Mary Louise Puchalski
December 27, 1929 ~ February 22, 2014
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Mary Louise Lucassen Puchalski, 84, passed away Saturday, February 22, 2014 at Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals.
A native of New York, NY, she was a daughter of the late Lucas and Nellie Barrett Lucassen. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John Anthony Puchalski, who died in 2008, as well as one granddaughter, Victoria Avitabile.
She is survived by her four daughters, Ellen Champlin and her husband, Robert, of North Kingston, RI, Jean Avitabile and her husband, Anthony, of Bronx, NY, Marianne Affinito and her husband, Anthony, of Asheville and Julie Trizano and her husband, Donald, of Arden; two sisters, Catherine Fitzpatrick of Las Vegas, NV and Sister Therese Marie Lucassen of Lawrenceville, NJ as well as seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 AM Thursday, February 27, 2014 at St. Barnabas Roman Catholic Church with Father Adrian Porras officiating. Burial will follow at Calvary Churchyard. The family will receive friends from 5-8 PM Wednesday, February 26, with a Rosary to be said at 7:00 PM at Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian.
The family asks that, in lieu of flowers, you please consider a memorial donation to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 (www.stjude.org).
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Dear Family,
Words cannot express the sorrow that I feel of the passing of our sweet Mary. She was my sunshine girl.
I will always remember our walks, enjoying the birds, playing scrabble and her very favorite …..bingo!
She spoke often of her children and grandchildren. Her siblings too.
She was proud of her heritage. She would tell me what a sweet mother that she had and what a talented man that her father was as a tailor. The many trips to Mr. Marshak’s candy store. Her father taking them for walks on Sundays.
She loved her ‘irish soda bread’.
There was always a kind word for the grandchildren when they came in from school, and when the great-grandchildren arrived, oh boy was she ever proud.
God has blessed you all with a wonderful mother, and she loved you all so very much.
I was proud to be called her friend, and it was an honor to help take care of her over the last few years. I will miss her dearly.
There will be a special rose planted in my garden in her memory.
I can still see your smile Weezie, and hear your sweet laugh. Soar with the angels my darling.
May God bless and keep each and everyone of you in his care.
Darlene Goforth
My Dear Family…..it is an honor and a privilege to be a part of this family, and especially to be Mary and Jack’s 1st born. I am missing mom already…but I know she will live on in my heart as I go forth and carry on in my own life:) Thank-you all who so beautifully cared for mom in her last years where she seemed so happy and content for completing her mission here on earth. With Love and Gratitude,
THANK-YOU MOM – for being the greatest mom ever…Ellie