Huron County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kucharczyk “Cook”, Bertha F. (Klama) September 29, 2009
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Thursday, October 1, 2009 HURON DAILY TRIBUNE 
Bertha F.  Kucharczyk “Cook” (Bertha Klama) 
June 8, 1912 - September 29, 2009
Mrs.  Bertha F.  Kucharczyk “Cook”, 97, of Marlette, and formerly of 
Parisville, passed away Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at the Marlette Extended 
Care Facility.   She was born June 8, 1912 in Parisville to the late Frederick 
and Caroline (Mazure) Klama.   She married Sylvester Salowitz June 5, 1937 at 
St.  Mary Catholic Church in Parisville.   He preceded her in death March 16, 
1954.   She then married Ernest Kucharczyk May 5, 1962, at St.  John Catholic 
Church in Ubly.   He preceded her in death March 7, 1987.   Bertha was an 
eighth-grade graduate of St.  Mary Catholic Elementary School.   She moved to 
the Detroit area in 1938.   She worked for Packard Motor Car Company and 
Mechanical Handling Systems until she moved back to Parisville in 1947.   She 
worked at General Cable in Cass City for a few years, and Al’s Restaurant in 
Harbor Beach for 10 years.   She was a lifelong parishioner of St.  Mary 
Catholic Church in Parisville, where she was also a lifelong member of the 
Rosary Sodality.   Bertha was a member of the Bad Axe and Parisville Senior 
Citizens.  She enjoyed gardening, quilting, baking, dancing, needlework, dogs 
and teddy bears, and playing the harmonica, concertina and accordion.

Bertha is survived by four daughters: Irene Schmidt and her husband, James of 
Ubly; Beatrice Martinez of Milan; Susie Wiesner and her special friend, Eugene 
Booms of Harbor Beach; Marlene Kolomak and her husband, Elliot “Butch” of 
Marlette; step-daughter, Marlene Kucharczyk of Mayville; nine grandchildren; 18 
great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Phyllis 
Salowitz of Warren.   She was preceded in death by two children, Leonard 
Salowitz and Lorraine Kucharczyk; four grandchildren; her siblings: Agnes 
Pfaff, Joseph Klama, Josephine Slavick, Gertrude Guza, Martha Glaza, Peter, 
Aloisy and Frank Klama.   

Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m.  Saturday, October  3, 2009 at St.  Mary 
Catholic Church in Parisville.   The Rev.  Stanley Surman and the Rev.  Donald 
Eppenbrock will officiate.  Burial will be in the St.  John Catholic Cemetery 
in Ubly.   Visitation will be from 1 to 9 p.m.  Friday at Zinger-Smigielski 
Funeral Home in Ubly and from 10 to 11 a.m.  Saturday at the church.   There 
will be a rosary at 3 p.m.  Friday by the St.  Mary Rosary Sodality and a 
parish vigil service at 7 p.m.   Both services will be at the funeral home.   
Memorials are requested to the Marlette Extended Care or the donor's choice.
Published: Thursday, October 1, 2009 HURON DAILY TRIBUNE 


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