Dreama Uvonne Polyanski

Dreama Uvonne Polyanski, 78, of Love Point, MD, joined her Lord and Savior on Monday, July 15, after a long illness. One of nine siblings, Dreama was born to parents Willard and Glada Ruth Agee on July 23, 1934 in Jonben, WV, and grew up on a rural farm with a large and loving family. The Agee family eventually moved from West Virginia to make the Baltimore region their home. Dreama graduated from Southern High School in Baltimore, MD, and then pursued her Physical Education degree from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1956. She married Stanley John Polyanski, III, of Baltimore and began her new life as a US Air Force officer’s wife. She was able to raise four children while being frequently uprooted, and was able to see much of the world with her young family. Dreama was an attentive wife, doting mother and took an active role in her children’s sports and community programs wherever she resided. While overseas, she pioneered the first women’s synchronized swimming team at the Teheran K-12 American school. She later refereed Boy’s and Girl’s Club basketball and soccer, eventually becoming one of the first female referees for boys high school soccer in Maryland. She also enjoyed singing and sang with her church choir and was a long-standing member of the Sweet Adelines International choir. Dreama loved the outdoors. She enjoyed crabbing and swimming in the Eastern Shore’s Chester River, traveling to West Virginia (and elsewhere) to see family, and even tried gold-panning on a few memorable trips out west. She had an entrepreneurial spirit and later operated her own consulting business. Dreama is survived by her husband of 55 years, Stanley Polyanski of Love Point, Kent Island; her son Stanley J. Polyanski and his wife, Leigh Ann, of Port Deposit, MD; daughters: Felicia O’Donnell and her husband, Dean, of Cordova, MD, Julie Polyanski of Dunkirk, MD, and Paula Hegi of Los Angeles, CA; a brother, Lee Agee and his wife, Nina, of Bend, Oregon; a sister, Peggy Blevins and her husband, Oakley, of Hinton, WV; grandchildren: Gradon Shaw, Erin Polyanski, April Polyanski, Dreama O’Donnell, and Dean O’Donnell; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and family far and wide. The family spent many hours playing a favorite card game (called “Pitch” or “High, Low, Jack, Game”) and she earned her nickname “Ace in the Hole.” It seemed she always had the ace of trumps. Dreama was a class act and had many friends. She didn’t judge others and didn’t complain, and she played the hand she was dealt. She didn’t always have that ace, but her love trumped all. We will all miss her. The family is also grateful for the fine and loving care she received at the Heartland House in Grasonville, MD, during the final months of her life, as well as the wonderful work of the people at Hospice of Queen Anne’s County. A funeral mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 20, at St. Christopher’s Catholic Church, 1861 Harbor Drive, Chester, MD, where the family will receive friends beginning at 9 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donating to your favorite charity, or taking a loved one to dinner. God bless you all!

Dreama Uvonne Polyanski

July 23, 1934 - July 15, 2013