Adele Olejarz Girard

May 2, 1924 - November 25, 2014

Adele Olejarz-Girard, passed away on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at the Hackensack University Medical Center. A native of Wallington, daughter of John and Marianna (nee Maziarz) Olejarz. She resised in Naples, Florida since her retirement from the American Express Company in New York City in 1986. Her career spanned 44 years. During the Occupation of Germany, after World War II in 1946, she worked for the Department of War, a branch of the State Department, Esslingen and Stuttgart, Germany. Upon completion of her assignment in Europe, she worked for the American Express Company Corporate Headquarters in New York City. She became the first "Woman" manager in their Travel Related Services Department, later becoming their first Woman Vice President. She was a member of the "Quarter Century Club"in New York City, the Royal Poccianno Golf Club, and the Martinique Club in Naples, Florida, a parishioner of the Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Wallington. She was predeceased by her parents John and Marianna Olejarz, her first husband, Dr. Joseph Ankiewicz, J.D., in 1978, and her second husband, Col. Erskine Girard in 1993, her brother Col. Boleslaw Olejarz in 2000, and her twin brother Alfred Olejarz in 2008. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Alfred Adele Memorial Scholastic Foundation, in care of Wallington High School, in memory of Adele Olejarz-Girard, would be appreciated.