Dolores Marcyniuk, 82, of Hamshire, died Saturday, May 2, 2009, at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at First Baptist Church of Hamshire, 25034 Hwy 124, with burial to follow in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Broussard’s, 134 W. Buccaneer Drive, in Winnie. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
She was born on December 22, 1926, in Sour Lake, TX. Dolores spent her formative years in Hankamer, TX and graduated from Hull-Daisetta High School in 1943. She attended St. Mary’s Nursing School in Galveston, TX until she met and married Peter Marcyniuk, a sailor in His Majesty’s Canadian Navy.
The couple eventually settled in Hamshire where they reared their four children. Dolores was a homemaker who adored her family. Later she also worked outside the home, first at Hamshire Grocery and Hardware as a store clerk, then as Judge Jack Cravy’s secretary and finally for the U. S. Postal Services. After retirement she enjoyed doing volunteer work. She was a member of the Hospital Auxiliary in Winnie and also did volunteer work for Young at Heart.
Dolores also enjoyed her church life, her family and friends, travel, sewing, quilting, antiquing and especially spending time studying the Bible. She was a woman of great faith and a true servant at heart.
Dolores is survived by her daughter, Mary Lynne Collier and her husband Dixie of Beaumont; sons, Michael Scott Marcynuik and his wife Kathy of Winslow, AR, Patrick Kyle Marcyniuk of Austin; grandchildren, Jeremy Scott Marcyniuk, Carley Nicole Marcyniuk, Zachariah Scott Marcyniuk and Randi Lynne Collier. She was preceded in death by her husband, of fifty years, Peter Marcyniuk and oldest son, Joseph “Joey” Marcyniuk.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, P. O. Box 5144, Beaumont, TX.
The family would like to express their deepest gratitude to the nurses, and doctors at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital, I. C. U., especially Dr. Beaudry, her cardiologist.
