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GARFIELD, N.J. – Walter Fila, of Garfield, died Dec. 20. He was 85.
Fila was born Jan. 16, 1931, in Sojkowa, Poland, to Jozef and Aniela (nee Bielen) Fila.
He emigrated to the United States in 1986, settling in Garfield and working at Fantasia Sewing Company in Passaic as a machine operator before retiring.
Fila was predeceased by his parents, two sisters and two brothers.
He is survived by his wife Bronislawa, three children, Kazimierz Fila, Danuta Bekier and Joanna Wyrzykowski, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Interment was at St. Mary's Cemetery in Saddle Brook.
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