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Steffie Kopec
February 27, 2003
Steffie Kopec of Bear Creek Township, died Thursday in Kernersville, N.C.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Eleanor
(Klok) Krawetz. She was educated in the Wilkes-Barre Area School District. She
worked as a garment worker for Ricky Fashions. She was a member of Messiah
Primitive Methodist Church, Bear Creek Township; the Local Chapter of the
ILGWU; and the Brookside American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 837, where she was a
charter member, past president and held other offices.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Blaze; brothers, Leo and Michael
Krawetz; and sister, Stasia Gelsinger.
Surviving are her daughters, Alice Mazzanti, Bear Creek Township; Arlene
Brazinski, Kernersville, N.C.; son, Robert, Wilkes-Barre; brother, Joseph
Krawetz, Wilkes-Barre; sisters, Anna Krehel and Stella Dancheck, both of
Wilkes-Barre; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday from Mary A. Harostock Funeral
Home, 480 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, with the Rev. Reginald Thomas,
officiating. Interment will be in Chapel Lawn Cemetery, Dallas.
Friends may call from 9 a.m. until service time Tuesday.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the charity of the
donor’s choice.