Lucy Jankowski

Lucy Jankowski passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. She was born in Sassow, Poland the daughter of the late Maksymilian and Karolina Jesionka. After Russia invaded Eastern Poland in September 1939, she and her family, together with approximately 1.7 million Polish citizens, were deported at gunpoint by the Soviets to forced labor camps in Siberia in 1940. In 1942, Lucy and her family were released and made their way from Siberia to southern parts of what is now Kazakhstan, where they crossed the Caspian Sea to freedom in Persia, now Iran. She lived in camps for WWII displaced persons in the Middle East and then England, where she married her husband Joseph Jankowski. The couple immigrated to Manville, New Jersey in 1952, where they remained residents their lives and lifelong parishioners of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church. Lucy worked for Johnson & Johnson family of companies( Ethicon and Ortho) for over 20 years before retiring. Lucy was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who enjoyed gardening, nature, and spending time in prayer. She had a gentle and caring nature and always thought of others before herself; she will be missed by all who knew her. Lucy was predeceased by her husband Joseph Jankowski in 1993, son George Jankowski in 2009, sister Teresa Jesionka in Siberia in 1940, and siblings Cecylia Kowalski, Kazimierz, Adam Jesionka, and Mary Borysewicz, who were all Hillsborough, NJ residents. She is survived by her son Edward Jankowski and his fiance Carolyn Puia of Manville, NJ, her daughter Luci Jankowski McClure, Esq. and her husband Charles P. McClure, M. D. of Chadds Ford, PA, her sister Nina Sobolewski and her husband Stanley of Hillsborough, NJ, four grandchildren, one great-grandchild and many nieces and nephews. The viewing will be on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 from 2 to 4 PM and 7 to 9 PM at the Ketusky Funeral Home, 1310 Brooks Blvd. Manville, NJ. (908)575-8512. The Funeral will be on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 8:00 AM from the Ketusky Funeral Home followed by a Funeral Mass at 9:00 AM at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church (Christ The Redeemer Parish) 98 South 2nd Ave., Manville, NJ. Burial will follow at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Hillsborough, NJ. Memorial Mass intentions are most welcome. For additional information please visit our website at www.ketusky.com.

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Lucy Jankowski

December 12, 1926 - November 4, 2014