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| Teofil Zajac |
| April 4, 1922 - February 13, 2012 |
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Public Events and LocationsMemorial Service - , , , at ,Visitation - Saturday, March 10, 2012, 1:15 to 2:00 PM at , Memorial Service - Saturday, March 10, 2012, 2:00 PM at , Reception - Saturday, March 10, 2012, 2:45 PM at Please see obituary for location detail |
ContactsFuneral Home - Wetzel and Son Funeral Home - 419 Huntingdon Pike, Rockledge, PA 19046 - 215-663-8550 - Map |
| Clergy - Philadelphia Protestant Home - 6401 Martins Mill Road, Philadelphia, PA 19111 - 215-697-8000 - Map |
| Family Florist - Schmidt’s Florist - CLOSED - 700 Solly Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111 - 215-745-6234 - Map |
Teofil Zajac of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania died Monday, February 13, 2012 at the Philadelphia Protestant Home in the Lawndale section of the city. He was 89 years old. Ted was born on April 4, 1922 and is the beloved husband of the late Hilda L. Zajac (nee - Schwarz).
Ted was born and raised in Drohobych, a town that became part of Poland after World War I, and is currently situated in western Ukraine, approximately 60 miles southwest of the city of Lviv. In 1941, during World War II, he was relocated to Amberg, Germany in Bavaria. In 1945, at the end of the war, Ted moved to Munich and trained to be a chef. He meet his future wife Hilda at a dance and they married in 1948 . He worked in Munich until 1951, when he emigrated to Philadelphia and was immediately hired as a cook for the Horn & Hardart Company. Over the years, Ted was given increased responsibilities with the firm, first becoming a supervisor and then, ultimately, he was named the director of the commissary division of the company in 1976. He retired from Horn & Hardart in 1987, but did not stop working. His wife, Hilda, was a director of the Frauen Verein of the Bayerischer Volksfest Verein in Philadelphia, and Ted continued cooking in the kitchen of the club for a number of years. He cared for Hilda from 1997 until her passing in 2002 as she suffered with Alzheimers Disease. Ted became a citizen of the United States in 1958 and was a resident of 9742 Susan Road in northeast Philadelphia from 1963 until moving into the Philadelphia Protestant Home in 2010. Ted is survived by his daughter Carol Zajac, who received her M.B.A. from the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina and is currently a freelance management consultant, living in Munich, Germany, and by his son, Edward Zajac, who became a professor on the faculty of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, after completing his Ph.D. in organization and strategy at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Ted is also survived by his two grandchildren, Derek and Laura Zajac. In addition to his involvement with the Bavarian Club, Ted was very active for many years with the Philadelphia Aquatic Club. He also loved dancing, playing cards, working around the house, gardening and his cats.
Relatives and friends were invited to a visitation on Saturday, March 10, 2012 after 1:15 P.M. and to his memorial service at 2:00 P.M. at the chapel of the Philadelphia Protestant Home, 6500 Tabor Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111 www.pphfamily.org. His interment was private.
Religious services were conducted by Rev. Rhonda J. Cushman, chaplain of the Philadelphia Protestant Home.
Family flowers arranged by Schmidt’s Florist, 215-745-6234.
www.wetzelandson.com
Ted was born and raised in Drohobych, a town that became part of Poland after World War I, and is currently situated in western Ukraine, approximately 60 miles southwest of the city of Lviv. In 1941, during World War II, he was relocated to Amberg, Germany in Bavaria. In 1945, at the end of the war, Ted moved to Munich and trained to be a chef. He meet his future wife Hilda at a dance and they married in 1948 . He worked in Munich until 1951, when he emigrated to Philadelphia and was immediately hired as a cook for the Horn & Hardart Company. Over the years, Ted was given increased responsibilities with the firm, first becoming a supervisor and then, ultimately, he was named the director of the commissary division of the company in 1976. He retired from Horn & Hardart in 1987, but did not stop working. His wife, Hilda, was a director of the Frauen Verein of the Bayerischer Volksfest Verein in Philadelphia, and Ted continued cooking in the kitchen of the club for a number of years. He cared for Hilda from 1997 until her passing in 2002 as she suffered with Alzheimers Disease. Ted became a citizen of the United States in 1958 and was a resident of 9742 Susan Road in northeast Philadelphia from 1963 until moving into the Philadelphia Protestant Home in 2010. Ted is survived by his daughter Carol Zajac, who received her M.B.A. from the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina and is currently a freelance management consultant, living in Munich, Germany, and by his son, Edward Zajac, who became a professor on the faculty of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, after completing his Ph.D. in organization and strategy at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Ted is also survived by his two grandchildren, Derek and Laura Zajac. In addition to his involvement with the Bavarian Club, Ted was very active for many years with the Philadelphia Aquatic Club. He also loved dancing, playing cards, working around the house, gardening and his cats.
Relatives and friends were invited to a visitation on Saturday, March 10, 2012 after 1:15 P.M. and to his memorial service at 2:00 P.M. at the chapel of the Philadelphia Protestant Home, 6500 Tabor Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111 www.pphfamily.org. His interment was private.
Religious services were conducted by Rev. Rhonda J. Cushman, chaplain of the Philadelphia Protestant Home.
Family flowers arranged by Schmidt’s Florist, 215-745-6234.
www.wetzelandson.com
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