Carie Joanna Zawistowski (Drejarski)
Teacher, civic and parish leader
Born Feb. 20, 1900, Bayonne (NJ), U.S.; daughter of Konstanty and Joanna (Lisiewicz); married Rev. Joseph Zawistowski; children: Joseph, Stanislaw, Cari, Severina, Theodore.
Education: Duluth Teachers College (MI), 1922.
Career: teacher in parish day schools, parish organist, 1915-86.
Author: founder, Zawistowski Collection (books), donated to Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota; diaries (manuscript) donated to Immigration History Archives; various articles in: Straz, Rola Boza, Polka, PNCC Studies.
Member of: staff assistant, volunteer, Red Cross, Schenectady (NY), 1942-45; leader, Girl Scouts, Middleport (PA), 1951-52, New Britain (CT), 1953-57.
Affiliation: Polish National Catholic.
Languages: English, Polish.
Home: 24 Old Mill Road, Jermyn, PA 18433.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.