Helen Slavonik Droskoski
Helen Slavonik Droskoski of Southold died at The Shores at Peconic Landing in Greenport on November 30. She was 89.
Born on June 29, 1923, in Orient to Stanislaus and Leocadia Schlivonik, she attended Mattituck schools. She married Joseph A. Droskoski, on May 28, 1944 at Our Lady of Ostrabrama Church in Cutchogue and they settled in Southold.
Many years ago, she was a cook at San Simeon Nursing Home. She was a member of the Moose Lodge and St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church.
She was predeceased by her husband in 1993.
She is survived by her children, Joan H. Edwards of Riverhead, Karen M. Fedun of East Quogue and Joseph S. Droskoski of Southold; a brother, Frank Slavonik of Aquebogue; sister-in-law, Helen Wolanski of Cutchogue; and five grandchildren, Tracy Polak, Kristy Wilkinson, Becky Edwards, Ashley Fedun and Michael Fedun.
She was predeceased by four siblings, Stella Polecki, Anne Kurczewski, Frances Mitchell and Edward Slavonik.
The family received friends at the DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold on December 3. A funeral Mass was held on December 4 at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church. Interment followed at Sacred Heart Cemetery.
Memorial donations to the North Fork Breast Health Coalition, www.northforkbreasthealth.org, would be appreciated by the family.
on Dec 6, 2012