Helen L. Rudzinski, 89, of DuBois died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015 at Penn highlands DuBois.
Born June 1, 1925 in Helvetia, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Celia (Kostovney) Vesnesky.
On Oct. 9, 1948, she married Albert D. Rudzinski. He preceded her in death on Feb. 8, 2006.
She was a homemaker and a well-known waitress at many DuBois area restaurants, including the Pine Inn, Valentine’s Flaming Hearth and Tommy D’s to name a few.
She was a member of the St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, the former Lithuanian Independence Club and the George D. Montgomery Post 17 American Legion Ladies Auxiliary. She was a well-known polish cook.
She is survived by four children, A. Joseph Rudzinski and his wife, Carolyn of Wytheville, Va.; Michael C. “Polka Mike” Rudzinski of DuBois; Diane Smith and her husband, Gene of Brockway; and Lisa Lanager and her husband, Chris of Clearfield.
She is also survived by a sister, Bernice Yonushonis of DuBois; seven grandchildren, Monica Murphy, Holly Wilcox, Heidy Freund, Colby and Haley Smith and McKenna and Landyn Lanager; and six great-grandchildren
She was preceded in death by her three brothers, Stanley, Walter and Joseph Vesnesky and three sisters, Cecelia Sekula, Martha DeChurch and Stella Lesky.
Friends will be received from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. and from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Thursday at the Goble-Baronick Funeral Home. A scriptural wake service will be prayed at 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at the St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church with Msgr. Richard Siefer as celebrant.
Burial will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery.
Memorials may be placed with the St. Francis Catholic School, 230 S. Second St., Clearfield, PA, 16830.
Online condolences may be made to www.gbfuneralhome.com.