Zbigniew Berezowski

Zbigniew Berezowski of Beaconsfield, Quebec, dearly beloved husband of the late Alexandra Berezowski. Loving father of Andrew, Gabriella (Dennis Seymour) and Suzanna (Bengtsson Berard).

Loving son of the late Grzegorz Ficycz-Berezowski and Maria Glowacka. Predeceased by siblings Adolf, Henryka, Jozef and Irena. Zbigniew was a World War II veteran in the Polish army. He moved to Canada in 1953 and soon found employment as an accounting clerk at Humpty Dumpty Foods. As time went by, he was given more and more responsibility and eventually joined the management team and moved up the ranks from marketing manager to Senior Vice President. His career spanned 35 years.

After his retirement he began his “second career” as a volunteer for 25 years at Ste. Anne’s Veterans Hospital in Saint Anne de Bellevue, Quebec.

On September 21, 2000, he received the Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award from Adrienne Clarkson at the Governor General’s residence in Quebec City. “Stanley Berezowski, a volunteer at Ste. Anne's Veterans Hospital since his retirement in 1988, helped form a group of volunteers to provide birthday parties for the patients, many of whom are seldom visited by relatives or friends. In addition, Mr. Berezowski devotes much time to visiting and maintaining a strong comradeship among the Polish patients and their families, organizing events on Polish holidays and bringing in troupes of children and musicians to perform traditional songs and dances [for the entire hospital].”

Zbigniew was also a member of the Polish Combatants Association since 1953 and served as its president from 2006-2012. He will be greatly missed by his family, friends, business associates and members of the Polish community in Montreal. Private funeral followed by cremation.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada www.heartandstroke.ca would be appreciated.