Mary Martha Kopec, 102, a former resident of Forty Fort and currently a resident of New Bern, N.C., entered into eternal rest Monday evening, April 8, 2013, at her home.
Her beloved husband was the late Stanley S. Kopec, who passed away Oct. 6, 1998. Together, Stanley and Mary shared 67 years of marriage.
Born March 5, 1911, in Port Griffith, Mary was the daughter of the late Joseph Griglock Sr. and Maria Marchalak Griglock.
Mary was raised in Port Griffith, later relocating to Murray Street in Forty Fort, where she and her husband resided for more than 50 years. Following her husband's death, Mary moved to New Bern, N.C., to be closer to her children.
A devoted homemaker, Mary spent most of her life tending to the daily needs of her home and family.
Mary was a longtime member of the former Holy Name/St. Mary's Parish Community, Swoyersville.
In addition to her parents, Joseph and Maria Griglock, and her husband, Stanley, Mary was preceded in death by her brothers, Joseph Griglock Jr., John Griglock, William Griglock and Joseph (Spike) Griglock, and her sisters, Anna Zawaski, Helen Krzywicki, Wilma Thour and Emma Johnson.
Mary is survived by her son, Jerry Kopec and his wife, Anna, New Bern, N.C.; her daughter, Carole Trabold, New Bern, N.C.; her six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson; and numerous nieces and nephews in the local area.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, which will be conducted at 9:30 a.m. Monday from Wroblewski Funeral Home Inc., 1442 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at 10 a.m. in St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, 116 Hughes St., Swoyersville, with the Rev. Joseph J. Pisaneschi, pastor, officiating.
Interment with the Rite of Committal will follow in St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Cemetery, Schooley Avenue, Exeter.
Family and friends are invited to call from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
For additional information, or to send the family an online message of condolence, you may visit the funeral home website, www.wroblewskifuneralhome.com.
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