Amelia Wojchick

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Amelia Mary “Mickey” Wojchick, 84, a resident of Orlando for the past 25 years and formerly of Brattleboro, Vt., died Saturday morning, June 10, 2006, at Vitas Health Care of Central Florida in Orlando, following a period of declining health.

Mrs. Wojchick was born in Hinsdale, N.H., on Sept. 13, 1921, the daughter of Peter and Pelagia (Malinowski) Bokum. She was raised and educated in Hinsdale, attending Hinsdale High School.

She had been employed for the former H. Margolin Co. in Brattleboro, retiring after 31 years of dedicated service to the company when the business closed. Following retirement she moved to Central Florida.

Mrs. Wojchick was a longtime communicant of St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church in Brattleboro.

She enjoyed working outside in her flower gardens and time shared with her family, especially her grandchildren.

On Jan. 13, 1940, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Hinsdale, she was married to Joseph Wojchick. Her husband of 57 years predeceased her in May of 1997.

Survivors include a son, Edward Wojchick and his wife Sherrill of Orlando; a daughter, Donna Hood and her husband Richard Jr. of Hinsdale; five sisters, Florence Dostal and Pauline Devlin, both of Northampton, Mass., Clara Shea of Hatfield, Mass., Edna Deluzio of Keene, N.H., and Helen Roy of Hinsdale; two brothers, Joseph Bokum of Hinsdale and Fred Bokum of Dummerston, Vt.; seven grandchildren, Amy Hemlow, Jaimie Hood, Dawn Montenieri, Joey Hood, Michelle Dunkel, Mark Wojchick and Shannon Vacarro; 10 great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

She was predeceased by five brothers, Raymond, Leo, John, Henry and Peter Bokum, Jr., two half-brothers Chester Bokum and Ted Bokum, and half-sister, Irene Capen.

The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, June 23, at 10 a.m. at St. Michael's Catholic Church on Walnut Street. Burial will follow in the Wojchick family lot in Pine Grove Cemetery in Hinsdale.

Friends are invited to call at the Atamaniuk Funeral Home on Thursday, June 22, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Memorial contributions in Mrs. Wojchick's name may be made to Brattleboro Area Hospice, 191 Canal St., Brattleboro, VT 05301.

Arrangements are under the direction of the ATAMANIUK FUNERAL HOME.u