Stephen Bednarz

Stephen Michael Bednarz passed away on August 31, 2022 at age 61 in Florida after a courageous and hard-fought battle with Leukemia. Steve was born in Springfield, MA on August 6, 1961 to the late Richard and Margaret Bednarz. He made lots of lifelong friends throughout his childhood years in Chicopee playing soccer, hockey, street ball and other devious activities. He later attended WPI and received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering along with some memories and friends from his fraternity ATO. After college, Steve spent 36 dedicated years at Pratt and Whitney doing what he loved. In his time, there he accomplished a lot, made more friends and may have created a few conflicts. He met his loving wife Kelly and the two were married in 1993. They lived in the house they built together in Andover, CT which they enjoyed with son Adam and daughter Casey. Steve ran a very strict, clean household with items organized alphabetically by height but he loved more than anything to cook (way too much) and entertain for family and friends on any and even no occasion. Over the years, he was a dedicated father, spending countless hours at the sports fields with the kids, and at the dining room table succeeding in passing on his love for math and science. Even through his adult years with a family of his own, as his loving wife always said, he never grew up; he played hard and partied harder. After all of the years of dedication to his career and family, Steve and his wife fulfilled their dream of retiring to Florida and moved to Hobe Sound in July 2020 where he enjoyed sitting at the pavilion on the beach reading and listening to the local banter, hitting the bat out by the pool and still continuing to host and cook (way too much) usually accompanied by a bottle of jezynowka. Steve retired but he was not able to sit around and do nothing and he started volunteering his time to a local shelter, LAHIA, doing what he loved, cooking. Steve is survived by his wife Kelly, son Adam and daughter Casey, his sister Christine Sears, husband Ken and their children Ryan, Shannon, Katie and Emily, his sister Ann Capitano and her children Andy and Lauren, his aunt Alice Bednarz and uncle George Poulopoulos. Funeral services to honor Steves life will be held at St. James in Manchester CT on September 13th at 10am located at 896 Main Street with a wake on September 12th at Holmes and Watkins in Manchester from 4-7 PM. There will be a private burial with family. In lieu of flowers please make donations to L.A.H.I.A. at 1760 SE Salerno Rd, Stuart, FL or to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Please continue to honor Steve with his favorite, Roxanne.








Services

Calling Hours
Monday
September 12, 2022
4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Holmes-Watkins Funeral Home
400 Main Street
Manchester, CT 06040


Funeral Mass
Tuesday
September 13, 2022
10:00 AM
St. James Church
896 Main St.
Manchester, CT 06040