Grace Lesinski Obituary
Grace M. Lesinski passed away on October 4, 2025, to reunite with husband, John. They were married 61 years until John's passing on January 26, 2016.
Grace was preceded in death by her parents, John and Irene Nowakowski, sister, and brother-in-law, Alice (Lawrence) Nowaczyk and in-laws, Leo and Martha Lesinski. Loving mother of #1 Barbara (Richard) Daley, #2 Doreen Kieffer, #3 Carolyn (Gregory) Blohowiak and #4 JoAnn (David) Schmitz.
Grandchildren Amy (Chris) Freiman, John (Ben) Kieffer, Daniel (Emily) Kieffer, Emily Genovese (Andrea Paniagua), Abby (Andrew) Brace, Trevor (Ashley Williams) Blohowiak and great grandchildren Landon, Logan, Grayson, Malia and Leo will miss her greatly. Step grandchildren are Megan, Carl and Tish Daley. Step great grandchildren include Lark, Leni, Nick, Adley, Oliver and Oaklynn.
Also survived by nieces and nephew, long-time friends Ken and Joyce Wesley and other dear friends made along the way.
Family was most important and because of John's hard work, Grace was able to be a stay-at-home mom while the girls were young before joining the work force.
Neither Grace nor John were world travelers and spent 35 years camping at Bear Lake and many state parks in Wisconsin.
Besides being with family, Grace enjoyed her flowers, knitting, stitching, reading and dominating the family Packer pool the past several years. She also enjoyed many family pets and grandpets, most of which came from shelters such as HAWS.
Visitation will be held at HOLY APOSTLES CATHOLIC CHURCH, 16000 W. National Ave. New Berlin on Saturday, October 25, 2025, from 10:00 AM until time of the Mass of Christian Burial at Noon. She will be interred at Holy Apostles Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials appreciated to:
Angel's Grace Hospice
N74W35908 Servants Way
Oconomowoc, WI 53066
And
HAWS
701 Northview Road
PO Box 834
Waukesha, WI 53187-0834
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
Church & Chapel Funeral Service Serving the Family
Milw. 262-827-0659 Wauk. 262-549-0659
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