After a hard-fought battle with several health problems, Janina, “Jeannie”, Czapelska , 81, of Union, New Jersey passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2020 while in Home Hospice Care. Ten months after her husband, Antoni, died.
Jeannie was born on July 26, 1939 to Adela and Stanislaw Uchmanowicz in Kozowa, Poland. Jeannie married Antoni on August 3, 1963. After their marriage, Jeannie and Antonio came to the United States and settled in Newark “the Ironbound.” She moved to Union in 1982.
Jeannie worked for the RCA Company in Harrison, New Jersey and Chase Chemical Company in Newark, New Jersey. She retired in 1995.
Jeannie truly lived life to the fullest and talents were many, great cook, loved working in her garden planting flowers and vegetables, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and community volunteer. She enjoyed going on cruises and watching her grandchildren participate in sporting events.
She was a spiritual woman, generous with her time and involved in many church activities. She will be deeply missed by her friends, family and all who knew her.
Jeannie is survived by her two sons, Les and George. She is also survived by her brother Adam, his wife Maria and their children Ewa and her husband John and their kids Peter and James and Anna, grandchildren Courtney and her husband Christian, Kevin, Hannah and Alexandra. Preceded in death by her sister Czeslawa Szafranska.
Jeannie was a member at St. Casimir’s Roman Catholic Church in Newark from the day she came to the United States until her death.
Family, friends and others whose lives Jeannie touched are invited to the McCracken Funeral Home, 1500 Morris Avenue, Union, New Jersey between 5-9 p.m. on Thursday, September 10, 2020.
A funeral service is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Friday, September 11, 2020 at Saint Casimir’s Roman Catholic Church, 91 Pulaski Street, Newark, New Jersey. Interment to follow at Holy Cross, North Arlington.
Please join the family for the after-funeral repast at 12:30 at La Venere, 614 Schuyler Avenue, North Arlington, New Jersey.
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