Jane T. Gulczynski

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Jane T. Gulczynski, 87, of Parsons, passed away early Friday morning at the Golden Living Center, East Mountain.

Born in Miners Mills, on August 15, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Goleniewski Zalewski and had attended Wilkes-Barre Area Schools.

Jane worked as a waitress through the valley for all of her life. She retired in 1986 after working for 17 years at Mount Airy Lodge.

She was a member of Our Lady of Hope Parish, Wilkes-Barre, and had served as a foster grandparent from 1997 to 2006.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond, in 1989; her infant son Chester in 1957; her brothers, John, Joseph, Chester and Stanley and her sisters, Stella Czerniakowski, Marie Stec, Eleanor Shemelewski and Alice Stencik.

Surviving are daughter, Carol Maciolek, Parsons; son, Raymond Gulczynski and his wife, Justine, Mountain Top; her only living sister, Irene Sheldon, Bear Creek; grandchildren, Renee Eyerman, Kristen Brisk, J.R. Maciolek, Lee Maciolek and April Kelley; great-grandchildren, Corey Eyerman, Alex Brisk, Zander Kelley, Daniel Kelley Jr., John Raymond Maciolek Jr., Samantha Maciolek, Christine Brezinski and Sarah Welles; many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 9 a.m. from the Bednarski & Thomas Funeral Home, 27 Park Avenue, Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated at 9:30 a.m. in Our Lady of Hope Parish. Interment will follow in St. Mary’s Maternity Cemetery, West Wyoming. Friends are invited to call on Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Jane’s name to the Alzheimer’s Association, 57 N. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701.

Jane’s family would like to especially thank the staff and caregivers at Golden Living Center, East Mountain, and Asera Care Hospice for the thoughtful and compassionate manner in which they cared for Jane.