Micheline R. (Zaplotny) Kurowski Sayer,
75,
passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Friday, December 12th, at her home. Micheline is predeceased by her
first husband of 17 years,
Chester S. Kurowski, who
died in 1969 and her
second husband of 28 years,
Richard H. Sayer, who
died in 2003.
She leaves three children:
PRIV; four grandchildren,
PRIV; 4 great grandchildren,
PRIV; 6 brothers,
Guy,
Raymond,
Andre,
Stanislas,
Pierre and
Bernard Zaplotny and a sister,
Josette Fabisiak, all of
France; nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her
twin sister
Jeannine Szczepanski of South
Wales,
Great Britain, in
1987.
She was
born in
Sermaize-Les-Bains,
Marne,
France, a daughter of
Wladislas and
Marie (Grabowska) Zaplotny. She graduated from high school in
Vitry-Le-Francois in 1951. She then came to
Webster in 1952 and later settled in
Dudley in 1964. She graduated from the David Hale Fanning School of Nursing in
Worcester in 1971.
Mrs. Sayer was a licensed practical nurse at several locations, including Harrington Memorial Hospital in Southbridge from which she retired. In her retirement, she worked part-time at Sunbridge Rehab & Nursing Center in Oxford for a few years.
She was a communicant of Saint Andrew Bobola Church. She volunteered for the yearly church festival, running the country store and was once its chairperson. She was a member and past president of the Holy Rosary Sodality at the church. She belonged to the Silver Dippers. She bowled for many years in the Thursday Morning Coffee League at Mohegan Bowl-A-Drome in
Webster. She loved to dance, golf, knit, sew, cook and tend her flower garden. She had a compassionate nature and always tried to help people.
The funeral will be held Monday, December 15, from the Sitkowski & Malboeuf Funeral Home, 340 School St.,
Webster, with a Mass at 10:30 AM in St. Andrew Bobola Church, 54 West Main St.,
Dudley.
Burial will be in St. Joseph Garden of Peace Cemetery. A calling period will be from 8:45 to 10:00 AM Monday, December 15, in the funeral home.
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