Stanley Krajewski, an editor, family man and a well-respected figure in the local Polish community, died May 8, one day after his 100th birthday. Krajewski, of White Lake, had served as editor of the Dziennik Polski (Polish Daily News), a publication for which he worked for 40 years.

Born in Detroit on May 7, 1915, his parents Konstanty and Franciszka Kopcewicz returned with him to the Polish city of Biala Podlaska, where a young Stanley finished high school. He then moved to Warsaw to study politics, and eventually found his way into journalism as a correspondent of The Morning Courier in Poland.

A refugee and a prisoner of war during World War II in Germany in the 1940s, Krajewski, an American citizen, was exchanged for a German refugee in Geneva and returned to Detroit soon after. He joined the staff of the Polish Daily News in 1948 as a reporter, and was promoted to editor-in-chief in 1963, a position he held until his retirement in 1988. Krajewski also actively supported the The Polish National Alliance, Polish Roman Catholic Union of America, Polish Falcons and the American Polish Congress. The Orchard Lake Schools, for which he served as a regent, honored him with one of its highest distinctions, the Fidelitas Medal, in 1988. He also served on the boards of New Detroit, the State Library of Michigan and the American Lung Association.

Krajewski is survived by two children, Corinna (Roger) Weber and Renata (Thomas) Erickson, and four grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Nina.

A funeral Mass was celebrated May 12 at the Shrine Chapel of the Orchard Lake Schools.