Mildred Nowosielski Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Mildred Nowosielski, 84 died Saturday March 17, 2012 at the home of her daughter Christine Lentine whom she lived with. She was the daughter of the late James and Mary Barnish. She died of a rarely diagnosed disease known as PSP - Progressive Nuclear Palsy. It is a degenerative neuro-muscular disease affecting the base of the brain. A life-long resident of Manville, NJ, Millie raised five daughters and worked with her husband, Charles, in the family business known as Charles Jewelers. She was deeply devoted to her Catholic faith and with her husband were charter members of Christ The King Church in Manville, NJ. She volunteered countless hours to the church's rosarians and choir with whom she pinched pierogis for God and sang for many church functions. She was a member of The Manville Senior Citizens and enjoyed many bus trips to Atlantic City. She loved and cared deeply for her many dogs she owned throughout the years. Her grandchildren were always dear to her heart. Her last four and half years were spent living with her daughter and her daughter's family in Forks Township, PA. Millie quickly became involved with The Comfort Zone in Phillipsburg, NJ and spent three days a week making new friends, taking yoga and Zumba, cooking and baking, playing bingo, and orchestrating a command audience with the quick flick of just her right hand pointer finger. She also enjoyed shopping and dining out. She was predeceased by her husband Charles Nowosielski in 2004 and by an infant son Joseph Nowosielski. She was also predeceased by three of her brothers John, Leo and Walter Barnish. She is survived by her daughters Christine Lentine and her husband Jim of Easton, PA, Charlotte Lebedz and her husband Randy of Belleair Beach, Florida, Carolyn Nowosielska and her husband Bruce Niemann of Portland, Oregon, Celeste Banks and her husband Dr. Thomas Banks of Harrisburg, PA, and Cynthia Robotti and her husband Louis of Clinton, NJ, brothers Raymond Barnish and his wife Evelyn of Hillsborough, NJ and Joseph Barnish and his wife Olga of Bridgewater, NJ. She is also survived by her 9 grandchildren Peter, Jason, Rhianna, Charlie, Jackson, Hannah, Sam, Caitlyn and Meredith. The viewing will be on Friday March 23, 2012 from 4 to 8 PM at the Ketusky Funeral Home, 1310 Brooks Blvd., Manville, NJ. (908)575-8512. The Funeral will be on Saturday March 24, 2012 10:00 AM from the Ketusky Funeral Home followed by a 11:00 AM Mass at Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in Manville, NJ. The family would like to express their deepest gratitude to the small village of people whose every member touched Millie with enormous love, grace and respect especially as Millie's disease continued to progress - The Comfort Zone in Phillipsburg, NJ, Griswold Specialcare in Easton, PA, the St.Luke's Hospice in Bethlehem, PA and the St. Frances de Chantal Church in Easton, PA. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in her memory to: The Comfort Zone, C/O Anne Grogan, Director, 755 Memorial Parkway, Bldg. 302, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865 or to: St. Luke's Hospice House, 2455 Black River Road, Bethlehem, PA. 18015. For additional information please visit our website at www.ketusky.com.

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Mildred Nowosielski

November 8, 1927 - March 17, 2012