Our deepest sympathy

to the family of

Witold Łukaszewski

who passed away on

August 13, 2025.

–

He will be missed

by his family and friends

in Houston and in Poland.

Our beloved father, grandfather, and longtime companion Witold Lukaszewski (Vic) passed into eternal life on the 13th of August 2025. He had an extraordinary life, and we rejoice in faith that he is with God and his loved ones in Heaven. We are grateful for having him in our lives for so many years, but will miss him dearly. We would like to ask you to join us in celebrating his life at the Funeral Mass on Friday the 22nd of August at 1:10 pm in Our Lady of the Angels Chapel of  St. Anthony of Padua (8715 Kuykendahl Road, The Woodlands, TX 77382).

Please RSVP to magda.raska@gmail.com with your names. If you will be unable to join us in person, let us know in the RSVP to be connected via a live stream link.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Halina M. Lukaszewski Memorial Endowed Scholarship at Sam Houston State University. Please join us for a short reception following the Mass at the Paduan Center. 

Hania, Karel, Magdalena, and Karel Raska
Diana Green

Kresy Syberia Virtual Museum – www.kresy-siberia.org – Witold Łukaszewski

Texas Polish Club – Dr. Łukaszewki – Interview

Witold Łukaszewski was born in Luzki, Poland. He spent the first seven years of his life in the northeastern part of the country, where his father served in the Polish Army on the Polish-Soviet border. After Germany invaded Poland, he and his family were arrested by the Soviet NKVD and deported to Siberia. Between February 1942, when he left his exile, and the end of WWII, he travelled with the Polish civilian families through the southern Soviet Union, Persia, and India. In 1947, he rejoined his father in Great Britain and, after completing his High School education there, he and his family emigrated to the United States in July 1950. From 1952 to 1955 he served in the US Army, where he was assigned to a Military Intelligence unit it Fort Bragg, North Carolina. After completing his military service, he resumed his studies, earning a BA degree in 1958 and an MA degree in 1962, both from Seton Hall University, and a PhD degree from Columbia University in 1973, supervised by Zbigniew Brzeziński. In 1970, he was appointed to the Faculty at Sam Houston State University, from which he retired in 2007.