The ABC's of Widowhood
Pat Nowak is a Toledo native, one of the four daughters of Robert and Hedwig Stack. Her career as a fashion director for two local department chains, the owner of a Public Relations firm and her subsequent position at Seaway Food Town Supermarkets have allowed her access to the highlyvisible world of broadcast and print media. She has been a media spokesperson for over twenty years, directed and co-hosted a highly visible morning radio talk show, written, produced and appeared in company advertising and for televised preview shows. Her journalism career began out of necessity. Suddenly, as new widow, fluent in writing press materials and a Lifestyles column, she searched for something readable that could help her grievingsoul. Finding great stories about personal triumph helped but there was little that addressed precisely and with clarity what every new widow faces. Thus The ABC's of Widowhood came about, the help all women over the age of forty (widowed or not) need to get their emotional and financial worlds in balance. The book celebrates the spirit of hope and allows a woman to discover the path to being reborn through perseverance, courage and determination. Pat's family includes son Martin (Heather), daughter Laura Nowak-Glover (Douglas) and grandchildren Liam Casimir and RaeIsabella. She resides in Holland, Ohio.