Helen M. Turek-Kuzynski

SCRANTON- Helen M. Turek-Kuzynski, 82, of Pittston passed away peacefully on April 27th, 2012 at Golden Living Center, Scranton. Born on February 5th 1930, in Dupont, she was a daughter of Joseph and Josephine (Magnuszewski) Turek. She was a graduate of Saint John the Evangelist High School in Pittston, and was retired from the local garment industry. She was a member of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, in Dupont, PA. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and sister, and will be greatly missed. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her son Edwin Kuzynski, brothers Edward, Joseph, and John Turek. Surviving are her sons Ronald Kuzynski and his wife, Sophie Ann of Havelock, NC; Robert Kuzynski and his wife, Sarah of Pittston; grandchildren,- Robert, Ronald, Christopher, Jennifer, Andrew, Sharon, Nicholas, Thomas, and Ashley; great-grandchildren Katelynn, Kristina, and Gabrielle; sister Sister Rita Clare of the Bernardine Franciscan Congregation, Reading, PA; and sister-in-law Mary Turek of Virginia Beach, Va. The funeral will be held Wednesday morning at 9:30 a.m. from Kniffen O’Malley Funeral Home, Inc., 728 Main Street, Avoca, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. in Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Dupont. The Reverend Joseph Verespy will officiate. Interment will follow in the parish cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday evening from 6 – 8PM.