Jan J. Stepien, Jr.

Jan Stepien of Burlington Township, NJ passed away peacefully at home on September 19, 2024.  Jan was born on October 20, 1954, at home in Piekary Slaskie, Katowice, Poland.  He is preceded in death by his parents Jan Stepien Sr and Aniela Stepien who lived in Poland and then moved to the United States.  He had two sisters who have both lived in Poland, preceded in death by Bernadeta Murek and survived by sister Urszula Murek.

Jan had started his life in Poland going to school there to eventually obtain a degree as a turner, which is a specialist worker who uses the lathe machine tool.  He then went to the military in Poland where he worked as a mortar specialist and was also a barber.  Later he met his wife Maria and they moved to the United States.  They bought a home in Brooklyn, NY where they had two sons Paul Stepien and David Stepien.  Later they moved to Lehigh Acres, Florida where they lived for 10 years.  There were many good times that were had in Florida, especially with family who would drive from New York to visit.  Eventually, Jan and his family moved to Burlington Township, NJ where Jan lived the rest of his life.  In the years that Jan lived in the United States, he had become a machinist working for several companies in New York, Florida and New Jersey.  The last company that he had worked was at Emerson in Burlington, NJ where he had a lot of good friends.  He retired from the company in his later years and spent the remaining years with his wife Maria.

Jan had several hobbies including soccer, skiing, swimming, cycling, traveling, playing guitar, hiking, cooking and gardening.  He played in several soccer leagues including a traveling club when he lived in Florida where he had met several friends from different countries in Europe.  Skiing was a big part of Jan’s life that he started at a young age, and he would do until later in life as well.  He loved the outdoors in general and was always looking to travel.  You would rarely find him indoors since he liked to be outside with nature.  He would grow his own vegetables in a garden and cared for several fruit trees that he would make Polish Kompot from with the fruit.  He also enjoyed cooking different Polish dishes like golabki’s, bigos and zimne nogi.

Jan always enjoyed being around people and loved social gatherings.  A lot of times, Jan could be the one to get the party started and keep it going into the night by singing and playing the guitar.  Jan would want everyone who knew him to remember all the many great times that they had together in life.

Friends and family are invited to attend his viewing at Page Funeral Home in Burlington, NJ on September 26th from 6-8pm.  On September 27th there will be another viewing at 9:30-10:30am and then a funeral mass at 11:00am at All Saints Church in Burlington, NJ.  After the mass he will be driven to Doylestown, PA to be laid to rest at Our Lady of Czestochowa Cemetery.

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