Saratoga Springs, NY - Zenon Anthony ("Tony" or "Ski") Sliwinski, of St. Charles Place, passed away early Tuesday morning (Dec. 28, 2010) at Saratoga Hospital. He was 73. Born on Oct. 1, 1937 in Holonski, Poland, he was a son of the late Anthony and Maria (Falkowski) Sliwinski and emigrated with his family to the United States, formerly residing in Peabody, MA. He was a US Air Force veteran from 1955 thru 1959 and served in Biloxi, Miss., Nome, Alaska and at the former Saratoga/Stillwater Radar Air Station at Ketchum's Corners. A member of the Saratoga Springs Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick, he was a communicant of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Ballston Spa and was a member and Past Commander of Dominick Smaldone Post 35 Italian American War Veterans and a Past State Department Commander. A Third Degree member of Saratoga Council 246 Knights of Columbus and a Fourth Degree member of Saratoga Assembly 745, he was a member of the Assembly's Color Corps and chaired various annual council functions and numerous sporting forecasts. As a member and former vice-president of the Saratoga Columbian Association, he served as bar chairman for several years and was the facility's senior custodial engineering superintendent and department supervisor of the council's renowned maintenance division. An ardent golfer, Ski was a member of the Saratoga K of C Golf League, being vocally articulate and precisely time consuming in each round of golf he played. He was a member of Saratoga-Wilton B.P.O. Elks Lodge 161 and a former member of American Legion Adirondack Post 70. A mail carrier for the United States Postal Service for many years, he retired in 1982 and had worked as a mutual clerk at the Saratoga Harness track and was a bartender at the old Town House and Nashville North. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by two brothers. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Madeline C. "Mitzi" (DeLorenze) Sliwinski, whom he married on Nov. 14, 1957; one sister, Sophie Capone of Weymouth, MA; several nieces and nephews and many friends. Relatives and friends may call from 2 to 5pm Sunday (Jan. 2, 2010) at the William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing and Cunniff Funeral Homes, 628 North Broadway (584-5373). A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:15am Monday in St. Mary's Church, 167 Milton Avenue, by the Rev. James A. Ebert, associate pastor. Burial with military honors will follow at 11am at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, 200 Duell Road, Schuylerville. Memorials may be made in his name to St. Mary's Church, 167 Milton Ave., Ballston Spa, NY 12020 or to St. Jude Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. The Knights of Columbus will meet at 4pm Sunday at the funeral home for services. Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com.