Maxine Kowalik

November 3, 1931 - September 20, 2020

On September 20, 2020 Maxine Kowalik passed to be with her Lord. She was 88 years old, the daughter of Walter and Virginia (Rae) Lorenski. She attended St. Isidore's grade school and Catholic Central High School. She was a long time member of St. Isidore's Church and later St. Alphonsus Church. She was deeply religious. Blessed with a keen sense of humor and a wide range of interests, she enjoyed many summer vacations all over the country and Canada with her husband and parents. They traveled by car to nearly all the great scenic areas and national parks. She kept detailed records of their trips, and her interest in photography found a great outlet. She loved flowers, trees, rocks, animals, mountains, clouds, birds, streams, rivers and lakes. She had an artistic soul that found beauty in simple things that most people overlook, like picturesque old barns, clouds and dead trees. As a widow she raised a series of parakeets, all of which ended up with phenomenal vocabularies, including words and phrases from several foreign languages. She loved her birds, just as she loved her dogs in her earlier years. She was always an avid reader, the bigger the book the better. She especially enjoyed historical romance novels. Her love of flowers included a keen interest in gardening before her move to Pilgrim Manor, where she spent her last few years. She had no children but leaves behind a number of cousins, including Evelyn Krupiczewicz, Joel Burke, Dennis, James, Paul and Robert Krupiczewicz, Kathy Faiks, Diana Carpenter, Judy Mikrut, and Susan Gelderbloom. She will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved her, including special friends Angela and Donald Konen and cousin Jim Krupiczewicz, who cared for Maxine for many years. She will be prayed for by Father Bernie Carlin and Redemptorist Brother Paul Yasenak, her long time friends and spiritual advisors from St. Alphonsus Church. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated Wednesday September 30, 2020 11:00 am at St. Alphonsus Church where her family will receive visitors one hour prior to the Mass. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.