DUDLEY – Anita C. (Marcinczyk) Cichowski, 98, died Thursday, June 30, 2016 at her home surrounded by her loving family.
Anita was born on September 4, 1917 in Clinton, the daughter of Frank J. Marcinczyk, Sr. and Mary (Dabrowski) Marcinczyk and was raised in New Britain, CT before moving to Webster in 1933. She has lived in Dudley at Joshua Place since 1983.
Anita raised her two sons, Louis, Jr. and Frank with her husband of 39 years, Louis A. Cichowski.
Mrs. Cichowski was an assembler for 35 years at Webster Spring Company, retiring in 1983.
Anita was a communicant of Saint Anthony of Padua Church and a former 50-year member of Saint Joseph Church in Webster. She enjoyed sewing, reading, and the company of family and friends who will remember her warm smile, generosity, friendliness, independent spirit and wonderful sense of humor.
She leaves behind four grandchildren, Teresa Graffious and her husband Doug, Tina Engel and her husband Gary, Michael Hanbery and his wife Melanie and Anita Pacheco and her husband John; 11 great-grandchildren; a brother, Henry Marcinczyk and his wife Jean; and many nieces and nephews, including Cathy Bates and Bryan Bates and his wife Dorothy. She was preceded in death by her husband and two sons, brother Frank J. Marcinczyk, Jr., five sisters, Helen Braleski, Stasia Gontowski, Viola Daigneau, Stephanie Hodges and Mary Hetu, as well as her longtime companion Gene Bushey.
The funeral will be held Saturday, July 9, from the Sitkowski & Malboeuf Funeral Home, 340 School Street, Webster, with a Mass at 11:00 AM in Saint Anthony of Padua Church, 24 Dudley Hill Road, Dudley. Burial will be in Saint Joseph Garden of Peace, Webster. Visitation will be from 9:00 to 10:30 AM Saturday in the funeral home. Donations in her name may be made to Saint Anthony of Padua Church, 24 Dudley Hill Road, PO Box 277, Dudley, MA 01571-0277.