Rose Mary Biliczky died Thursday, Jan. 19, at Hospice of Medina County of complications from a broken hip. She was 94.
Rose and her twin brother, Carl, were born Aug. 9, 1917, to German immigrants Peter and Elaine Siewertson of LaFargeville, N.Y. The couple had three older children -- Elizabeth, Julius and Irving. Rose graduated
from Watertown High School and the House of the Good Samaritan Nursing Schoolin nearby Watertown and enlisted in the U.S. Army. A lieutenant, she served for two years during World War II, living in tents in Wales and eventually contracting pneumonia and being discharged. She moved to Ohio to take a job at Crile Hospital in Brecksville. In 1950, she met a handsome sheet metal worker who crashed the hospital's doctors and nurses dance with hisfriends. The couple married a year later, had two children and settled in Medina. She returned to nursing when her daughters were teens and worked for a decade at Medina Community Hospital. Along the way, the couple travelled extensively throughout the United States. Rose learned to love canning the fruits and vegetables her husband grew, became an accomplished bridge player and read voraciously.
She was heartbroken when Charles died on July 9, 2010; her son-in-law, Robert Levandoski on Sept. 8, 2008; and her daughter, Joyce on Dec. 26, 2003. In recent years, Rose had become increasingly frail.
The family thanks Hospice of Medina County -- especially aides, Renee and Robin and nurse, Kathy Boehnlein -- for their tender care in the last months of her mounting struggles.
She leaves daughter, Carol Levandoski of Akron; sisters-in-law, Dorothy Siewertson of Alexandria Bay, N.Y., and Blanche Siewertson of LaFargeville, N.Y.; cousin, Ingelina Borchers of Chesapeake, Va.; nieces, Susan Plachy of Perry, Maine, Jean Siewertson of LaFargeville, N.Y., and Nancy Wanamaker of Tecumseh, Mich.; and nephew, Bill Plachy of Nyack, N.Y. Rose will be remembered as a sweet, fair-minded and generous friend to many. May she rest in peace.
Family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday with services to follow at 1 p.m. at Waite and Son Funeral Home, Medina Chapel, 765 N. Court St. Cremation has taken place. Burial will be in Spring Grove Cemetery. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Hospice of Medina County, 507 Windfall Road, Medina, OH 44256. Online condolences may be left at www.waitefuneralhome.com
[Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, OH, Saturday, January 21, 2012, page B4, col. 2]
Rose and her twin brother, Carl, were born Aug. 9, 1917, to German immigrants Peter and Elaine Siewertson of LaFargeville, N.Y. The couple had three older children -- Elizabeth, Julius and Irving. Rose graduated
from Watertown High School and the House of the Good Samaritan Nursing Schoolin nearby Watertown and enlisted in the U.S. Army. A lieutenant, she served for two years during World War II, living in tents in Wales and eventually contracting pneumonia and being discharged. She moved to Ohio to take a job at Crile Hospital in Brecksville. In 1950, she met a handsome sheet metal worker who crashed the hospital's doctors and nurses dance with hisfriends. The couple married a year later, had two children and settled in Medina. She returned to nursing when her daughters were teens and worked for a decade at Medina Community Hospital. Along the way, the couple travelled extensively throughout the United States. Rose learned to love canning the fruits and vegetables her husband grew, became an accomplished bridge player and read voraciously.She was heartbroken when Charles died on July 9, 2010; her son-in-law, Robert Levandoski on Sept. 8, 2008; and her daughter, Joyce on Dec. 26, 2003. In recent years, Rose had become increasingly frail.
The family thanks Hospice of Medina County -- especially aides, Renee and Robin and nurse, Kathy Boehnlein -- for their tender care in the last months of her mounting struggles.
She leaves daughter, Carol Levandoski of Akron; sisters-in-law, Dorothy Siewertson of Alexandria Bay, N.Y., and Blanche Siewertson of LaFargeville, N.Y.; cousin, Ingelina Borchers of Chesapeake, Va.; nieces, Susan Plachy of Perry, Maine, Jean Siewertson of LaFargeville, N.Y., and Nancy Wanamaker of Tecumseh, Mich.; and nephew, Bill Plachy of Nyack, N.Y. Rose will be remembered as a sweet, fair-minded and generous friend to many. May she rest in peace.
Family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday with services to follow at 1 p.m. at Waite and Son Funeral Home, Medina Chapel, 765 N. Court St. Cremation has taken place. Burial will be in Spring Grove Cemetery. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Hospice of Medina County, 507 Windfall Road, Medina, OH 44256. Online condolences may be left at www.waitefuneralhome.com
[Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, OH, Saturday, January 21, 2012, page B4, col. 2]
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