Anna Minciel, 96, Dickinson, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 27, 2024. There will be a Gathering of Family & Friends at 1:30 p.m., Friday, November 1, 2024 at Ladbury Funeral Service, Dickinson. Services for Anna will take place at the time of her burial in Poland at a later date.
Anna Minciel, daughter of Teodor Semeniuk and Anastazja Semeniuk, maiden name Szulhan, was born on November 30, 1927 in Korczyn, Poland now Ukraine. She had one sister Maria and one brother Piotr.
During World War II she was forced to work in Germany on a farm. She worked for a very kind German family whom she kept in contact with until her death. Anna met her husband Jan Minciel in Germany. Following the war, in 1947, she and her husband Jan returned to Poland. In 1973 she and husband Jan immigrated to Dickinson. Both Anna and her husband worked in Trinity High School for 21 years until retirement.
Anna is survived by one son, Zbigniew; three daughters, Helena (Ryszard), Lucyna and Irena; seven grandchildren, Beata (Darek), Anna (Rafal), William (Jamie), Robert, Alex, Michelle and Olivia; and five great-grandchildren, Tomek, Helenka, Marysia, Miles and Wynn.
Anna will be greatly missed as mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.