Bronislawa Kmiec Obituary (1945 - 2019)

Bronislawa Krystyna Kmiec was born and raised in Poland by her parents late Antonina and Jozef. She attended Szkola Podstawowa in Lipiny, Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace in Dabrowa Tarnowska, Studium Nauczycielskie in Rzeszow, and Wyzsza Szkola Pedagogiczna in Rzeszow. Her first teaching post was in Wielopole Skrzynskie where she met her husband Adam Kmiec. She worked also at Szkola Podstawowa in Jodlowka Tuchowska and Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace in Dabrowa Tarnowska teaching mostly Physics and Chemistry. In Wielopole Skrzynskie she directed Polish Folk Dance Ensemble for children. In 1982 she and Adam immigrated to USA where she attended Lewis University in Chicago. She worked for 25 years at John Butler and Sunstar Company in Chicago as assembler and manager. Upon retiring she worked part time for Lord and Taylor Co., and shared her gardening passion between Iron Mountain, Michigan, and Oro Valley, Arizona. As a very devoted Catholic and talented singer, she sung in Santa Catalina Choir and Polish Choir of Saint Cyril of Alexandria Church in Tucson.