Pauline (Skrobat) Raczkiewicz Died on July 3, 1990

Pauline Raczkiewicz (my grandmother) died on July 3, 1990 In Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was given the name Apolonia Skrobot at birth in Oil City, Pennsylvania. Her parents were Wladyslaw (Walter) Skrobat and Anna nee Barszcz. The were both from the Moszczenica area of Poland with Walter coming to the US in the mid 1890s and Anna coming from Ropica Gorna in 1900. She was the oldest of 12 children, of which seven made it to adulthood. *****

Her husband Anthony passed away ten years earlier on October 31, 1980, at the age of 85. They had been married 60 years. ***** From her obituary: Pauline died on July 3, 1990, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at the age of 86. Surviving were her sons Anthony (Cecilia) and Ronald (Pamela), daughter Shirley (Roy) Longwell, 9 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren, three sisters Mary Schossler, Jane (Bill) Adams (both of Oil City, PA) and Victoria Palczewski (Grand Rapids) and a brother (Adam Scrobat) as well as several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Lorraine and grandson, Robert. ***** She was a member of the Basilica of St. Adalbert, Polish National Association and Ladies Rosary Society. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at the Basilica of St. Adalberts, Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery and visitors were received at Arsulowicz Brothers Mortuary, West at 585 Stocking Ave.