Claremont, NH, died Monday evening, May 2, 2005 at the Sullivan County
Nursing Home. He was born in Poland on August 15, 1919 the son of Michal
and Michalina (Doskocz) Czopp. He was a veteran of World War II having
served in the Polish Free Army from 1938 to 1946.
Bronek lived and worked in New York City for nearly forty years as a painter
by trade and worked for the 25 Broadway Company and retired in 1982 from
Macy's Department Store where he also did painting for fifteen years.
He had been a resident of Claremont for the past nineteen years where he was
a communicant of St Joseph's Church and a member of Father Cote Assembly
#635 Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus.
The surviving family includes his wife of thirty-two years, Cecelia "Bobbie"
(Lemieux) Howe Czopp of the Sullivan County Nursing Home; two sons, Jerry
Czopp and his wife, Pamela of Orlando, FL and Stefan Czopp and his wife,
Terri of Williamsville, NY; three step-children, Wayne Howe and his wife,
Jean of Claremont, Brian Howe and Lynne Dercole both of Dover- Foxcroft, ME;
many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday afternoon, May
6th at Four O'clock in St Joseph's Church with Rev. Father Stanley J.
Piwowar, Pastor officiating.
Interment will be at a later date in Rural Grove Cemetery in Dover-Foxcroft, ME.
A time of fellowship, sharing and refreshments will be held after the Mass
in St Joseph's Church Hall.
The Stringer Funeral Home and Crematorium, 146 Broad Street, Claremont is in
charge of arrangements.
The family suggest that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his
memory to St Joseph's Church Renovation Fund, P.O. Box 824 or the Sullivan
County Nursing Home, Activity Fund, 5 Nursing Home Drive, both of Claremont,
NH 03743.