Lena J. Haligowski Augustine

Mrs. Lena J. Degatana Haligowski Augustine, 91, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, in the Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston. Family and friends are invited to meet at the Kowalski Funeral Home, (kowalskifuneralhome.com), 515 Roselle St., Linden, on Saturday, Jan. 29, at 8:30 a.m. where a funeral service will be held at 9 a.m. followed by the Funeral Mass to be offered at St. Theresa's R.C. Church, Linden, at 10 a.m. Interment will be in St. Gertrude's Cemetery, Colonia. Visitation is on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Please send condolences to SharingGrief@aol.com. Born in Elizabeth, Mrs. Augustine resided in Roselle Park for 20 years, followed by Linden for 70 years. She was a clerical worker for National Health Laboratories in Mountainside for 12 years, retiring in 1992. Over 50 years ago, Mrs. Augustine, along with her late husband, Walter Haligowski, was a founding charter member of the Linden Volunteer Ambulance Corps. and its auxiliary. She served as the auxiliary's president for several years. Mrs. Augustine was also a past commander of the DAV George H. Keller Chapter No. 14 Ladies Auxiliary, Rahway. During the 1960s she was honored as the State of New Jersey Citizen of the Year and, in 2003, Mrs. Augustine was the Linden Senior Citizen of the Year. She was predeceased by her husbands, Walter Haligowski (1960) and Andrew Augustine (1979). Mrs. Augustine is survived by her daughters, Linda M. Augustine and her husband, Henry Augustine, and Patricia Zezza and her husband, Richard Zezza, her step-sons, Andrew Augustine and Robert Augustine and her three grandchildren, Richard, Joseph and Nicole Zezza.