Dolores (Toslin) Kozemko, 82, a resident of Wilkes-Barre and formerly of the Miners Mills section of Wilkes-Barre and Swoyersville, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, September 05, 2013, at Timber Ridge Health Care Center, Wilkes-Barre, following a brief illness.
Her husband was the late Andrew M. Kozemko, who passed away on January 16, 2006. Together, Andrew and Dolores shared 53 years of marriage.
Born on November 06, 1930, in Swoyersville, Dolores was the daughter of the late James (Tuzzolino) Toslin and Mildred (Peeler) Toslin.
Raised in Swoyersville, Dolores was a graduate of the former Swoyersville High School, Class of 1948.
Prior to her retirement, Dolores was employed for 44 years by various garment manufacturers in Wyoming Valley.
Dolores was a member of Saint Nicholas Roman Catholic Church, Wilkes-Barre.
Active within her community, Dolores was a member of the Cosmopolitan Seniors Club, the Firwood Senior Citizens Club and the Miners Mills Senior Citizens Club.
A woman of many enjoyments, Dolores greatly enjoyed going on cruises, bus trips and her “get-togethers” with her Red Hat Ladies, the “Lilies of the Valley” and the “Ramblin’ Roses.”
Dolores’ greatest love in life was for her family and friends. Her sons and grandsons meant the world to her and she regarded her daughter-in-law as the best daughter-in-law anyone could ever have. As for her friends, Dolores would often say how much her friends meant to her and how she has the best friends in the world.
In addition to her parents, James and Mildred Toslin, and her husband, Andrew, Dolores was preceded in death by her son, Barry Kozemko, Sr., who passed away on September 25, 2005; her brother, James Toslin, Jr.
Dolores is survived by her son, Mark Kozemko and his wife Yvonne, of Plains; her grandsons, Jason Kozemko and his wife Patty, of West Pittston; Ryan Kozemko and his wife, Jessica, of Plains; and Barry Kozemko, Jr.; her great-grandchildren, Ava Kozemko, Samantha and Stephanie Sepko; her sister, Marlene Griffith, of Wilkes-Barre; her nieces and nephews.
Dolores and her family would like to thank the many doctors, nurses and support staff at both Geisinger Hospital, Wilkes-Barre and Timber Ridge Nursing Facility for their outstanding and compassionate care.
Relatives and Friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral which will be conducted on Monday, September 09, 2013, at 8:45 AM from the Wroblewski Funeral Home, Inc., 1442 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at 9:30 AM in Saint Nicholas Church, 226 South Washington Street, Wilkes-Barre, with Dolores’ Cousin, the Reverend Walter Jenkins, officiating.
Private Entombment will follow in Saint Mary’s Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hanover Township.
Family and Friends are invited to call on Sunday, September 08, 2013, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM, at the funeral home.
For additional information or to send the Kozemko Family an online message of condolence, you may visit the funeral home web-site www.wroblewskifuneralhome.com.
The Family has requested that flowers kindly be omitted and that Memorial Contributions be made in Dolores’ memory to the S.P.C.A. of Luzerne County, 524 East Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18702.