Mieczyslaw O. Kulesza, M.D. MRCOG, FRCOG, FRCS(C) fondly known as Dr. Mike, was the only child born to Dr Wlodzimierz and Jolanta Kulesza on Oct 10, 1940, in Warsaw Poland. He died peacefully on March 29, 2024, with his wife Susan and only child Victoria by his side.
After graduating Medical School in Poland, he relocated to England where he completed his OB/GYN training and received his MRCOG later followed by FRCOG in 1985. He became a naturalized citizen of England and then moved to Saint John NB, Canada in 1973. Mike began his fellowship in Obstetrics and Gynecology through Dalhousie Medical School to qualify for the Canadian specialty of OB/GYN.
It was in Saint John in 1974, where he met Susan Linda Adams and following their marriage in 1976, they moved to Toronto where he finished both Canadian and American exams for Obstetrics and Gynecology. They ultimately settled in Bathurst NB where he built his practice for over 35 years caring for patients throughout the northern part of NB. A proud and emotional day for them was when he became a Canadian citizen. Aside from his deep commitment to medicine, it was in Bathurst where he and Susan made many happy memories cooking with friends over Friday night dinners.
The true joy of his life, Victoria, born in 1991, showed him to be a most loving and proud Dad. Mike instilled his love of medicine and work ethic in Victoria in her early childhood by taking her on rounds on weekends and to the office for the weekly staff pizza days. Though he was not always focused solely on work, as some of his fondest memories were of the annual trips with family friends to Disney in his daughter’s early years.
He was awarded Life Membership in the NB Medical Society after serving years on various committees. Mike’s love of jazz led him to join the Bathurst Community Concert Band and learn to play the tenor saxophone.
Following his retirement, he and Susan relocated to Fredericton and spent the winters in Arizona where he developed a love for pickleball and helped develop the first pickleball courts in the City of Fredericton.
Throughout his life, family was of the utmost importance so there was no question about he and Susan relocating to Edmonton Alberta in 2021 where Victoria is completing her surgical residency.
A service is to be held at a later date in Bathurst. Anyone wishing to make donations in Mike’s memory are asked to consider a donation to the Chaleur Regional Hospital Foundation.
