Mary Wyszkowski (née Spak), 93, of Whitney Point, passed away on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, at Elizabeth Church Manor.
She was predeceased by her parents, Andrew and Susanna Spak, Maine, NY; her late husband Alexander Wyszkowski, Whitney Point, NY; and her brother John Joseph Spak, Maine, NY.
She is survived by her loving daughters Mary Lou Fetzko-Leal (Robert Leal) and Patricia Lawton (Rahn Lawton); six loving grandchildren Christine Fetzko, Prague, Czech Republic, Karen Fetzko (Christian Schulz), Charlotte, NC, Mark Fetzko (Meredith Bourne), Ithaca, NY, and Stephanie Fetzko (Patrick Pilie), Houston, TX, Alexis Lawton (Kyle Brown), Basking Ridge, NJ, and Tyler Lawton (Olivia Paschall), Newfield NY; and seven loving great-grandchildren, Sophia, Jackson, and Avery Schulz, Anna and Alexander Fetzko Bourne, and Oscar and Cora Pilie; her sister Anne (Spak) Benek and brother Andrew Spak Jr., Maine, NY, her sister-in-law Joyce Spak, Endwell, NY; and nieces and nephews.
Mary was born March 9, 1930, in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, and later moved to the Triple Cities area with her parents, where she graduated from Union Endicott High School. She was a faithful parishioner at Most Holy Rosary Church. In addition to raising a family and assisting her husband with their dairy farm, Mary worked for over ten years at Endicott-Johnson Shoe Factory, including in their quality control department.
Her family and friends will forever remember her sacrificial love and devotion to her family as well as her exceptional baking skills. Some of her family’s all-time favorite hits include cottage cheese dinner rolls, blueberry muffins, pumpkin bread, banana bread, Slovak paska bread, beef stew, and chicken and dumplings. She also was an accomplished pirohy maker and prepared a traditional Slovak “Vigilia” Christmas Eve meal well into her 80s. Mary looked after her six grandchildren until they entered school and even afterwards whenever they were sick or their parents needed additional childcare support. She and her husband Alex were always there for their family. Mary loved watching her grandchildren and great-grandchildren grow. She also loved looking out her kitchen sink window to watch the deer and other animals on her old farm land. Mary will forever remain in the hearts of her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends at the Leon Pucedo Funeral Home, Endicott, NY on Wednesday, September 13th from 5 to 7 p.m. On Thursday, September 14th at 10:00 a.m. a funeral mass will be offered at Most Holy Rosary Church, Maine, NY. Burial will follow in the Saint Stanislaus Kostka Cemetery, Johnson City, NY.