DUDLEY – Stella J. (Sedlacek) Beresik, 90, passed away Monday, January 19, 2015 after a period of declining health.
She leaves her husband of 68 years, Adam B. Beresik; 2 daughters, Carol A. St.Pierre and her husband Jack of Sugarloaf, PA and Judith Czernicki and her husband James of Webster; 8 grandchildren, Amy, Daniel, Christopher, Michael, Suzie and her husband Isaul, James and his wife Bonnie, Jennifer and her husband Jay, and Jill and her husband John; 8 great-grandchildren, Dylan, Bailey, Logan, Nicholas, Samantha, Matthew, Jainna and Jakub; nieces and nephews.
She was born in Dudley and raised in the Wilsonville section of Thompson, CT, the youngest of the 6 children of Filip and Valentina (Tomascin) Sedlacek. She graduated from Tourtellotte Memorial High School in North Grosvenordale in 1942 where she played on the girls’ varsity basketball team. She moved to Dudley in 1950.
Before she married, Stella was the secretary to the principal at Tourtellotte High. She worked as a clerk at the A & P and at Montgomery Ward Company. Her main occupation was raising her family and being a homemaker. She was a member of the former Saint Anthony’s Women’s Club. She and her husband loved camping and resided in Maine from May to October for 25 years. She also enjoyed sewing. Her husband Adam was talented at woodworking and Stella took up painting to decorate his wood creations. Their specialty was making wooden toaster tongs.
The funeral will be held Saturday, January 31, at 11:00 AM in St. Anthony of Padua Church, 24 Dudley Hill Road (please meet at the church). There are no calling hours. Arrangements are under the direction of Scanlon Funeral Service, 38 East Main St.,Webster.