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Eleanor E. (Nadorlik) Nadzam 1921 - 2015

Eleanor E. (Nadorlik) Nadzam OSB of 273 Flanders Rd, in Bethlehem, Litchfield County, Connecticut United States was born on March 4, 1921 in North Braddock, Allegheny County, PA to Mary Yurko Nadorlik and Joseph Nadorlik. She had siblings Mary Nadorlik Shultz, Margaret Nadorlik Mehalko, Albert Nadorlik, Thomas Nadorlik, and Emma Jacqueline Nadorlik Horvat. She married George Nadzam at St. James RC Church in Wilkinsburg,, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania USA, and they were married until George's death on October 23, 1973 at Forest Hills 541 Barclay Avenue, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County USA. She had children Kevin Michael Nadzam and Cynthia (Nadzam) Lenkner. Eleanor Nadzam died at age 94 years old on June 18, 2015 at Abbey of Regina Laudis 273 Flanders Rd, in Bethlehem, Litchfield County, CT, and was buried on June 20, 1915 at Abbey of Regina Laudis 273 Flanders Rd, in Bethlehem.

Eleanor E. (Nadorlik) Nadzam OSB
Mother Monica, OSB
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Abbey of Regina Laudis 273 Flanders Rd, in Bethlehem, Litchfield County, Connecticut 06751, United States
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March 4, 1921
North Braddock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
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June 18, 2015
Abbey of Regina Laudis 273 Flanders Rd, in Bethlehem, Litchfield County, Connecticut, 06751, United States
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  • 03/4
    1921

    Birthday

    March 4, 1921
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    North Braddock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania United States
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Eleanor's heritage stems from the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. Her family followed the Slovak heritage. Her mother and father emigrated from Europe in the early 20th century. She was raised in North Braddock outside of Pittsburgh.

  • Religious Beliefs

    She was a particularly devout Roman Catholic.
  • 06/18
    2015

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    June 18, 2015
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    Abbey of Regina Laudis 273 Flanders Rd, in Bethlehem, Litchfield County, Connecticut 06751, United States
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  • 06/20
    1915

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    June 20, 1915
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    Abbey of Regina Laudis 273 Flanders Rd, in Bethlehem, Litchfield County, Connecticut 06751, United States
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  • Obituary

    Reverend Mother Monica (née Eleanor Nadorlik) Nadzam, 94, member of the Abbey of Regina Laudis, died at the Abbey on June 18, 2015, after a long illness. She entered Regina Laudis as a widow in 1983, ten years after the death of her beloved husband George Nadzam. George and Eleanor had two children, Kevin and Cindy. Eleanor, known as "Lee" to her family and friends, loved welcoming people to her home and was famous for her spotless house and cooking, especially baking. Her gift for hospitality would later permeate her work and mission during her monastic life. Eleanor Nadorlik was born on March 4, 1921, in North Braddock, on the outskirts of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Stefan and Mary Nadorlik. Communion Eleanor's First Communion She was the youngest of seven children. Eleanor encountered hardships in her life at an early age. Due to a serious industrial accident her father Stefan was hospitalized and never able to return home. Her mother Mary raised her seven children on her own while holding a job at Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Pittsburgh to make ends meet. Eleanor's son Kevin described his mother's upbringing in this way: Mom may have told you the story of the bread. Her mom baked a loaf of bread for each child during the Depression. That was all they had to eat then. They were poor—like everyone else at that time—but they were warm and had bread. Eleanor's faith and love of family and the Church would sustain her through difficult times. Her maternal and paternal grandparents were Slovak and Eleanor, who learned the traditions and fine cooking of that culture from her mother, carried on those traditions with pride especially on holidays in her own household as wife and mother. Lee Eleanor attended Connolly Vocational School in Oakland, near Pittsburgh. She loved learning and would have loved to pursue her education further but was unable due to the needs of her mother and family. She worked at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation as an Electrical Tester from 1939-1946. George During this time she met George Nadzam who was also a native of the Pittsburgh area. In 1942 George joined the United States Air Force and was trained as an aviation cadet. He saw active duty from 1943-1945 in the Pacific Theater of World War II: flying missions in Luzon in the Philippines, New Guinea, Australia, and the East Indies. After the war in 1946 Eleanor and George were married and moved to Forest Hills, a suburb of Pittsburgh where they raised their two children, Kevin and Cindy. They were founding members of St. Maurice Parish and Kevin recalls: My Mom and Dad were very religious people who went to Mass and other services during the week and were devoted to their church. On Sunday nights I remember our family saying the rosary together. family In 1973 Eleanor was home alone with her husband when he suffered a heart attack and passed away at the age of 53. Shortly after George's funeral she came on retreat to Regina Laudis where her niece by marriage, Mother Scholastica Lenkner, is a member of the community. As Eleanor tried to pick up the pieces of her life she started working as a volunteer at Columbia Hospital in Wilkinsburg, PA. Eventually the staff was so impressed with her work that she was hired as a Unit Clerk (secretary) and worked in the hospital, four years in the Cardiac Unit and three years in the Emergency Room from 1975-1982. Her contribution to the hospital was recognized on several occasions by the Hospital and her co-workers. Mother Monica In 1983 Eleanor took the courageous step of entering Regina Laudis as a postulant. She was clothed with the monastic habit on the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, November 9, 1987. Lady Abbess named her "Sister Monica" after St. Monica, the mother of St. Augustine, known for her persistence in praying and weeping for the conversion of her son. In the Abbey Sister Monica cared for the monastic refectory, sewed costumes for the theater productions and worked in the laundry. She loved caring for the Abbey's pet birds. A wonderful baker, she made delicious desserts for the community and guests. Her work in hospitality included responsibility for St. Gregory's Women's Guesthouse and greeting visitors in the Entrance Chapel on Sunday afternoons.flag George Nadzam's flag being raised in St. Pius Field Sister Monica made Final Profession of Vows on the Feast of St. Michael and the Angels, September 29, 1997, becoming "Mother Monica". When she had entered Regina Laudis she had brought the precious flag that had draped her husband's casket in honor of his military service to our country. Mother Monica insisted that we find a way to fly the American flag and was the driving force behind our erection of two flag poles, one for the United States flag and one for the Vatican flag, at the top of St. Pius field. She was overjoyed when her granddaughters Kelly and Michelle raised their grandfather's flag as part of our annual commemoration of the liberation of Jouarre. Mother Monica received the Blessing of Monastic Consecration on July 11, 2007, Feast of St. Benedict, at the hands of Archbishop Henry J. Mansell. Consecration Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in battle array? Benedictus Antiphon from the Feast of the Assumption During the final years of her life Mother Monica bore her infirmities, intensified by having to wear a neck brace full time, with her typical stubbornness and determination. Almost daily at noon the infirmarians pushed her wheelchair to just outside the monastic choir so that she could pray the Offices of Sext and None with the community. She would then receive Holy Communion from one of the Abbey's Eucharistic ministers and recite the Angelus with them. She said this prayer word for word in a loud voice: Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made known by the message of an angel may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. star Mother Monica is survived by her monastic community, her children Kevin Nadzam and Cindy Lenkner and her husband John; her grandchildren: Matthew and Jonathan Nadzam, Kelley Lenkner Patterson and Michelle Lenkner Albrecht and three beloved great grandchildren. Calling hours will be at the Church Jesu Fili Mariae at 15 Robert Leather Road in Bethlehem on Friday, June 19th from 7:30—9:00 pm and on Saturday, June 20th beginning at 8:00 am followed by the Requiem Mass at 9:00 am and burial in the Abbey cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to the New Horizons Renovation Project would be gratefully accepted on-line or c/o The Abbey of Regina Laudis, 273 Flanders Road, Bethlehem, CT 06751.
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In 1921, in the year that Eleanor E. (Nadorlik) Nadzam was born, on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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In 1936, Eleanor was only 15 years old when on November 3rd, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was reelected to a second term. He ran against Republican Governor Alf Landon (Kansas), defeating Landon in the popular vote by 60.8% to 36.5%. Vermont and Maine were the only two states in which Landon won. John Nance Garner IV became the Vice-President in this election.
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George Nadzam

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Eleanor E. (Nadorlik) Nadzam

St. James RC Church Wilkinsburg,, Allegheny, PA, 15221 USA
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George's Death
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October 23, 1973
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Forest Hills 541 Barclay Avenue Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA, 15221 USA
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George died in 1973. Eleanor became a Benedictine nun 10 years later and remained Mother Monica until she passed away June 18, 2015. He is buried in the New St. Joseph Cemetery, North Versailles, PA. She is interred at the Abbey of Regina Laudis in CT.
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Eleanor E. (Nadorlik) Nadzam Mar 4, 1921 - Jun 18, 2015
George Nadzam Jan 5, 1921 - Oct 23, 1973
Child
Kevin Michael Nadzam born Jul 29, 1950
Cynthia (Nadzam) Lenkner born Aug 22, 1952
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