Stan C. Karpacz

Stan C. Karpacz, 70, former member and chairman of the Newtown Legislative Council, died September 8 in Danbury Hospital. Mr Karpacz was the loving husband of Patricia (Sinapi) Karpacz and resided at 10 Hyvue Drive, Newtown.

He was born in Linden, N.J., August 12, 1930, a son of the late Stanislaus and Casmira (Kulikowski) Karpacz. Mr Karpacz was a graduate of St John’s University, and served in the US Army in Korea during the Korean War.

For several years, Mr Karpacz was employed as a technical manager for Hughes/Raytheon of Danbury where he worked on the Hubbell Space Telescope. He retired in 1995.

A resident of Newtown since 1967, he was an active member of St Rose of Lima Parish where he served as chairman of the Parish Council and as a Minister of the Eucharist. Mr Karpacz was the committee chairman of Boy Scout Troop 270 from 1972 to 1975. From 1980 to 1991 he was a member of the Newtown Legislative Council.

In addition to his wife, survivors include three sons, Matthew of Wayland, Mass., Andrew of Aliso Viejo, Calif., and Peter of Hopkinton, Mass.; two sisters, Josephine Brzoska of Albany, N.Y., and Heddy Mlott of Cornwall, N.Y.; and five grandchildren.

Funeral services were held September 12 from the Honan Funeral Home, 58 Main Street, Newtown, and in St Rose of Lima Church for a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment was in St Rose Cemetery.

Contributions may be made in his memory to St Rose of Lima Memorial Fund, 46 Church Hill Road, Newtown, CT 064790.

The Newtown Bee    September 15, 2000