Mateusz "Matt" Krawiec died suddenly on Friday, July 1, and was being remembered by loved ones on a GoFundMe page as "one of the most genuine people we've ever met — funny, kind, selfless, and caring with a heart of pure gold..."
More than $36,400 had been raised as of Tuesday, Aug. 16 on a GoFundMe launched to bring Matt's body to Poland, his final resting place.
Matt was born in Stalowa Wola, Poland and moved to the US when he was 10 years old. He ran a tiling business alongside his stepdad, Stefan and "worked very hard, but always found the time to spend with his beloved girlfriend Melissa, whom he met ten years ago," his obituary reads. "The couple has been inseparable ever since."
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