Marie Evelyn Guziejka

Marie Evelyn Guziejka retired City of Lowell Crossing Guard, 88 Lowell Marie Evelyn (Broadbent) Guziejka, 88, of the Belvidere section of Lowell, died Tuesday morning September 9, 2008 at Wingate at Lowell. She was the wife of the late Mitchell S. Guziejka, Sr., who died July 30, 1990. Born in Lowell, May 7, 1920, the daughter of the late Francis J. and the late Marie Alice (Clement) Broadbent, she attended Lowell Schools and was a graduate of Lowell High School in the class of 1938. She then attended Lowell Commercial College. She was a communicant of the Immaculate Conception Church for many years. She held membership in the Blessed Virgin Sodality of her parish, the League of Catholic Women, the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, and as an active member of the Seton Guild. Mrs. Guziejka was one of the first women to be a Lowell Police Traffic Crossing Guard. She protected generations of children at High St. and Andover St., then at High St. and East Merrimack St. and later at Andover St. and Douglas Road. Following her retirement, she was a Recess Aide at the Peter W. Reilly Elementary School. And later, a volunteer at the Belvidere Precinct Station for the Lowell Police. In addition, she was a member of the City of Lowell Election Commission, and a Precinct Voting Warden at the High Street Fire Station. Mrs. Guziejka is survived by two sons Mitchell S. Guziejka, Jr. and his wife Barbara of Lowell, their family Mitchell S. Guziejka, III and wife Kathryn and daughters Emma and Charlotte all of Dunstable, and Maryalice Cook and husband Michael and son Nolan all of Lowell; and Mark F. Guziejka and his wife Patricia of Andover with whom she resided, their family Matthew J. Guziejka and his fiance Lauren Catalogno and Adam M. Guziejka all of Andover; a daughter Marie E. Socha and her family of NH; and a sister Dorothy G. Benoit of Lowell. She was also the sister of the late Frances A. Simpson-Sylvia. GUZIEJKA Friends may call at the O'DONNELL FUNERAL HOME, 276 PAWTUKET ST. at Fletcher from 10 to 12 NOON Thursday. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at the IMMACUALATE CONCEPTION CHURCH on Thursday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock. Burial in St. Mary Cemetery in North Tewksbury. Those wishing, may make contributions in her memory to the St. Vincent de Paul Society at the Immaculate Conception Church, 3 Fayette St. Lowell, MA 01852. E-condolence/directions at www.odonnellfuneralhome.com, Arrangements by Funeral Directors James F. O'Donnell, Jr. and John W. Crane (978 or 866) 458-8768.