Constantine Teofil Szymborski

A Funeral Liturgy for Constantine Teofil Szymborski of Easton, MD will be celebrated at the St. Michaels Catholic Chapel in St. Michaels on Monday, July 19, 2004 at 10:30 AM. Mr. Szymborski died on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 at Memorial Hospital at Easton. He was 80. Born December 11, 1923 in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Constantine John and Anna Piontkowski Szymborski. After graduating from the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute in 1942, he was inducted into the U.S. Navy on August 20, 1942. He began his naval air cadet training at Chapel Hill, NC and earned his wings in Pensacola, FL on January 25, 1944. He served in the Pacific Theater and was a member of the Fighting 34th Air Group aboard the USS Saratoga. He participated in the first naval air strikes against Tokyo on February 16 and 17, 1945, and was awarded the Bronze Star for air combat action in defense of the Saratoga during the battle of Iwo Jima on February 21, 1945. Although he received numerous other medals and honors throughout his career, this was the action for which he was most proud. After World War II he served as a Navy test pilot, and then as a combat naval aviator during the Korean conflict. After Korea, he was trained and served as legal defense council for enlisted seamen, a duty that he found deeply rewarding. In 1956 he transferred from the Navy to the U.S. Air Force. He supervised the Precision Measurement Electronics Laboratory at Bowling Air Force Base for several years and retired in 1977 after many years of dedicated service to his country. After retirement “Conny” was very active at the St. Michaels Chapel and was a permanent fixture on the front porch of Christ Church during their semi-annual rummage sale, where he made many friends. He cared for his ailing wife, Juanita Kervin Szymborski, until her death April 17, 2001 of Parkinson’s disease. Mr. Szymborski is survived by his daughter, Juanita Victoria Webster and her husband Samuel L. Webster, Jr. of Easton; a sister, Constance Miller of York, PA; a grandson, Samuel L. Webster, III and his wife Crystle Skye of Easton; and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call on Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 PM at Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., Easton, MD. Burial will be at the Maryland Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery, Hurlock, MD. Memorial donations may be made to the Memorial Hospital Foundation Palliative Care Suite, PO Box 1846, Easton, MD 21601.