Antonia Cecelia Borowiak, 100, of Richmond, a long time Fort Bend County resident, passed into eternal rest on Wednesday, September 2, 2015. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at Calvary Episcopal Church, 806 Thompson Rd, Richmond, TX 77469.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at Garmany & Carden Funeral Directors Chapel, 1201 Fourth St., Rosenberg, TX 77471.
Antonia was born on December 12, 1914 in Chappel Hill, Texas to Steve and Mary Modzinski Mazurkiewicz. In 1939, she married Wallace Borowiak Sr.; they were married for 55 years.
"Toni", as most friends would call her, was a Christian woman and loved the Lord. She always kept family a priority. Toni was a homemaker and well known for her many talents, including baking, sewing, quilting, embroidery and her green thumb. Her baking of kolaches and cobblers, won many a blue ribbon. She enjoyed baking them for family reunions and other special occasions. She loved children too and for numerous years babysat children in her home, many of whom attended Calvary Episcopal School.
Antonia is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Wallace Borowiak Sr.; granddaughter, Connie Mikel; and brothers Theodore, Edward, Steve, John and Victor.
She is survived by her three children, Wallace Borowiak, Jr., Mary Ann Goldman and Emil Borowiak; sister, Anne Rosenbaum; grandchildren, Michael and Jeff Borowiak, Ginger Barby-Johnson, Jennifer McFarland, Allen Goldman and Lori Goldman; great-grandchildren, Rhett and Michala Borowiak, Brandi and Jodi Borowiak, Nicholas and Bryce Barby, Meredith Hamm, Mackenzie Johnson, Jacob and Ryan McFarland, Max and Allyson Chernow and great-great grandsons, Levi Barby and Jackson Hamm and numerous other family and friends and her special pup, Chico.
Serving as pallbearers are Glenn Rosenbaum, Mike and Jeff Borowiak, Allen Goldman, Chris McFarland and Bryce Barby. Honorary pallbearers are Adolf Kujawa, James Mazurkiewicz, Jacob McFarland, Willie McGee, Robert Mendoza, Kenneth Worthy.
The family requests that memorials be made in her name to Calvary Episcopal Church, 806 Thompson Rd, Richmond, TX 77469.
Condolence messages for the Borowiak family may be written at www.garmanycarden.com.
Services are under the direction of Garmany & Carden Funeral Directors, 1201 Fourth Street, Rosenberg, TX 77471 (281)342-4671.