NameAdam Lasica 
BirthJan. 17, 1932, Spie, Wilcza Wola, Rzeszow, Poland
DeathMarch 13, 2007, Toronto
FatherJozef Lasica (1888-1964)
MotherJadwiga Sarafin (1897-1971)
Short bioIn July 1964 at age 32, Adam immigrated with his niece, Stella, from Poland to Toronto, where his sister Maria Lasica Bordon had immigrated some 16 years before. Two years later his wife, Janina, joined him there with their children Mike, Maria and Chris. A fourth child, Joe, came along in 1967. Adam worked in a foundry in Toronto as a laborer and then as a custodian at Humber College in Toronto. He was retired and spoke better Polish than English. Adam bore a strong resemblance to both John Lasica and Emil Lasica, Joseph Lasica’s late uncle and late father. In 1999 he traveled to Poland for the first time since he left in 1966. He died in 2007 and his family misses him. Adam was Joseph Lasica‘s first cousin once removed (so his children are Joseph’s second cousins).
Spouses
Birth1 Jan 1934, Wilcza Wola, Rzeszow, Poland
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- Marian (Mike) Lasica shows off his first communion certificate with parents Adam and Janina at their house in Wilcza Wola, Poland, in 1964, shortly before Adam left for Canada. Mike and Janina followed him two years later.
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- Maria Lasica Bordon with her daughter Stella and her brother Adam Lasica outside the Bordons’ house in Toronto in the mid-1960s. Adam lived with his sister for a time after his arrival from Poland in 1964.
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- Janina and Adam Lasica flank Adam’s aunt, Katherine Delenta Lasica, in Toronto shortly after Janina and their children arrived in 1966. Bottom left to right: Mary, Chris and Mike Lasica.
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- Adam and Janina Lasica with their son Joe in Toronto around 1970.
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- Janina Sudol Lasica, Katherine Delenta Lasica, Maria Lasica Bordon, Adam Lasica and son Joe in Canada around 1972. Photo was taken across the street from Adam’s home on Glendonwynne Road in Mississauga.
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- Katherine Delenta Lasica, Janina and Adam Lasica with their son Joe, and Tory Lasica Stagg in Mississauga, Ontario, around 1972.
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- Adam Lasica and his wife Janina at Christmas 1978 in Toronto.
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- Adam Lasica, his nephew John Sudol and John’s mother Stephania Lasica Sudol in the early 1980s in Toronto.
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- Adam and Janina Lasica polka at their son Joe and Rosa’s engagement party in 1990.
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- The whole Adam Lasica family, from left (top): Mary, Adam, Janina, Chris and (bottom) Joe and Mike, at Chris’s wedding on Aug. 22, 1992.
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- Adam Lasica III at the grave of his parents, Jozef and Jadwiga Lasica, on his first trip back to Poland in August 1999.
