Martha H.
Czerniak
Died June
18, 2018
CEDAR
– Martha Helen Czerniak, 77, of Cedar, passed away Monday, June 18, 2018 at
Munson Medical Center.
Martha was born July 27, 1940 in
Cedar the daughter of John and Matilda (Popa) Laskey. On May 2, 1959 at the Holy Rosary Parish of
Isadore, she married Joseph Peter Czerniak who preceded her in death on June
26, 2016. Joe would buy her a new
snowmobile or a new truck that was a “present” to her, that she never got to
drive!
Martha was a life-long member of
Holy Rosary Parish and was a fixture of their chicken dinners and a member of
the committee. She was also a lector and
eucharist minister at the church. She
was a 20 year member and past vice president of the Glen Lake School Board.
She and Joe ran their family farm
where she was the strawberry harvest manager of over ten acres and in addition
did the farm’s payroll. She worked at
R.L. Polk in Traverse City. She was a
night manager at Mikowski’s IGA/Bunting’s Market. As an employee at SugarLoaf Resort she was a
housekeeping supervisor and a hostess in the dining room. Martha also helped Joe out as the secretary
for Czerniak Masonry.
Martha catered many Leelanau County
weddings and today her meatball recipe is a family treasure. Her kids remember her as the best carpooler,
she would pick up her kids and half of the team and take them home. She was a second mom to all of her children’s
friends.
She shared Joe’s love of the Detroit
Tigers. She enjoyed country music and was
a Patsy Cline fan. She enjoyed tending
to her rose bushes.
Martha is survived by her children,
Linda (Jeff) Baltz, Brenda (Jim) Stricker, Christopher Czerniak, Sheila (Scott
Buchholz) Czerniak, Alison (Jason) Beebe; a sister Jackie (Ed) Budd; her
grandchildren, Tyler, Luke, Jake, Justin, Cierra, Carter and Tyler Bucchholz.
She was preceded in death by her
loving husband of 57 years, a son in infancy, Bernard Joseph Czerniak; her
mother Matilda Laskey, her father John Laskey, her siblings, Mary Ann (Robert)
Dezelski, and John Laskey.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 8
p.m. with the Rosary to be prayed at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 22 at the Holy
Rosary Parish of Isadore. The mass will
be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 23 also at the church. Burial in Mt. Calvary Cemetery will follow. Father Donald Libby will serve as celebrant.
In
lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to Holy Rosary Church, 6982 S.
Schomberg Road, Cedar, MI 49621 and/or Cowell Family Cancer Center, 217 S.
Madison Street, Traverse City, MI 49684.
Please
share condolences with Martha’s family below or at our funeral home Facebook page:
Our most sincere condolences to all the Czerniak and Laskey families on your loss of Martha. She raised a wonderful family (and Joe!)and accomplished a LOT in her life. What a great number of jobs she held and did all with care and hard work. We appreciate all the years she spent on the GL School board. She suffered from poor health for a long time, so may she now rest in peace, reunited with Joe and her loving family in God's embrace.
ReplyDeleteFondly,
Judy and Glenn LaCross