November 24 1924 August 07 2019
JEANETTE WILK November 24, 1924 – August 07, 2019 Share this obituary View/Sign Guestbook| Send Sympathy Card| Memorial Donation CHICOPEE – Jeanette (Pesta) Wilk, 94, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at the Mt. Marie Healthcare Center in Holyoke. She was born in Brooklyn, NY on November 24, 1924, a daughter of the late Jennie Pesta and Joseph Podhajski. She was raised and educated there and has lived in Chicopee since 1963. During her career, Jeanette was a Machinist at F. W. Sickles Corp. in Chicopee. She later worked at St. Stanislaus School in Chicopee, the 7-11 store at Glenwood Circle, retiring from Liberty Bakeries in 1986. She was a communicant of St. Anthony of Padua Church in Chicopee and a member of its Rosary Society. Her husband of 56 years, Frank Wilk, passed away on August 1, 2005. She was also predeceased by a son-in-law, Richard Walsh, 5 of her siblings, John, Alexander and Anthony Podhajski, Josephine Grabowski and Stella Andruszkow. Jeanette leaves behind a son, Michael J. Wilk and his wife Renee of South Hadley, 3 daughters, Carol LaFountain and her husband David of Huntington, Irene Walsh of Agawam and Linda Boryczka and her husband John of Chicopee; 12 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren; a sister, Irene Ranzie and a sister-in-law, Kay Podhajski; several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends in the Corridan Funeral Home, 333 Springfield St., Chicopee on Friday, August 16, 2019 from 9:00 until 10:45 a.m. with the Funeral Mass to follow at 11:15 in St. Anthony of Padua Church, 56 St. Anthony St., Chicopee. The burial will take place in the MA Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery, 1390 Main St., Agawam at 1:00 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Mt. Marie Healthcare Center, 36 Lower Westfield Rd., Holyoke, MA, 01040. For online condolences please visit www.corridanfuneral.com. Print Obituary
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of JEANETTE WILK November 24 1924 August 07 2019.
Corridan Funeral Home – Chicopee
Death notice for the town of: Chicopee, state: Massachusetts