Eleanor M. Sulecki Baginski

Eleanor M. Sulecki Baginski, age 89, passed away Saturday evening, May 19, 2012, at the Golden Living Center. She resided in Erie. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio April 22, 1923, daughter of the late John and Sophia Chobowski Sulecki. She is survived by her children, Alice C. Giacomelli and her husband, William, of Ada, Mich., and Rosemary Dunsmore and her husband, Robert, of Harbor Creek Twp., Pa.; her brothers, Raymond Sulecki and his wife, Mildred, of Erie, and Norbert Sulecki and his wife, Rita, of Erie; and her sisters, Valerie Puza and Clara Kemmler, both of Erie. She is also survived by her grandchildren: Joseph Snyder and his wife Cheryll, Douglas Giacomelli and his wife Lisa, Jennifer DiDomenico and her husband Robert, Melissa Fuller and her husband Matt, and Ashleigh Somtheimer and her husband Adam; her great-grandchildren: Conner, Solair Sheryl, Alexa, Timothy, Nicholas, Alex, Ashton, and Joshua; and her sisters-in-law, Connie Sulecki and Dorothy Sulecki. Eleanor was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Baginski; a daughter, Alexandra "Sandy" Snyder; a granddaughter, Vicki Ann Jones; and three brothers, Robert and Richard Sulecki and Brother Berard Sulecki O.F.M. She was a longtime member of St. Casimir Church where she sang in the choir, was a member of the St. Casimir Moms Club and was a member of the St. Casimir Senior Citizens. Eleanor worked part-time at the Desser Bakery and worked at the American Meter Works during World War II. She enjoyed Bingo and Pinochle and was an avid Scrabble player. Eleanor was very involved in her grandchildrens' lives. Friends may call at the Mark G. Razanauskas Funeral Home, 701 East Avenue, Erie, Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. where a prayer service will be conducted Wednesday morning at 11:30 followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Casimir Church at Noon. Memorials may be made to the John Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation, 130 West 8th Street, Suite 216, Erie, PA 16501.