Most lives are a combination
of the heroic and the mundane. Some
heroism is well-known & seen by many. Some
mundanity is is well-known & seen by many. Most heroism and most mundanity
are seen by few. Here's Kaz Scibor-- fighter of Nazis, maker of furniture.
KAZIMIERZ
SCIBOR, 77
February 24, 2003
As a teenager during World
War II in German-occupied
Warsaw, Kazimierz Scibor struggled to survive by selling newspapers and
delivering furniture. Mr. Scibor fought in the Warsaw
Uprising, and was one of the few in his battalion to survive.
Mr. "Kaz" Scibor, 77, retired owner of Scibor
Custom Furniture and Upholstery in the South
Side and Palos Heights, died
of complications from lung cancer
Friday, Feb. 21, in West
Suburban Hospital in Oak Park.
"The whole war experience gave him a strong will to be resourceful and
to survive," said his daughter Yvonne. Mr. Scibor, who was born in the
countryside town of Lublin,
Poland, was the youngest of 12 children.
When the Nazis invaded
Poland, Mr. Scibor's parents took him to stay with older siblings in Warsaw.
The Nazis later executed his father. Mr. Scibor ended up in a POW
camp in Germany with Allied forces, which led to his recognition as a U.S.
veteran. After the war Mr. Scibor settled in London, where he learned the upholstery
trade.
In 1952, a year after immigrating to the U.S., Mr. Scibor opened his first store
on 54th
Street and Ashland
Avenue in Chicago and met his wife of 49 years, Helen, at a Polish dance
in the Back
of the Yards neighborhood. He moved the business two years later to the
Beverly neighborhood.
With his retirement about six years ago, he was able to enjoy more traveling,
golf and games of gin rummy. His
daughter took over the business, relocating it to Palos Heights.
Other survivors include a son, Henry; two other daughters, Ranay Luthin and
Diane Grisamore; and three grandchildren. Visitation will be held from 3 to
9 p.m. Monday in Lawn Funeral Home, 7732 W. 159th St., Orland Park. A mass will
be said at 10 a.m. Tuesday in St.
Michael Church, 14327 S. Highland, Ave., Orland Park.
2:10:55 PM 
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