12/12/07

Theresa P. Wrobel - Woonsocket

Theresa P. (Kosiba) Wrobel, 92, formerly of Woonsocket and Uxbridge, Mass., died Dec. 8 at St. Elizabeth Home in East Greenwich.She was the wife of the late Charles Wrobel. Born Jan. 7, 1915, in Manchester, N.H., she was a daughter of the late Charles and Mary (Oleszkiewicz) Kosiba. She was a seamstress at various textile companies in the Blackstone Valley for many years, retiring in 1980.

She was a communicant the Polish National Catholic Church of Our Saviour in Woonsocket and was a member of the church's Ladies Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament Society. She also was a former member of the Uxbridge Senior Citizens. She leaves a son, John C. Wrobel of Cumberland; a daughter, Joan M. Young of Queensland, Australia; and four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was the sister of the late Walter Kosiba, Paul Kosiba and Frances Balzani.

Her funeral will be held Saturday, Dec. 15, at 9:30 a.m. from the Kubaska Funeral Home, 35 Harris Ave., Woonsocket, with a Requiem Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. in the Polish National Catholic Church of Our Saviour, 500 Smithfield Road, Woonsocket. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Relatives and friends are invited to attend and may call Saturday from 9:30-10:30 a.m. prior to the Mass. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Polish National Catholic Church of Our Saviour.