Mildred Lucille Krotky

1921 - 2017

Mildred Lucille Krotky 1921-2017
Together Again
Of Massillon, after 95 years on God's earth, passed on to join her family and friends on Sunday, March 5, 2017.
Services will be held on Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at Calvary Baptist Church in Massillon with Pastor Tim Mishler officiating. Friends may call one hour prior to services at the church on Thursday. Burial will be in West Lawn Cemetery in Mt. Eaton at 2:00 pm. following a church luncheon. Online condolences and guest book registry are available at www.spidellfuneralhome.com
Memorial contributions may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 11616 Sinclair St., S.W., Massillon, OH 44647 or Mt. Eaton Community Church, Box 198, Mt. Eaton, OH 44659.
She was born on the family farm near Kidron on September 2, 1921 to the late Raymond and Edna (Saurer) Graber and graduated in 1939 from Dalton High School. She married Russell Krotky on November 22, 1941 and he died December 3, 1991. During WWII she worked in war production at Tyson's in Massillon, while her husband served in the army in Australia and New Guinea.
Mildred was a homemaker who enjoyed caring for her family; gardening and tending her flowers; playing cards; participating in church activities, including cooking steak suppers and funeral dinners. She was an accomplished seamstress and assisted “Russ” for many years with the operation of the Brewster trap shoots by serving food and her famous pies. She loved family dinners and gatherings and was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a member of the former St. Paul United Church of Christ in Mt. Eaton and was currently attending Calvary Baptist Church in Moffitt Heights.
Surviving are a daughter, Diana (Bob) Woodruff of Dalton; sons, Kenneth (Bobbie) Krotky of Dalton and Rodney (Barbara) Krotky of Dundee. She was blessed with one grandson, Kevin (Amber) Krotky of Beach City and three granddaughters, Heather Woodruff of London, England; Lisa (Ronald) Wascherle of Elizabethtown, Ky.; and Amanda Helmick of Massillon. She enjoyed her five great-grandchildren, Ryan and Emily Wascherle, and Kylee, Kelsie and Owen Helmick. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a sister. Her family and friends will miss her.
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