Wald Mark Korwin Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Memorial Services for Wald Mark Korwin will be held Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015 in the Snow Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Williams Funeral Home in Gordon on Saturday, Feb. 21, from 12 noon until 2 pm. Wald Korwin, 87, a resident of Woodstock, Georgia, passed with peace and grace on Saturday, January, 31, 2015. He was also fondly known as 'Tata', which means Daddy in Polish. Born in 1927, in Warsaw, Poland, his given name was Mieczyslaw Olgierd Waldemar Kupiszewski. During World War II, he was a political prisoner in the Stutthof Concentration Camp. He was later transported to the Dachau Concentration Camp where he was liberated. Eventually he reunited with his mother and sister, but sadly his father was deceased. It is for this reason that the American Red Cross was chosen for charitable contributions; for he credits their help to his survival after the war. He later worked in the Parliament library and pursued an Engineering degree. In 1958, General Kuczwara assisted in him in obtaining a passport. He came to the United States of America aboard the SS "United States" ocean liner. He resided in Winter Haven, Florida and began an import/export business, "Amimex." In 1959, he met Jessie Lee Jackson in Winter Haven, Florida. They married June 4, 1960. They returned to her native hometown of Gordon, Georgia, where they spent most of their life. Their only child, Anita Korwin Frye, was born in 1964. It was after the birth of Anita that they translated his Polish name to an English version. He worked in automotive sales most of his life. After retirement, Wald and Jessie Lee enjoyed 12 years in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. In 2010, they relocated to Woodstock, Georgia to be closer to their daughter. He also leaves behind a beloved sister, Genowefa Kowalewicz-Kosla, who remains in Warsaw, Poland. It was his hope to have her relocate to the United States. The family is hopeful that she will be moving in the near future. He will always be remembered as a kind and gentle soul whose greatest love was his wife and daughter.

Wald Mark Korwin

September 8, 1927 - January 31, 2015