Victor P. Monkiewicz
Victor P. Monkiewicz, 65, passed away unexpectedly on February 9 at the Beverly Hospital.
He was a beloved son of the late Walter Z. and Leonarda M. (Gerry) Monkiewicz.
Born in Lynn, he was raised in Lynnfield and attended community college studying business management. As a young man, he worked in the family business and officially joined KAYEM Foods in Chelsea on July 1st 1973 to January 30th 2013, giving 40 years of service to the family business.
He worked in every department at KAYEM over the years and ended up in the kitchen where he felt the most at home chopping, blending and stuffing all of the items KAYEM makes every day. Victor ran all of the ovens and steam water tanks in the smoke house. He worked in muscle meat, learning how to trim beef, pump hams, roast beef, etc. and worked in the packing room as well.