Mary [Gildine/Gildein] Recznik was the daughter of Jakob Gildein & Mary Csincsak, and the younger sister of John and Michael Gildein/Gildine.

Mary was the wife of John S. Recznik and mother of: John S., Jr., Eleanor, Edward, Rose Marie, MaryAnn, & Marcella/Sally.

Just seven weeks after the birth of her youngest child, Marcella (Sally), Mary (nee Gildine/Gildein) Recznik's father, Jakob Gildein, died in a tragic accident. Mary was already suffering from postpartum depression, the young mother of six with a hard-working husband. About that time, Mary was taken to a local mental hospital/home in Lorain or Wellington and unsuccessfully treated for her "nervous condition." Her husband, John, held out hope for many years that she would be able to return home to the family. Tragically, because of a lack of medical knowledge and understanding regarding postpartum depression, and barbaric methods used at the time to treat individuals suffering from depression (including electroshock therapy), she never recovered and was never permitted nor able to return home. Sadly, as well, her children were not permitted to visit her until their respective eighteenth birthdays.

Mary Recznik