Debbie Greenlee has created a much more complete transcription of the Wolica cemetery than this one. There's a little more detail here, but I transcribed far fewer markers.
In April of 2002 I transcribed some of the gravestones in the graveyard in Wolica, Poland. There are many more stones in the cemetery; I only photgraphed the oldest and I think I got them all. Polish law states that records must be 100 years old before they become public information. I'm not sure if this applies to public gravestones but I appreciate the respect-for-privacy sentiment behind the law and I tried to follow that. Sort of.
(Almost?) all of the modern tombstones are in Polish. Some of the older ones are in Cyrillic, as noted. I am grateful to Tatyana Ivanenko and Tatyana Aksyonova for the translations. Thanks to their diligence the Cyrillic tombstones are almost word-for-word transcriptions. Thanks also to Grazyna for help with the Polish.
There is no graveyard in Zboiska according to the priest we met at the church so I would expect the graves here include people from Zboiska as well.
My cousin who lived in Wolica from 1926 - 1946 tells me that the cemetery was hit by bombs in WWII which could be one reason why so many tombstones are missing.
| Number | Inscription | Additional comments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michal Bonczak Son of Stefan 1907 - 1928 Remember always 1930 |
Cyrillic |
| 2 | Here lies Sofia Tarnawczyk 1859 - 1912 Remember always |
Cyrillic. Very hard to read; the first line is abbreviated and the first
and last names run together. The Cyrillic looks like this -- ТҮТ СРО СОФІЯТАРН АВЧИК |
| 3 | An???? Dyminsk?eml z? Zboisk ??? 1884 |
There is much that is unclear on this tombstone. |
| 4 | Here lies Vasyl Baran 1835 - 1905 Remember always This stone was put here by descendants from America 1931 |
Cyrillic |
| 5 | Here lies Michal Boczak 1851 - 1915 |
Cyrillic. Definitely says Boczak, not Bonczak |
| 6 | ???? Bonczak 1838 - Jun 2 1921 Remember always |
Cyrillic |
| 7 | Here lies Simeon Tzelep 1841 - 1925 Remember always Placed here by Antoni from America 1931 |
Cyrillic |
| 8 | Julia D???ino kazr??? Pele??ek z pruska? 1882 - 1919 Remember always |
Cyrillic; perhaps from Prusik? |
| 9 | Wiktorya Pe?nka + Aug 17 1917 ??? ??? |
The last name looks as if it contains the Cyrillic letter И. |
| 10 | Here lies Pechowicz Michal Aug 15 1895 - Sep 8 1944 Pavlina Jun 24 1894 - May 5 1964 Remember always |
Cyrillic. |
| 11 | Anelia Bończak 1894 - 1972 Michał Bończak 1887 - 1940 |
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| 12 | Antoni Bończak 1876 - 1943 |
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| 13 | Ewa Tarnawczyk zd. Kołodziej Zyła 64 lata zm 17.04.1942 r Prosi o modlitwe |
Ewa's maiden name was Kołodziej; she lived 64 years and died on April 17, 1942. |
| 14 | Anna Bończak 1864-1932 |
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| 15 | Katarzyna Kłepczak May 17 1905 - Feb 12 1932 Michał Kłepczak Feb 12 1932 - Feb 13 1933 |
I guess Katarzyna died in childbirth. |
| 16 | Stefani Madea Josefa Marie Futa Mar 3 1913 - Jul 21 1932 |
Cyrillic |
| 17 | Jan and Kazimierz Hujsak Zgineli smiecia tragiczna w 1939 Majac 9 11 lat |
Jan and Kazimierz died a tragic death in 1939, nine and eleven years old. |
| 18 | Ewa Starzecka Nov 23 1889 - Nov 18 1954 |
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| 19 | Antoni Bończak Nov 29 1899 - Dec 23 1978 |
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| 20 | Here lies Antoni Kotlar 1900 - 1918 Remember always Remember always in America 1931 |
Cyrillic, except "Remember always in America" which is in Polish |
| 21 | Anna ????? 1848 - 1913 |
Cyrillic, much is illegible |
| 22 | Here lies Salomea and Michal Kowalczyk Died Salomea +1921 Michal +1924 Remember always 1929 |
Cyrillic. 1929 is on the base of the stone. |
| 23 | Vasyl Neczystij 1915? Remember always |
Cyrillic. My Ukrainian-speaking friend noted that this tombstone uses the Russian word for remember instead of the Ukrainian one. |
