Rev. Dr. Anthony Kosnik

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Anthony Kosnik Obituary

Name: Calling hours for Rev. Dr. Anthony Kosnik
Start: 2017-09-29T18:00:00.000Z
End: 2017-09-30T01:00:00.000Z
Location: A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors - Price Chapel

Kosnik

Rev. Dr. Anthony "Tony" passed away September 22, 2017 at age 87. He was in active ministry as a priest for the Archdiocese of Detroit for 47 years. Beloved husband of Dr. Peggy Stack for 15 years. Loving step-father of Clayton Ramseyer (Jen). Devoted Papa of Sebastian and Tori. Cherished brother of Leonard (Irene), Bernard (Louise), Anna Janowski (the late Jerry), Angeline Gaffigan (the late Patrick), Ladislaus Thaddeus (Eileen), Dorothy Stapel (Ben), the late Edmund, the late Joseph, the late John Richard, the late Florian, the late Patrick and the late Paul. Family will receive friends Friday from 2-9pm with Rosary at 7pm at A.J. Desmond and Sons Price Chapel, 3725 Rochester Rd., Troy (between Big Beaver and Wattles). 248-689-0700. Funeral Mass Saturday 11am at Our Mother of Perpetual Help Parish (Our Lady of Fatima), 13500 Oak Park Blvd, Oak Park. Visitation at church begins at 10am. Family prefers memorial tributes to The Capuchins, Marygrove College, Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Pax Christi or Manna Community Meal.

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Published by The Detroit News & Detroit Free Press on Sep. 24, 2017.

Memories and Condolences
for Anthony Kosnik

9 Entries

Tom Cyma

March 14, 2018

So sorry to hear so very late. I have the utmost respect for Tony. I was at Orchard Lake from '64-'67. He was my Professor and friend. A very fine human being. Wonderful teacher. Very kind. I will miss him. He is in a better place he deserves. Tom Cyma

Madeline Bialecki

September 30, 2017

Peggy, I am so sorry for your loss. You and your family are in my prayers.

Michael Wasielewski

September 29, 2017

We each met that one person who makes a mark in the lives of so many. Tony Kosnik is that person for so many. A kind, compassionate man who challenged people to think before judging others. A man who touched do many who were interested in being leaders in the church community. Hopefully, his thinking will be the greatest asset these people use to help others. Wieczny odpoczynek . . .

Nancyann Turner, OP

September 29, 2017

When I think of Tony, I think of what a warm, gentle and strong man and friend he was.
He was a great servant of God and a sterling example of a caring servant of the Church.
We have lost a living friend but his legacy will
live on forever. Happy Heaven, Tony...and thanks
for all you have done for the church of Detroit.

Anne & Jamie McInnis

September 27, 2017

When I think of Tony the first thing I think of is his smile, what a kind, wonderful man he was. Peggy, you and the whole Stack family are in our thoughts and prayers.

Bill Mitchell

September 27, 2017

Tony showed the way in so many respects. Not everyone can say they know the priest who presided at the marriage of their daughter AND their mother/mother-in-law but those are among the gifts Tony bestowed on Carol and me. As others have noted eloquently in these tributes, Tony provided all of us with an amazing combination of kindness, generosity, brilliance and courage. Dzikuj. You live on, Tony. Peggy and Clayton and family, we offer our deep condolences.

Lisa Benoit

September 25, 2017

My family used to visit with Father Tony as I was growing up. He and Peggy were at my parent's 50th wedding anniversary and he officiated their vow renewal. He leaves a generous legacy and will be missed. Peggy, I am sorry for your loss.

Maria Shay Griffith

September 25, 2017

Tony was woven into the fabric of our family for four decades, beginning when he became Marygrove's college chaplain, and close confidante and friend to my father, Jack Shay. He married my husband and me, and my two brothers and their wives. He baptized our children. He delivered the eulogy at my father's funeral. Our lives were each made richer and deeper and more thoughtful because of Tony. In the inevitable hard times of marriage, my husband will remind me of what Tony said at our wedding -- that it's not about the individuals in the marriage but the marriage itself. Tony quietly guided each member of my family, and I know he did so many others. I am so sorry, Peggy, for your loss. I will say that thinking of Tony and my dad together once again now brings a smile as well as some tears. Godspeed, Tony.

George Alcser

September 24, 2017

Tony was a wonderful man, an exemplary Catholic priest, an original scholar and superb theologian, a notable activist for the common good, a devoted husband, a teacher, one admired and loved by all, but best of all he was my warm and life-long friend. A man of clear principle and boundless generosity, his life was gift to all who knew and loved him. Would that the church he served, and its ministers, follow his example to bring about the presence of God among us.

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