She was born on January 5, 1933, in Forest City, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Stanley and Helen (Zalesky) Morosky. Theresa was one of 5 children growing up in a small coal mining town. Her parents made sure to teach the importance of their Polish heritage. She was surrounded by a large family network of grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins on both the Morosky and Zalesky sides. After graduating from Forest City High School in 1950, Theresa worked as a seamstress in Carbondale and Forest City.
Theresa was attending a Polish church hall family dance when her future husband, Robert (Bob) Beautz, crashed the event with a friend. According to Bob, he saw the most beautiful girl in a blue dress sitting on the side of the dance floor and he couldn’t resist asking her to dance. They began dating which was complicated by the fact that Bob was in the Air Force working out of New York. Bob traveled back on weekends to visit her whenever he could. Bob and Theresa got married on July 19, 1958 in Forest City, Pennsylvania, soon after Bob received orders for his new post in England. After a honeymoon in Canada, Bob left for England, and she continued working while he was away.
Upon his return in 1960, they loaded up their Renault Dauphine and headed to Wichita Falls, Texas for Bob’s next assignment at Sheppard AFB. From 1960 to 1970, Theresa and Bob lived on base at Sheppard AFB as the family grew with the births of their three sons. In 1970, they transferred again to Chanute AFB in Rantoul, Illinois. During this next decade Theresa and the boys were able to travel throughout the continental U.S. with Bob, taking many vacations to visit different parts of the country. When Bob retired from the Air Force in 1979, the family made a final move to Rockville, Maryland, where Theresa was able to settle in her long-term home.
Theresa enjoyed her grandchildren and was able to be an active part of their lives. She had a love/hate relationship with baking but strived to make Polish Potica annually (because her children and grandchildren insisted). She also loved to travel especially to the Caribbean and Aruba. Bob and Theresa always planned an annual beach vacation around their anniversary.
Theresa was preceded in death by her brothers, Michael, Milfred, and Hubert. She is survived by her husband, Bob, her children, Bryan (Teresa), Martin (Beth), and Patrick (Sharon), her sister Dorothy, and grandchildren Robert, Scott, Nicole, Sarah (Holden Hegmann), Claire, Jack, and Michael. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews and extended family. She will be interred at a later date in Arlington National Cemetery.
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