Friends will be received Tuesday from 4 to 7 PM.
The funeral procession will form Wednesday 8:15 am at the funeral home.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 9:30 AM at Saint Catherine Laboure. Burial in Mount Calvary Cemetery.
Rose M. Walkowski, 86, formerly of Lake Katrine died Sunday November 12, 2017 at Archcare at Ferncliff in Rhinebeck with her grandson by her side. Born December 16, 1930 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania she was the daughter of the late John and Rose (Hreha) Vatavuk.
Rose enjoyed gardening, collectables, embroidering and spending time with her grandchildren. She was a parishioner of Saint Catherine Laboure where she was a member of the Altar Rosary Society. she was also a member of the Catholic Daughters #164.
Surviving are her daughters, Rosemary Fassbender and Jane Walkowski both of Lake Katrine; her son, Lawrence V. Walkowski, Jr. of Austin Texas; her sisters, Mildred Trotz, Theresa Hildebrand, Anne Udouch, Veronica Friedhoff and Rosemary Perkins; her broth...[more]
, Daniel Zurenda, Henry Zurenda and John Zurenda; her grandchildren, Justin L. Benjamin, Mitchell R. Benjamin, Matthew P. Benjamin, Veronica Fassbender, Lauren Walkowski and Stephen Walkowski; her great-grandchildren, Connor M. Benjamin, Lyra A. Woods and Justin L. Benjamin, Jr. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Her husband, Lawrence V. Walkowski, Sr. died in 1980. Brothers Joseph Zurenda, Edward, John and Paul Vatavuk and sister, Mary Domen and her K9 companion Preston all died previously.