Pop ... A month ago you left us. We know you're in a better place and with your bride ... we miss your jokes, we miss your cooking and I miss you! Please watch over us... love you! 
Kathy 

Grandpa,
  Thank you for always being there for me all my life. I will hold on to the many memories of us. The time we went to AC together, how you were so  protective of me playing slots all day. I will hold dear the moment I showed you my wedding dress for the first time. All the times it was just you and me driving to family holidays. Thank you for all of the special moments. I will miss you so much. See you later alligator, in awhile crocodile. Love you. 

Pop, we will miss you. Thank you for having such an amazing family and accepting me into it. You have created a memory that will last a long time through your jokes and stories. Thank you for raising an amazing granddaughter who has grown into an amazing woman. We will truly miss you and you will be in our thoughts daily. 
“If you have a gizzard and I have a gizzard what do we have?”

Grandpa, 
Thank you for being the most amazing grandpa to us.  We love and miss you. I promise to wash my hands before i cook and tell people your jokes. 
Love, Elyse


Pop worked for Crocker bank and mitusi. When he retired from Crocker bank he then went to work full time at Mitsui. pop retired when  my mom passed, she was the matriarch of the family. She was on top of all events, birthdays, and gatherings. Needless to say after her passing and the kids all out of the house, Pop became a little lost. Thankfully the family that they had put so much time and effort in would be the ones to step in and help fill that gap. 


Pops motto on life was to leave someone with a smile. He would religiously tell jokes to ANYBODY AND I MEAN ANYBODY

In his later years, Pop loved cook and make little gifts for everyone. He loved to take random trips to Atlantic City and called it "escaping for a day." He was always there when you needed him and he was always early, sometimes 3 hours early. But that was Pop. He was so excited to see the family that he just couldn't wait. A Side note about 3 years ago A co worker of mine wife work for mitusi  I said my dad worked their when she told her boss his name his face lit up and said John mazur wow he hired me 20 years ago he was an inspiration and a mentor to me !! 




As we celebrate Pops life we think about Papasan's  beginnings. He was born in 1931 in Brooklyn to two polish immigrant parents, Pop was 1 of 7 kids. He had 3 older sisters and two older brothers and 1 younger brother. Unfortunately, Pops father passed away, one of his sisters passed very young and his two older brothers were killed in World War 2. 

Pop started working for his step father shoveling coal and doing maintenance for a building they lived in. This would be the place where he would meet his the love of his life and future wife for the very first time. Pop saw a picture of Mom from her first communion and knew at that time he was going to marry her one day even though she used to throw coal at him and call him fish face. Pop joined the army and served in the Korea war and was extended 1 year with the rest of the men and women serving at that time by order of the President of the United States Mom and Dad would marry in 1953 when he came home 

 Living in Brooklyn they had their first son Michael. Mom and dad then bought  a little house on a dirt road on Sheffield Ave with a mailbox on Hubbard's Path having two more sons myself and John D. Even though they only had 3 sons, there were many who would be raised in this house. If you ever stopped by on any day or night, there was a pot of coffee on and someone to talk to about good and bad times. 

Pop being the work horse that he was he would leave the house at 5:30am and would come back 11:20 at night working two jobs in Manhattan yet he still found time to raise his sons and create memories with us. Pop would relax on the weekends but if anyone ever needed anything, pop would be the first to load everyone into the van without  question and a  helping hand. 

Pop ... thank you for the signs letting us know that you are at peace and that you are still with us...  Finding the mug in your room that said Peace was a comfort.  And thank you for guiding us to that lost item when we asked for your help. Mark  keeps telling your jokes but he doesn't say them like you did but they're a comfort ... miss you Pop. Xoxox 

John Wayne and his trusted sidekick Tonto are traveling along the trail when they get into a gunfight with a bunch of bandits. John Wayne is injured and calls Tonto over, whispers into his ear and Tonto runs off. Tonto comes back a couple hours later with three women on a horse. John Wayne yells “TONTO I SAID POSSE, BRING POSSE!”

Three astronauts, an American, Italian, and Polish, meet and are discussing their plans for the next year. The American says “we are going to land a man on Mars, it’s  time for us to get there.” They all nod. The Italian says “We’re going to land a man on the moon, it’s been too long.” They all nod.  The Polak says “We’re going to land a man on the sun!” The other two  look at him and say “Are you crazy? It’s too hot, he’ll burn up!” The Polak says “ Ah, we’re not stupid, we’ll go at night!”

I consider myself a very lucky person to have had  a grandparent live with them their entire life. When most kids would stay home from school just to skip a day, I got to stay home and watch Zorro with Pop as he made chicken noodle soup and pineapple chicken for lunch. I’ll miss the mini man hunt we would go on until we found a note somewhere saying “escaping for the day”. I’ll miss the man who would always ask you if you had any “American Music on that thing whenever a song was on but also be the same person to pull up to your house blasting Spanish music.

What do you call a woman with one leg? Ileane .. my jokes are not offensive

To most a grandparent was a special title given when a grandchild was born. To pop, being our grandpa was a privledge, but I hope he knows that the privledge  is all ours. He was a grandpa to a lot of people and that’s exactly what he wanted. See you later alligator, in a while crocodile. 

Hell everyone..well well well very deep subject three wells 

To start; why did the crab wear mittens? 
He didn’t like sandy clause.. my jokes are not offensive

How do you say goodbye to someone who has been there your entire life. Grandpa would most likely tell a joke so that’s what I’ll do throughout this eulogy. 

Three Astronauts joke. 

Grandparents always hold a special place in your heart different than a parent, aunt or uncle. A grandparent always goes above and beyond for their grandchildren and typically we always hear a little bit of backlash from the parent about it, in a joking way of course. My cousin Lucy coined it pretty perfectly in saying “the dude was a cook, an inventor, and a pretty great grandpa” that’s exactly who he was. Pop was someone  of his word and someone to rely on. You could always count on Pop to make you soup when you’re sick, always put his hand on your head and say “I’ve got a piece of the rock”, always tell you a joke in every conversation, always enter a room saying “Lucy I’m home”, if you ever slipped up and says to Pop “What’s Up?” You could rely on him to say “Upstate Buffalo, Up New Jersey, etc” and lastly you could always rely on Pop to tell you how happy he was when all the grandkids would get together and spend time with him because he never had that growing up.  

Ok joke break; if I have one gizzard and you have one gizzard, what do we have? A gizzardeach.. my jokes are not offensive

I will forever remember all his jokes, and his stories of all the bus trips to Atlantic city and KENO.
My most recent smile comes from his obsession with pockets, and how he decided to sew in his own on a jacket he got that did not have them. May he rest in peace and may he be eternally happy with his Carmen who I am sure greeted him with a pot of Chock Full of nuts. How ironic that it should be the "heavenly coffee". Until we meet again, rest in peace Papa John.
Love Patti


Pop I will miss you very much we had our good times and bad times I know you are at better place now .i know you are with Mom and all the your pain is gone .look down now and then on us I hope you can be  proud of what I'm doing down here love you and miss you 

Pop, although you've out-lived all the odds, your drive and fight kept you with us for almost 88 years.  You are no longer held down by your aging body and you can be happy and free! I know your bride was waiting for you ever so patiently. There's no one to remind you to eat something other than chicken broth and your love of fried foods is no longer restricted. I may have told you over and over to get new material for your jokes, but truth be told they did make me laugh!! I will miss you and I will hold onto the last words you spoke to me... rest peacefully pop .. till we meet again "as time goes by...." 
love you Kathy 

OBITUARY

Maryan "Papasan" J. Mazur

January 3, 1931 – October 19, 2018

Claude R. Boyd–Spencer Funeral Home

Show your support

Add a Memory

Share Obituary

Get Updates

Services