesee Street Lockport, NY. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, October 20th at 10 AM in St. John the Baptist Church, 168 Chestnut St., Lockport.

Delores married DUBAJ, Adam L on 6 Jun 1953 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Adam (son of DUBAI, Michael and Anniela) died on 13 Jun 2003. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 6/10/1953

A gown of traditional white bri-
dal satin was designed and made
by Miss Dolores M. Blonkowski.
daughter of Mr. aad Mrs. William
Blonkowaki at 34 Waterman St..
for her marriage to Adam Dubai.
son of Mrs. Nellie Dubai of Me-
dina, in St. Joseph's Church
Saturday mornng at 10:S9. The
Rev. Joseph F. Brand, OSFS, of
Do Sales High School officiated at
ceremony.
The bride was given In marriage
by her father. Her gown was fashioned
with a fitted bodies studded
with pearls, a sweetheart neckline,
long pointed sleeves aad a full
skirt. A cap of pleated net trimmed
with pearls held bar fingertip
veil and she earned a Colonial
bouquet of white carnations.
SISTERS ATTEND BRIDE
Miss Dorothy Blonkowski of
Lockport and Mrs. Edward Sherman
of Aberdeen, Md., sisters of
the bride, were maid of honor and
bridesmaid. They were identical
bailer ina-leng th gowns of white organdy,
enmroidered in red, with
matching stoles. Beth were coronets
of red aad white flowers and
carried Colonial bouquets of red
and white carnations. They wore
rhlnestone Jewelry, a gift of tbe
bride.
Dolores Biernacki, niece of tbe
bride was flower girt attired in a
floor-length gown fashioned after
those worn by the bride's attendants,
with a red and white coronet
and Colonial bouquet of red and
white carnations. David Harmer,
nephew of tbe bridegroom, acted
as ring bearer.
The bridegroom was attended oy
his brother. Mathew Dubai of Medina
and Edward W. Sherman of
Aberdeen, Md., waa usher.
MOTHERS' GOWNS
The mother of tbe bride chose
a light blue dress of Alencon lace
with white accessories and the
bridegroom's mother wore a dress
of navy print with white accessories.
Both wore corsages of pink'
roses.
A wedding breakfast was
served to the bridal party and im-
mediate families following the ceremony.
In the afternoon a garden
reception was held at the home of
the bride's sister and her husband,
Mr. and Mrs. John Kowakki of
300 Jackson Street
The couple left
trip to Florida and the
states, the bride wearing a tan
summer suit, orchid scarf aad
shoes with a white hat and purse,
and an orchid corsage.
Tbe bride and groom received
a cablegram in honor of the occasion
from the bride's paternal
grandmother in Poland.

1. DUBAJ, Marie
2. DUBAJ, Lynn
3. DUBAJ, Diane

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 6/27/1968

William Blonkowski, 74, of 24
Waterman St died at his home
after a short illness, Thursday
morning (June 27. 1968).
Mr. Blonkowski was born
March 30. 1894 in Amsterdam.
N..Y, and came to Lockport in
1923. In 1958 he retired as a machinist
at Harrison Radiator Division,
General Motors Corp-
He was a member of St Joseph's
Church, a Third Degree
member of Lockport Council,
319 Knights of Columbus, a
charter member of the Sacred
Heart Society, of which he was
a past president and was secre
tary-treasurer at the time of
his death. He was also a mem-
ber of the Polish Roman Cath-
olic Union of America.
He was the husband of the
late Mrs. Stella Blonkowski.
He is survived by one son and
eight daughters, Stanley Blon
kowski, Mrs. John (Jean) Ko
walski, Mrs. John (Lota) Bier
nacki, Mrs. George (Frances)
Sahr, Miss Dorothy Blonkowski,
Mrs. Matthew (Helen) Dubai,
and Mrs. Adam (Dolores) Dubaj,
all of Lockport; Mrs. Ray
mond (Mary) Nowak, Buffalo
and Mrs. Edward (Loraine)
Sherman, Williamsville.
Also, one sister and one broth
er, Mrs. Stella Galawski and
Chester Blonkowski, both of Poland;
one sister - in - law, Mrs
Mary Goodwin of Buffalo; 21
grandchildren, four great grandchildren
and several nieces and
nephews.
Friends may call at his home,
24 Waterman St., where funeral
services will be held Saturday
morning at 8:15 and 9 a.m. at
St. Joseph's Church. Interment
will be in St. Patrick's Ceme
tery. The Rosary will be recited
Friday evening at 8:30 p.m.

William married STEPHANOWSKI, Stella about 1916. Stella was born on 8 May 1896 in Poland; died on 1 Jun 1961 in Lockport Memorial Hospital, Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 6/2/1961

A native of Poland. Mrs. Stella
Blonkowski. 65. of 24 Waterman
St.. died Thursday (June 1. 1961)
at Lockport Memorial Hospital,
where she had been a patient for
two weeks.
Born in Poland May 8, 1896,
she came to the United States in
1912.
She was married in 1916 to William
Blonkowski, who survives
her.
She was a member of St. Joseph's
Church and the Polish
Catholic Union Sacred Heart Society.
Besides her husband, she leaves
a son, Stanley Blonkowski. Burt;
eight daughters, Mrs. John Ko
walski, Mrs. John Biernacki, Mrs.
George Sahr, Mrs. Edward Sherman,
Mrs. Adam Dubaj and
Miss Dorothy Blonkowski, all of
Lockport.
Mrs. Raymond Nowak, Buffalo;
and Mrs. Matthew Dubaj, Medina;
two sisters, Mrs. Mary Goodwin,
Buffalo; and Mrs. Celia Stec, Po-
land; a niece, Mrs. Edwin Radan-
owicz, Buffalo; and 21 grandchil-
dren.
Friends may call at the resi-
dence where funeral services will
be held Monday morning at 8:30
and at St. Joseph's Church at 9.
Burial will be in St. Patrick's
Cemetery.