WALCZEWSKI- Of Chelsea, suddenly, October 6th, Clara (Strazdas). Devoted wife of the late Eugene. Devoted mother of Theresa Duggan of Wellesley, Joan Adamczyk of Georgetown and Phyllis Burke of Wellesley. Dear and loving sister of Philip Strazdas of West Newton and the late Walter and Peter Strazdas and Stella Yurkus. Cherished grandmother of Anne Marie Adamczyk and Christina Burke. Also lovingly survived by many nieces and nephews. Family and friends are kindly invited to attend a Funeral from the Smith Funeral Home, 125 Washington Avenue, CHELSEA on Tuesday morning, October 11th at 8 AM followed by a Funeral Mass celebrated in St. Stanislaus Church, 163 Chestnut Street, CHELSEA at 9 o'clock. Visiting Hours in the Smith Funeral Home on Monday from 4-8 PM. Services will conclude with interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett.
Born in Waltham and a resident of Chelsea since 1948, Clara, passed away unexpectedly at the Metro-West Medical Center in Natick at the age of 88. For the past 3 years she had been a resident of Whitney Place at Natick but still maintained her home in Chelsea.
As a girl, her family moved back to Lithuania, returning after the Great Depression, settling first in Waltham then in West Newton. For over 35 years until her retirement in 1981, Clara worked for Sears in their Boston office handling clerical issues for the company.
Thought she loved to garden and sew in her spare time, her family was her world.