Wilma D.Czerwinski of Otsego, Michigan passed away Thursday, January 21, 2010, at her home. Mrs. Czerwinski was born March 7, 1917, in Fennville, Michigan, to Albert and Lois (McCarty) Sines. Wilma graduated from KalamazooBeautySchool and received certification in 1938. However, she went to work for Dr. Lewis Brown in Otsego and she remained in his employ for 30 years. She also assisted her husband, Ted, in his heating and cooling business for over 40 years. During her leisure time she enjoyed camping, sewing, reading, crocheting and painting. She was a member of St. Margaret’s Church. Wilma will be lovingly remembered by her family as a strong and feisty, loyal and loving, devoted pillar of strength; an amazing woman of pioneer spirit with a great sense of humor and incredible patience. On June 10, 1944 at St. Margaret’s Church in Otsego she married Ted Czerwinski and they renewed their vows at St. Margaret’s on their 50th anniversary. Surviving are her husband, Ted; nephew David Kivell and his wife Kelly, nieces, Catlyn Thomas, Valerie (Czerwinski) and her husband Mike Zinis; 5 great nieces and nephews; 4 great-great nieces and nephews; and a sister-in-law, Frances Derhammer. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brothers, Bill and Don Sines. The family will receive friends beginning at 11:00 A.M. Saturday at the Winkel Funeral Home, Otsego, where services will be held at 1:00 P.M., with Funeral Celebrant Bill Rose officiating. Burial will follow at Mountain Home Cemetery, Otsego. Contributions in memory of Wilma may be made to Wings of Hope Hospice.
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