WILLIAM B. MAKOWSKI

Condolences & Memories (2 entries)

• I had the privilege of knowing Boleslaw Makowski from the early years of my childhood. He was always Uncle Bill (Wojek Bolek) to me, even though we were not really related. I was always impressed by his wealth of knowledge, and his joy in sharing that knowledge with others. And such a storyteller! In his writings (he wrote several books) and in his speech, he could hold one spellbound! I had the honour of recording a 5+ hour interview with him about his life-story, for the Kresy-Siberia Virtual Museum - a cause for which he was very generous with his time and knowledge. His presence will be sadly missed. Czesc jego pamieci! ('Honour to his memory' in Polish) - Posted by: Krystyna Szypowska (Close family friend) on: Oct 16, 2012

• He will always continue for though his deeds in an extremely busy community life were many, many, he would always do it all with a passionate heart filled with respect and massive appreciation for each person he came in contact with. Uncle Bill (Wojek Bolek), as we called him in Polish, gave it all in life facing each challenge (and there were many) with a strong willed determination always having in mind others before himself starting with his family. He was a global patriotic Canadian who also loved the country of his roots. He knew history so well that his actions always were able to take the entire circumstance into consideration. He helped thousands of people with their biggest and smallest of challenges. I must add that he always had a tremendous deep respect for women (staryed by seeing all his mother and step mother would do and then his brave sisters - one of which was my mother, Mama Mary), in fact it was Wojek Bolek's balance between the genders that really taught me fundamentals of what it is to be a man. - Posted by: George S. Osicki (My Uncle) on: Oct 15, 2012