Anna Nahajewska

Anna Nahajewska (née Jarosławska) passed away the morning of December 17th, 2025, at the age of 91 after kidney failure and other medical complications at Mercy Hospital in Fridley, MN. She was born on April 13th, 1934, in the small village of Nowostawce west of Lviv in interval Poland to Jan and Maria Jarosławscy; where she grew up with her five siblings (Stanisława, Antoni, Aniela, Władysław and Stefania). Due to the constraints of World War II, she received a basic education at her local school. After the end of World War II in Poland and in the outcome of the Yalta Conference Agreement; within the span of two years Anna's family was relocated to a newly regained land in Lower Silesia, Poland where her family started anew. Anna married Piotr Nahajewski on May 9th, 1954, with whom she had four children (Janusz, Elżbieta, Wiesława and Dariusz). She was a homemaker on their family farm in Poland, where she lived most of her life and cared for her family. She was a kindhearted and loving grandmother to seven grandchildren (Jadwiga, Robert, Marzena, Karolina, Igor, Mariola and Kasia). After the passing of her husband in early 1988, Anna moved to the United States of America to take care of her sick dying sister Stanisława. Upon her sister's last request, Anna married her sister's husband Stefan and became a stepmother to Lesia and Bogdan as well as helped with raising their grand-children (Maria, Mark, Nick and Alex) in her new home in Minnesota. She worked as a housekeeper at Crown Plaza Hotel in downtown Minneapolis and as a line cook at the Columbia Heights High School from where she retired. Anna enjoyed reading books, especially about the life of St. John Paul II, listening to music, cooking, gardening, nature programs, taking walks and spending time with family. She is preceded in death by her parents Jan and Maria, husband Piotr and her second husband Stefan, her siblings Stanisława, Antoni, Aniela, Władysław, Stefania, and her son Janusz. She is survived by her children Elżbieta, Wiesława (Leszek), and Dariusz, her grandchildren Jadwiga, Robert, Marzena (Troy), Karolina (Christian), Igor, Mariola, and Kasia, and her step-children Lesia (Roman), Bogdan (Lorna) and her step- grandchildren (Maria, Mark, Nick and Alex), as well as her great-grandchildren Noah, Arina and Alira. Service will be held at Holy Cross Catholic Church at 1621 University Ave. NE, Minneapolis 55413 on Monday morning, December 29th, 2025. Visitation is at 11:30 AM and Mass at 12:15 PM followed by a luncheon at Kolbe Hall. Interment at Gethsemane Catholic Cemetery at 8151 N 42nd Ave, New Hope, MN 55427 at 2:45 PM. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to either Risen Savior Missions (https://risensaviormissions.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donate) or The Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy (https://www.saint-faustina.org/support/) in Łagiewniki-Cracow, Poland.

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Anna Nahajewska

April 13, 1934 - December 17, 2025

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Anna Nahajewska

April 13, 1934 - December 17, 2025

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