Tekla Rutana

Tekla Wozniak Rutana, the mother of Gloria Jakubowski and Bohdan Wozniak passed away on Sunday, July 18, 2010. She was born October 4, 1918 in Brooklyn, NY, the daughter of Maria and Petro Pisklak. Upon completion of high school, the family moved and resettled in (West Ukraine) Klusiw, Poland. It was there, on Nov. 5, 1938, that she was united in marriage with Bohdan Wozniak. He passed away on Oct. 22, 1942, leaving behind a young mother with two children. During WWII the family was forced to relocate to Insko, a town in northwest Poland, which formerly was Germany. In 1947, Tekla, along with her children and sister, went to Warsaw, Poland to the U.S. embassy to apply to return to the United States. Secure with the promise that shortly her daughter would be granted permission to be admitted to the U.S., she left her daughter with her parents. She settled in Fort Plain, NY where she was employed at Beech Nut Co. Later the family moved to Utica, NY, where she was employed at G.E. It was there that she met John J. Rutana. They were united in marriage on June 6, 1968. He passed away on July 16, 2004. Tekla is survived by a son, Bohdan M. and his wife Linda Wozniak; and a daughter Gloria and her husband Frank Jakubowski, both of Frankfort; five grandchildren, Teresa Pedicone of NY, Bohdan J. & Kathy Wozniak of DE, Maria Roat of MD, Joseph and Jamal Jakubowski of VA, Michael Jakubowski of FL, and six great-grandchildren. She also leaves behind her sister Anne and her husband Steve Falinski of Washington DC; and several nieces and a cousin. Visitation will be held on Tuesday evening from 5:00-7:00 at the Eannace Funeral Home, Inc., 932 South St., corner of Hammond Ave., with the Panachyda Service offered at 6:00. Expressions of sympathy in the form of donations may be made to St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Catholic Church in lieu of flowers. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Tekla’s funeral service will commence on Wednesday morning at 10:00 from the funeral home and at 11:00 at St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Catholic Church. Interment will take place graveside in St. Volodymyr Cemetery.

Tekla Rutana

October 4, 1918 - July 18, 2010