Stella Lazowski

July 16, 1919 - December 17, 2017

Stella (Slaby) Lazowski, 98, passed away Sunday, December 17, 2017 at Arbor Glen in Bridgewater, NJ. Stella was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. to Frank and Agnes Slaby on July 16, 1919. She married Joseph Lazowski in 1937 and moved to Manville where she and her husband owned and operated the Somerset Bakery until the 1980's. During World War II, when the men in the family were off to war, Stella learned to drive a bakery truck so that the bakery's customers would continue to receive baked goods. She was a communicant of the Christ The Redeemer Roman Catholic Church in Manville, NJ, and a member of the Rosary Society. Although born in the USA, she was proud of her heritage, it's customs, and spoke Polish fluently. Often times, newly arrived immigrants would ask " When did you arrive from Poland ? " She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph in 1988, by both of her brothers Theodore and Joseph Slaby in 1983, and by her daughter-in-law, Joyce, in 2012. Surviving are her sons, Frederick of Manville, Joseph, and his loving partner, Marcia Carlen of Pottersville, grandchildren Karen and Andrew, many nieces and nephews with a special mention, of her devoted and loving niece, Joann Sudo and her husband Tom. The viewing will be on Wednesday, December 20, 2017 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM at the Ketusky Funeral Home, 1310 Brooks Blvd., Manville, NJ. The Funeral will be on Thursday, December 21, 2017 8:00 AM from the Ketusky Funeral Home with a 9:00 AM Funeral Service at the Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Hillsborough, NJ. For additional information please visit our website at www.ketusky.com.