Helen Marie Kroucik, 86, Member of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church
Helen Marie Kroucik (nee Barczyk), age 86, of Lorain, died Sunday, November 24, 2002 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain following a one-year illness.
She was born July 27, 1916 in Lorain, Ohio where she had lived her entire life.
She was a member of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church and its Altar & Rosary Society and a graduate of Lorain High School Class of 1934.
Survivors include her daughter, Maxine J. Butcher of Lorain; sons Dennis M. Kroucik of Elyria and Dale M. Kroucik of El Dorado, California; 12 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren; brother, John Barczyk of Lorain.
Preceding her in death were her husband, Martin Kroucik in 1997, daughter, Delores Malinowski, parents John and Pauline (nee Novak) Barczyk, sisters, Mildred Cox and Genevieve DeLeonardis and brother, Casmer Barczyk.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday, November 26, 2002, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Dombrowski-Volak-Riddle Funeral Home, 1939 Oberlin Avenue, Lorain, Ohio. Rosary Service will be held at 3:00 p.m. conducted by the Nativity BVM Alter and Rosary Society.
Prayers will be said at the funeral home at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, 418 West 15th, Street, Lorain. The Reverend Robert J. Glepko, pastor, will officiate. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Lorain.
Memorial contributions are suggested to Nativity BVM Restoration and Preservation Fund, 418 West 15th Street, Lorain, Ohio 44052 or the charity of the donor's choice.