WEBSTER – Wanda Katherine (Kosciak) Baron, 95, died Wednesday, June 3, 2015 in Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester. Her husband of almost 70 years, Charles J. Baron, died in 2014.
She leaves a son, Charles E. Baron; a daughter, Geraldine A. “Deanie” Sherry and her husband David, all of Webster; 4 grandchildren, Stephanie S. Dollar and her husband Chris of Atlanta, GA, Stacey S. Ardini and her husband Drew of Newton, Michael D. Sherry and his wife Audry of Douglas, and Kevin D. Sherry and his wife Sara Jane of Aldie, VA; 9 great-grandchildren, Baron Hayden Sherry, Caroline Theresa Sherry, Maggie Sophia Ardini, Emma Caroline Sherry, Allison Jane Ardini, Grayson Wade Dollar, Hannah Katherine Sherry, Charlotte Katherine Dollar and Jack Charles Ardini; a sister, Celia Polucha of Whitinsville; many nieces, nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by 2 brothers, Louis and Edward Kosciak and by a sister Jennie Kozak.
She was born in Worcester and raised in Uxbridge, a daughter of Stanislaw and Anna (Pilch) Kosciak. She moved to Webster in the late 1950’s. She graduated from Uxbridge High School in 1937 and the Ollis Academy in Worcester as a cosmetologist. She married Charles J. Baron on May 6, 1944 in Saint Mary’s Church in Uxbridge.
Mrs. Baron was a hairdresser for over 50 years. She worked at Gen’s Beauty Salon on School St., at Joan’s on Clark St. and at the Beauterama on East Main St., retiring in 1985.
She was a communicant of Saint Joseph Basilica. She was a former member of the Webster-Dudley Golf Course. She enjoyed crocheting and was fond of politics.
The funeral will be held Monday, June 8, from the Sitkowski & Malboeuf Funeral Home, 340 School
St., with a Mass at 10:00 AM in Saint Joseph Basilica, 53 Whitcomb Street. Burial will be in Saint Joseph Garden of Peace. Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 PM Sunday, June 7, in the funeral home. Donations in her name may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, Central MA Office, 128 Providence Street, Box 5, Worcester, MA 01604.