My Aunt Elsie Palinko died, Tuesday, at a hospital in Connecticut near her home in West Haven.
She was 96.
With her was her son, Ricky, who along with his brother Tommy and sister Karen cared for her and never let her be lonely.
Aunt Elsie was the last of my mom’s 10 brothers and sisters.
They grew up in the coal patch of Eckley, Pa. the children of Michael, a miner, and Catherine Kushner Lozinak.
The town has become a museum.
The museum describes a hard life but the only childhood stories we heard were happy ones.
The family stayed close. Elsie married Timmy who preceded her in death. My mom, until her death in 2016, called Elsie weekly. The conversations lasted hours. She would get my dad involved.
Dad would work her and Timmy into the Legendary Recipe columns he wrote at the County Press or just use recipes she sent him. There was Studenina Palinko Style and Lucky Elsie’s Hodge Podge and Elsie’s Favorite Noodle Kugel and many others.
Her funeral is Monday in Freeland, Pa. where she will be buried with her beloved Timmy.
What a sweet remembrance. RIP Aunt Elsie. My condolences to you and your family.
So sorry for your loss, Bill. It’s as if an era is passing before our eyes.
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her. Rest in Peace….
My deepest sympathy to you, Bill. It’s never easy to lose family members. May you be comforted in knowing that she is at home with our Lord.
RIP Elsie
We will keep you in prayer until your voyage is complete!
I’m very sorry for your family’s loss. We are losing some of the best as this generation leaves us.