Aleksandra Michalkiewicz

Aleksandra (Alex) Michalkiewicz, 96, passed away at the Hospital of Central CT on Sunday, August 11, 2024. Alex was a loving and devoted wife to her late husband, Stanley. She was the daughter of the late Bazyli Malinowski and Paulina (Kobylinska) Malinowska.

Alex, born in Poland, was separated from her family at the age of 12. The Russians took her to Siberia, where she survived 3 years in a labor camp. Escaping at the age of 15, she traveled through Syria and Palestine, ending up in India. There she spent her teenage years at a British encampment with other Polish orphans. She studied English and graduated high school. She immigrated to England where she met Stanley. They married and together immigrated to the U.S. They came with very little and built a good life through hard work and sacrifice.

Alex is survived by her loving daughter, Barbara (Michalkiewicz) Perzan and her fiancé Leigh Burkhardt. She was “Babci” to Gregory Perzan and his wife Sabrina and Rachel (Perzan) Thibodeau and her husband, Steve. She was blessed with five great- grandchildren – Lleyton, Zachary and Benjamin Thibodeau and Maya and Kyle Perzan.

Alex worked as a store clerk at Sussman’s and retired from IGA at the age of 72. She was a fabulous cook, very well known for her pierogi! She and Stanley loved to travel, especially to their favorite place – Hawaii.

Special thanks go out to Middlewoods of Newington, where Alex resided her last two years.

Services will be held at New Britain Memorial Donald D. Sagarino Funeral Home, 444 Farmington Ave., New Britain, CT 06053 on Wednesday, August 21, 2024 from 8:30 until 9:30am. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 10:00 AM at Holy Cross Church in New Britain, CT. Burial will follow at Sacred Heart Cemetery.