Barbara Ann Sulkowski

1930 - 2023

Barbara Ann Sulkowski obituary, 1930-2023, Plymouth, MI

Barbara Ann Sulkowski

1930 - 2023

BORN

1930

DIED

2023

Barbara Sulkowski Obituary

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Barbara Ann Sulkowski, age 93 of Plymouth passed away on October 29, 2023.  She was born on March 8, 1930 in Detroit, Michigan and lovingly raised by her parents, the late Julia B. (née Carsten) and F. Richard Wren.

Barbara is the beloved and devoted wife of Louis Truesdell.  She is pre-deceased by her first husband, Edward Z. Sulkowski.  Barbara is the loving mother of Ann Sulkowski, and Mark (Susan) Sulkowski; proud grandmother of Jennifer (Yuri) Pool, Cody Sulkowski, Julia Marsh and David Marsh, and great-grandmother of Finna and Sutton Pool.

Barbara is also survived by James (Denise) Truesdell and family, David (Mary Anne) Truesdell and family, and Lynn (Philip) Millward and family.

Barbara has many lifelong friends and neighbors in Plymouth, and leaves behind her team of loving caregivers and friends, Brendalee Cooper, Alice Sbonek, Carol Makins, Kathleen Spencer, Bernadine Hillman, D. J. Wallace, Sherry Underwood, Donna Coppola, and Gloria Hernandez, and many talented and gentle Home Hospice nurses.

A Committal Service will take place at Riverside Cemetery in Plymouth on Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 2:00 P.M.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Schrader-Howell Funeral Home

280 S. Main St., Plymouth, MI 48170

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