MICHNO, Józefa - April 23rd, 1922 - March 11th, 2022
Although our hearts are filled with gratitude for the gift of her life, it is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Józefa Michno (nee: Horbacewicz).
She died peacefully at Extedicare Long-Term Care Home in Oshawa on March 11, 2022, in her 100th year of life.
Józefa was a loving mother to her daughter Teresa (Antoni Kuziomko) and Jim (Barbara Bialy).
She was a beloved grandmother to her four grandchildren – Linda (Ted Kucharski), Tommy (Amelia), Adam (Blair), Nick (Michelle); her seven great-grandchildren – Christopher (Allison), Alexandra, Victoria, Emily, Dylan, Frazer, and Charlie, and one great-great grandson Hogan.
Józefa is survived by her brother Czeslaw (Zofia), and many nieces and nephews in Canada, along with relatives in Poland, Australia and the United States.
Born in Tarasowo, Poland, Józefa lived through deportation to slave labour in Germany, four years in a Displaced Persons’ Camp and emigration to the Brazilian wilderness before settling in Oshawa in 1958 with her family.
She was predeceased by her husband Franciszek Michno; parents, Józef and Konstancja Horbacewicz; her sisters Bronislawa (Alfons Suchto); Weronika (Julian Dobranowski); Jadwiga (Wladyslaw Moskalewicz); her brother Jan Horbacewicz (Helena).
From among her many qualities, family, neighbours and friends often commented on Józefa’s generosity, her hospitality, her forthrightness and her flair for bringing humour to life events.
However, Józefa’s most cherished legacy is her children and their families.
She always made her family her first priority. This care and solicitude she extended also to her extended family members – those near and far.
Her family is grateful to the staff at Extendicare who cared for Józefa with kindness, and respect for the final years of her life, and to Dr. Fung, her family doctor prior to that.
Family and Friends may call at the ARMSTRONG FUNERAL HOME 124 King Street East, Oshawa for visitation on Tuesday March 15, 2022 from 7pm until 9pm, with a rosary service and eulogies at 7 pm.
The funeral mass will be held at St. Hedwig’s Roman Catholic Church 411 Olive Street, Oshawa on Wednesday March 16, 2022, at 1:30pm. Masks are mandatory while visiting the funeral home as well as the church.
Interment to follow the funeral mass at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery Whitby.
In lieu of flowers, if desired, donations in memory of Józefa are appreciated to the renovation fund at St. Hedwig’s Church or the Alzheimer’s Society.
To place online condolences, please visit armstrongfh.ca .
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