Valeria Mitzak

Valeria Mitzak, 96, died Thursday February 12, 2015, at St. Luke’s Hospice, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Mrs. Mitzak was born June 25, 1918, in Lansford, Pennsylvania, to Joseph and Mary (Jasienski) Chruslicki. She moved to Bound Brook in 1954, residing there until she moved to Phillipsburg in 2003. She was dedicated to raising her seven children and was a proud homemaker. She had also worked as a seamstress for L.L. Gidding for several years. Mrs. Mitzak was Communicant of St. Philip and James Church, Phillipsburg, and also a faithful Communicant of St. Mary of Czestochowa Church, Bound Brook. She was a former member of the St. Mary’s School PTA. Mrs. Mitzak was predeceased by her husband of fifty-seven years, John Mitzak, who died in 2003; her siblings, Joseph, Albert, Sister Evangelette O.S.F., Walter, Stanley, Rose, and grandson Daniel. She is survived by her children, John V. Mitzak and his wife Karan G. Mitzak of Phillipsburg, Mary Ann and her husband, Michael Smith of Phillipsburg, Daniel P. Mitzak and his wife Sharon Mitzak, of Flemington, Patricia Burke and her husband William Burke of Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, Susan Fernandez and her husband Stewart Fernandez, of Princeton Junction, Joseph Mitzak of Easton, Pennsylvania; Frances Beckwith and her husband Dr. John Beckwith of Flemington; twenty-two grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. Funeral Services will begin 8:45 A.M., Tuesday, February 17, at the funeral home, followed by a 9:30 A.M. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mary of Czestochowa Church. Burial is at Resurrection Burial Park, Piscataway. Visitation will be Monday, from 2:00 - 4:00 and 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. Memorial donations amy be made to Eternal Word Television Network, 5817 Old Leed Road, Irondale, Alabama 35210 or Paralyzed Veterans of America, 7 Mill Brook Road, Wilton, New Hampshire 03086.