Obituaries

In loving memory of Mary Jane Podanowski who was born in Boho, County Roscommon, Ireland on April 3, 1930 to Thomas and Annie Curran (nee Lavin) and passed peacefully in Vernon, B.C. on Friday, October 13, 2017. One of her first jobs as a child was to harness up the pony and cart to deliver the midwife to the various households in need. From this experience she no doubt gained skills that she put to use to deliver her twin brothers, as well as later to deliver the various creatures on the farm.

Mom left home and went to Bray, County Wicklow where she worked as a housemaid and waitress. After a few years of that, Mom convinced the local post mistress in Dublin to forge a parental permission slip allowing herself to cross the water over to Birmingham, England where she eventually found employment in a bullet factory. In 1949 while out at the local roller skating rink, she fell down and was rescued by a Polish soldier, Franciszek (Frank) Podanowski. They were married on September 17, 1949 in Birmingham. As part of the custom, the priest handed Dad a coin to keep for the rest of their lives so that they would not be penniless. Dad used it to pay for the taxi back from the Church. It didn

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