Matthew Stanley Szpak was the son of Gwendolyn Szpak (1918-1997) and Rudolph Szpak (1917-2002). He had a sister, Elizabeth Szpak (1939-1996).
He married Anna D (Rizzo) Szpak in Nov. 1962. they had their first child Deborah in May 1966, their second child Matthew Jr was born in July 1967 and passed away of a crib accident in Feb 1968, their third child was me Michelle and i was born in March 1969, their last child Michael was born in Sept. 1970. We was a close knit family.
My father was the greatest person you could ever know, he knew how to make things better when they was going poorly. He loved his grandchildren which he had 6 of them. Amanda born Nov. 1987, Matthew born Apr. 1990, Christopher born Dec. 1990, Carolyn born Sept. 1992, Lauren born Feb. 1997 and Nathan born June 1999. and all his grandchildren miss him dearly.
He loved to duct tape everything, so we put duct tape in his coffin in case his wings break. Love you dad and miss you much. -Michelle
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...