Caroline Tracz

1922 - 2014

Tracz, Caroline
Caroline Sobolewski Tracz, of Derby, age 92, passed away on December 24, 2014 at Middlesex Hospital in MIddletown. She was 92 years old and died peacefully in the company of her family. She was the beloved wife of the late Peter C. Tracz who predeceased her in 1989. Caroline was born in New Haven on August 2, 1922 the daughter of John and Sophie Sobolewski and was one of twelve children. She attended St. Stanislaus School and was employed by Winchester Repeating Arms Company in New Haven before her marriage. She was a former resident of Derby for over 60 years and a resident of Gladeview Health Care in Old Saybrook for the last six years. She was a member of St. Michael Church in Derby, the Polish Falcons of America Nest #208 and the St. Michael's Ladies Guild. She and her husband loved to listen and dance the Polka and followed many Polka bands. Caroline leaves three children, Caroline Tracz of Ivoryton, Lorraine Matusovich of Bristol and Kenneth P. Tracz and his wife Alison of Cheshire, CT. She was the proud grandmother of six grandchildren, Jeffrey, Joseph, Bonnie, David, Philip and Claudine and nine great-grandchildren, Jeremy, Darby, Derrick, David, Joseph, Jake, Grace, Sophie and Lola. She is also survived by her two sisters Bernice Paprocki and Branford and Josephine Anderson of Fairfield and one brother, John Sobolewski of West Haven. Besides her husband, she was predeceased by five sisters, Jane Wiatrak, Frances Ferraro, Jessie Rice, Helen Prusski, Victoria Sobolewski and three brothers, Frank Sobolewski, Stanley Sobolewski and Joseph Sobolewski. Friends may greet the family on Monday from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. at the Edward F. Adzima Funeral Home, 253 Elizabeth St., Derby. Her funeral procession will leave the funeral home on Monday at 10:30 a.m. for a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 a.m. at St. MIchael Church. Her burial will follow at St. Michael Cemetery. Donations may be made to St. Michael/St. Mary School Fund, 14 Seymour Avenue, Derby CT 06418. Friends may leave condolences at www.adzimafh.com.