BERTIE LOU BELICZKY
BERTIE LOU BELICZKY
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Mike Wright
March 29, 2010
Dear Lou and Family,
I learned of Bert's passing just this morning. I never had the pleasure of meeting her, but she must have been an extraordinary woman. Lou is one of the genuine heros of union health and safety, and I doubt that he could have done all he did for working people without Bert's love and support.
Bertie Lou with Grandchildren
March 28, 2010
Bertie Lou at Nicole's Wedding '09
March 28, 2010
Steve Sallman
March 28, 2010
Dear Lou and Family,
I just learned of Bert’s passing, please accept my deepest sympathy. The benefits of being a member of the United Rubber Workers union are many, but none can compare to friendship I received from Bert and Lou. Bert was a very fun and special lady who could beat Lou in all forms of gambling – I will miss talking with her over the phone. Enjoy the many memories she leaves with you.
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Larry Sprague
March 27, 2010
Mark,
Your Mom was a fine and generous spirit. Fiesty too. I know she will be missed. I send you, Cindy, the kids, your father, Lou and your siblings my condolences.
Mark Beliczky
March 26, 2010
Bertie Lou Griffith Beliczky
A Eulogy
Mark Beliczky
March 24, 2010
Henry I, King of England, Judith, Princess of France, Matilda Countess of France and Queen of England, Sir Richard Pounceforth, William Danvers, William Tracy, Denton Beeman , Keziah Melzina Tracey, Winnifred Wells, Walter H. Williams, and William A. Griffith all have something in common -- all related and somehow, directly or indirectly, influenced the life of Bertie Lou Griffith Beliczky. Many of these names were the names we heard at the kitchen table and at holidays, and their places in history stimulated my mother’s intellectual curiosity as well as ours and her research continues on today -- and we thank her.
Our mother was quite willing to take on adventures, and with a great sense of determination -- with apparently little consideration to being outside her comfort zone. This may have all started when here parents packed up the whole family during the late depression and decided they were going to move from Marshallville, Ohio to California. Well they made it. Mom attended Compton Junior College, but the pull of Buckeye State was just too much (like it is for many people here today). They returned and my mother never again resided outside of the state of Ohio. But she continued on her life’s adventure. She fell in love with and married a dashing young United States Marine who served with the 1st Marines in Okinawa and China in WWII (our Dad Lou Beliczky) and at that time a graduate student at Kent State University. Well, like a good Catholic family, children started arriving in rapid succession: Stephanie, Stephen, Mark and Claudia -- and all about one year apart. More adventures for Mom as they then packed up and moved to Cleveland for her first “urban living experience” and she married into a family where English was the third language of choice after Hungarian and German. And just to challenge Mom’s Welsh fortitude, Dad decided to pursue his second graduate degree -- heads off to the University of Pittsburgh and Mom stays in Cleveland while tactfully and probably artfully maneuvering all the little precious pieces in her newly expanding life.
Clearly their house on the west side of Cleveland could not meet the demands of a growing family and they took to the next big adventure -- MOVING TO THE EAST SIDE to a brand new home -- 29959 Warren Rd. in Wickliffe, compliments of the GI Bill. Now this is just a matter of physics -- “nature abhors a vacuum” and to take care of all the space, Ann and Roberta (Robin) join in on the adventure. Of Course, Bert and Lou thought they would move into one of those quiet, newly evolving suburban communities. But guess who moves in right next door -- Tom and Janet Holian -- more Catholics and lots more children. There on Warren Rd. , where we lived on a cul-de-sac and the houses quickly filled with children. There was no need for a playground -- it was just outside the front door every day -- morning til night. The Holians stopped their adventure with 6 kids, but Bert and Lou felt that if they could get an addition, well -- we’ll see, and then our little Monica joins the fray.
Mom was not only engaged in managing and leading the family, but she took a very active role in the community. As a cub scout den mother ( and why would she choose to also do this with 7 kids at home -- that was Mom) I recall that she was fascinated by the US space program and thought she would hand-make astronaut outfits for all cub scouts in her den and somehow she got them all done, marched them on stage just in the nick of time (with silver spray paint all through her hair and on her hands) and they won first prize. She was just a little competitive. Or, I recall that she really wanted to see Disney’s Fantasia at the movie theatre and wanted to take all the kids, but my father was traveling that weekend and we had only one car. So in late winter on a Saturday afternoon, we were all dressed in our nice clothes, winter coats and boots and we marched and marched... from Wickliffe to downtown Willoughby ( and yesterday Braeden and I clocked it and it was 4.4 miles). We made it to see the movie (one candy each) and I finally felt my feet when when the movie credits started to roll. So, while there was no plan and little preparation, there was a clear objective, shear determination, passion and a focus on positive outcomes -- this got us there and back and there and back in more ways than we could have imagined. Moving on, none of us can likely recall the countless hours that Mom also spent shuttling us to and from school, sports practices and games, music lessons (violins, french horns, trombones, voice, saxaphones, flute, and trumpet) paper routes, work, band and choir competitions and concerts and on and on -- Thank you Mom.
Mom also delighted in joining us on our family adventures in the wilds of Canada -- fishing , hiking, canoeing, shooting, camping out, enjoying the wilderness experience, and something she talked about throughout her life. In addition, we had a big family vacation traveling by station wagon and pop-up camper from Cleveland to Montreal to see Expo ‘67 and then off to Nova Scotia, the Bay of Fundy and back. Her travels continued with trips to New York City with my father and friends where she would return to tell stories of the wonderment of Broadway and the theatre -- never in a boastful way, but in the joy of experiencing what was, for her, this new and invigorating “urban wilderness.” She then heads off to Europe with my father for her first overseas trip where she, literally, gains a “world view” and then shares with all of us stories of museums, castles, Lipizzaners, lattes and torts.
Mom also became an accomplished bowler, enjoyed making ceramics, played cards and games with family and friends, a music lover of almost all types, and was an NRA certified sharp-shooter. She was also passionate with her work as a teacher’s aide in the Wickliffe school system with a focus on learning disabilities and also volunteered at the Wikki Community Center.
The simple things in life gave have her such great pleasure: driving our tractor on visits to Maryland, canoe rides, a warm, fresh berry pie with ice cream (of course), an old black and white movie, listening to Placido Domingo singing Mozart arias in German, picnics, landing a salmon, her many dogs and cats, a good book, the family Holidays, a parade, and her seven children, 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Her gifts to all us are innumerable, but most importantly -- they are almost all present here, in this church today.
As Bertie Lou Griffith Beliczky was so fond of her Welsh heritage, I would like to share a verse from a Welsh poem, Suo Gan (“See ah oo Gan”):
Do not fear the sound, it’s a breeze
Brushing leaves against the door.
Do not dread the murmuring seas,
Lonely waves washing the shore.
Sleep, there is nothing here,
While in slumber you’ve reached the crest
Angles smiling, have no fear,
Holy angels guard your rest.
Welsh
Anonymous
Helen McGrane
March 23, 2010
Frank, Bobby and I send our deepest sympathy to the Beliczky family. We know how deeply Ann and her family loved Bertie, and that she will be so missed. Our prayers and thoughts are with you all at this time.
March 22, 2010
Monica,
I'm so sorry to hear about your mom. My prayers are with you and your family.
Barb Gray
March 21, 2010
To Lou and family,
Our deepest condolences at the loss of Bert. She has a beautiful legacy of a wonderful family. We know you share fond memories.
Sue & Dave Hyatt (Cuy. Falls, OH)
Fr. Joseph A. Goebel
March 21, 2010
Lou.... My deep sympathy and prayer for your wife. I am in California right now, but will pray on Wed. for her and for you. Hope to see you soon again at a reunion. God bless you. Fr. Joe Goebel
March 21, 2010
Monica,
Thinking of you and your family. May you comfort each other and cling to the good memories. Sue Hess (Matt's sister) Garrettsville, OH
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