Eleanor Popek

Interior of Our Lady of Czestochowa Church
Interior view of Our Lady of
Czestochowa Church. See image

Eleanor Popek
interviewed by Jeanette E. Tuve
February 18, 1986
as part of the
Ethnic Women of Cleveland
Oral History Project Series

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Eleanor (Grabowski) Popek grew up as a first generation American in Cleveland, Ohio. She speaks about growing up in the Corlett section which was in the Harvard and E. 141st area. She attended Our Lady of Czestochowa Church and speaks about the Polish customs that they followed and belonging to the Harcestwo (Polish Girl and Boy Scouts). Mrs. Popek and her husband Mitchell owned the Mountain Garden Tavern on E. 75th and Union and her son, Ronald Popek, was involved in local politics. She was involved in the American Polish Women's Group and the Orchard Lake group. She talks about her fundraising efforts for Polish organizations and politics.

For Further Reading

This is one of a series of interviews conducted by Jeanette E. Tuve in 1986 as part of the Ethnic Women of Cleveland Oral History Project at the Cleveland State University. Originally sponsored by the CSU Women's Comprehensive Program and the History Department, and funded by the George Gund Foundation, Cleveland Memory has now digitized these fascinating interview transcripts and recordings to allow you to read the transcripts online while listening to streaming audio recordings of the interviews.