OBITUARY
Loretta A. Laucis
January 3, 1922 – August 25, 2019
IN THE CARE OF
Kuiper Funeral Home
LORETTA A LAUCIS
AKA (RECIA)
(1-3-1922/8-25-2019)
BORN 1/3/22 IN SOUTH CHICAGO
LORETTA WAS ONE OF 8 CHILDREN OF FELIX & FRANCIS ZIELASKOWSKI
LORETTA HAD 4 BROTHERS , EDWARD , ALFRED, BENEDICT & RAYMOND
3 SISTERS, CLARA, LIGOURIA, &, ESTHER
AT AGE 15 LORETTA LEFT SCHOOL AND HELPED CARE FOR HER INVALID MOTHER WHILE SUPPORTING A VERY POPULAR FAMILY BAKERY BUSINESS IN EAST CHICAGO , IN
LATER WHILE EMPLOYED AT INLAND STEEL IN EAST CHICAGO LORETTA MET AND FELL IN LOVE WITH HER FUTURE HUSBAND JOHN LAUCIS.
THEY MARRIED 04/12/1947 AND INITIALLY THEY RESIDED IN EAST CHICAGO UNTIL MOVING TO 3927 JEWETT ST. HIGHLAND IN 1955 . WHERE THEY RAISED 2 SONS, TERRY AND WAYNE
LORETTA WAS A MEMBER OF OUR LADY OF GRACE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN HIGHLAND SINCE 1955. LORETTA WAS A DEDICATED CUB SCOUT DEN MOTHER IN THE LATE 1960s and HELPED HER SISTER AS AN EMPLOYEE OF DAIRY ISLE, AN ICE CREAM SHOPPE IN EAST CHICAGO
LORETTA HAS 5 GRANDCHILDREN, AMY & JASON with TERRY & CLAUDIA LAUCIS JOHNNY with TERRY & TERRY LYNN LAUCIS, LINDSEY & NIKKI with WAYNE & LAURA LAUCIS
AFTER JOHN’S PASSING IN 1995 LORETTA REMAINED IN HIGHLAND UNTIL SHE MOVED TO A NEW HOUSE AT 10875 E. 500 N. GROVERTOWN, IN 2005
SHE REMAINED THERE UNTIL HER FAMILY FOUND A WONDERFUL FACILITY IN 2013, THE CATHERINE KASPER NURSING HOME IN DONALDSON, INDIANA WHERE SHE ENJOYED MAKING MANY FRIENSHIPS WITH RESIDENTS, NURSES AND NUNS. SHE WAS LOVED BY ALL.
SHE FOUND OUT SHE HAD A TALENT FOR WATERCOLOR PAINTING AND PRODUCED WORKS OF ART ALMOST WEEKLY. SHE LOVED DOING WORDSEARCH BOOKS IN HER SPARE TIME AND VISITING ANYBODY IN NEED WITH A KIND WORD, ,JOKE OR A PRAYER.
LORETTA WAS A LOVING MOM , GRANDMA , WIFE, SISTER, AUNT, COUSIN TO A VERY LARGE FAMILY. SHE WAS NICKNAMED “RECIA” OR “DOLLY” SHE LOVED TO SING AND DO THE POLKA ESPECIALLY AT NUMEROUS POLISH WEDDINGS. SHE WAS EXTREMELY RELIGIOUS AND DEVOUT CATHOLIC. SHE HAD A SPECIAL PLACE IN HER HEART FOR EVERYONE SHE MET AND WAS LOVED BY ALL. SHE WILL BE DEARLY MISSED BUT A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW TO LIVE YOUR LIFE.
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