Mary Smentek

Mary Smentek CHARLOTTESVILLE - Mary Smentek, a resident of Golden Living Cedars, died Jan. 30, 2009. She was 91. Born in 1917 in East Chicago, Ind., Mary was the daughter of Magdalena Romanski and Paul Yakemenko and the stepdaughter of Julius Kuliczkowski. She was preceded in death by her husband of 36 years, Walter; sisters, Jean Bucholz, Anne Lekas and Lillian Coolidge; brother, Michael Coolidge; and her friend, Wanda Butera. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Marian and John Anderfuren of Charlottesville; two grandchildren whom she loved dearly, Jay Austin Anderfuren of Norfolk and Cass Marie Anderfuren of Portsmouth; loving nieces, Dolores Farinella of Lincolnshire, Ill., and Joanne Levine of Vernon Hills, Ill.; favorite nephew, Gerald Lekas of Glenview, Ill.; along with great-nieces and -nephews; and her friends at the JC Penney Salon in Chesapeake Square. Mary was a member of Church of the Resurrection in Portsmouth. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated there at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday by the Rev. Michael Boehling. Friends may join the family at church Tuesday one hour prior to the Mass and at a reception in the church social hall following the burial. Burial will be next to her husband in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens, Suffolk. Donations may be made to Oasis Social Ministry, 1020 High St., Portsmouth, VA 23704. Foster Funeral Home, Portsmouth, is handling arrangements.