Anna "Tillie" Turek

Wojciechowski Funeral Home

Obituaries | The Tube City Almanac | June 23, 2024

Anna "Tille" Turek, 95, of Glassport passed away peacefully at Grandview Estates in Elizabeth on Wednesday June 19, 2024. She was born September 27, 1928 in Lober, PA. to the late Michael and Mary Blaho. She was preceded in death by her mother and father, her husband John Turek and brothers John, Michael, and George Blaho.

Anna was a stay at home mom and a lifelong member of Queen of the Rosary Parish, the Rosary Society, and Christian Mothers. She had a passion for baking and managed the dessert table for the Queen of the Rosary's Lenten fish fries. Anna also enjoyed duck pin bowling in St. Cecilia's league at Glassport Lanes playing well into her 80’s, and continued league scorekeeping until she was 93. Anna could do anything she put her mind to. In her younger days she was the roving shortstop on a women’s WW II softball team and exhibited an artistic flair. She was a Cub scout den mother and also enjoyed gardening, canning, making crafts and especially baking cookies for the holidays to satisfy her sweet tooth. She would also make her famous “Martian” spice cake and apple sheet cake for special occasions, and provided the family with homemade Christmas ornaments every year. Anna’s Seasonal specialties were Lenten skillet-sized cottage cheese and green onion Perogies, and sauerkraut with wild mushrooms soup for Christmas Eve supper.

She is survived by her sister Mary (the late Joseph) Sas, sons John A. (the late Judith) Turek Jr., Michael (Joy) Turek, Joseph (Janice) Turek, Stephen (Denise) Turek; daughter Barbara (Kevin) Lundy; grandchildren Jade DiClaudio, Zachary Turek, Jaclyn Sorrentino, Steve Turek, John Turek, Jacob Turek, Lena and Laura Lundy; 9 great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

Friends and family will be received from 2-4 and 6-8 pm Thursday June 27 at Wojciechowski Funeral Home, 640 Vermont Avenue, Glassport, PA. On Friday June 28, at 10 am, friends and family will gather for a prayer service at Wojciechowski Funeral Home, with internment next to her husband at Calvary Cemetery, Port Vue. Immediately after there will be a luncheon at Carriage Inn Restaurant, 1601 Lovedale Road, Elizabeth, PA.

Originally published June 23, 2024.

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