Theresa Elizabeth Olsavicky

Olsavicky, Theresa Elizabeth
Theresa Elizabeth (Congelio) Olsavicky, 94, passed away peacefully, Tuesday, September 30th, 2014, with her daughter Sue Ann and long-time caregiver Anna at her side. A sister, wife, mother, grandmother, world-traveler, master kitchen organizer, and owner of Eddie's Fruit Basket, where she was an employer to hundreds in Uniontown, PA she spent the past ten years enjoying the grand life living in Arizona. Theresa was one of five children born to Luis and Susan Lazaran Congelio. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Eddie; and brothers Frank and Louie. She is survived by sisters: Millie Shipley and Madeline Allman; children: Sue Ann Olsavicky and husband Robert Hicks (Goodyear, AZ), Virginia and husband Michael Moszkowicz (Mendon, NY), John and wife Camille DeCarlo (Uniontown, PA), Edward, Jr. and wife Carol, and granddaughters, Laura and Rachel, (West Chester, PA). Married in 1944 to Edward L. Olsavicky, Sr., Theresa was first and foremost a mother to Sue Ann, Ginny, John, and Eddie Jr. Later, becoming a doting grandmother to Laura and Rachel, enjoying her "baby breaks" when the girls would visit Eddie's Fruit Basket. Theresa could be a firm employer, but helped instill strong work ethics in hundreds of local high school and college students working at the produce market and delivering tens of thousands of fruit baskets throughout 50 years of business from 1948-1998. Theresa was also a leader in her community. She served as President of St Therese de Lisieux Roman Catholic Church Altar Society and Regent, Vice Regent and District Deputy of the Catholic Daughters Court No 505 and was the President of the Soroptimist International of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. In her final years, she continued her active lifestyle, living in a house she loved in the "Valley of the Sun," tending her fig tree, feeding the quail and later managing her "ladies in waiting" who assisted her. She will be remembered as a loving mother, baking bunny rabbit birthday cakes, late night sleep-overs with her granddaughters, and a whirlwind of energy keeping everyone at Eddie's on their toes. Memorial donations may be made to Uniontown Public Library, Uniontown, PA. A mass of Christian Burial was held 7 October with internment in Saint Mary Cementery, Uniontown, PA. Arrangements by Thomas M. Dolfi Funeral Home Uniontown, PA