RICHARD STANLEY KROWICKI
Richard Stanley Krowicki passed from this life on April 18, 2018. He was born on May 8, 1929 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He attended high school in Linden, New Jersey and went on to graduate in physics from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. He received a Masters’ Degree in physics from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He worked for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Knoxville performing research on improvements to production of cotton fibers. He also taught physics at the University. He received a citation from the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for successes achieved in his research. He married his late wife, Barbara Nelson, in Knoxville in 1978. He and Barbara moved to Metairie, LA, in 1980 as a result of the relocation of the USDA research laboratory to New Orleans. Upon Richard’s retirement from the USDA in 1996 he and Barbara moved back to Knoxville. Barbara passed away in 2000. He returned to Metairie in 2003 and married his wife, Zhengqing Wang in 2010. Richard was a World War II Army veteran. He joined the Army Reserve in 1956 and served for 25 years, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He resided at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Home in Reserve, LA, the last two years of his life. He was predeceased by his parents, August Krowicki and Hattie Pasternak, and his three sisters, Mrs. Amielia Selelonis, Mrs. Cecilia Brescher and Mrs. Eleanore Frystock. Richard is survived by his wife Zhengqing, her son Jie Li, nieces Mrs. Jerilynn Loeber (Charles) of Albuquerque, NM, and Ziyi Wang of New York, NY, and nephews Leonard Brescher (Gale) of Prairieville, LA, Thomas Frystock (Lynn) of Freehold, NJ, Donald Brescher (Victoria) of Perry, GA, and Robert Frystock (Davie) of New Bern, NC. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at 10:00 AM at St. Ann Catholic Church and Shrine, 3601 Transcontinental Dr. in Metairie. A funeral mass will be held at 11:00 AM. Interment will follow at Southeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery, 34888 Grantham College Dr. in Slidell, LA. Leitz-Eagan Funeral Homes is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Wounded Warrior Project.
