Frances Helen Czarnecki - Obituary

rances H. Czarnecki, age 94, passed away on December 16, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. She was known to her friends as ‘Fran’ and to her family as ‘Frannie Baby’ and ‘GGMa’. Born February 2, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio to the late Walter and Mary Genius, Frances was a homemaker for most of her life who loved to entertain family and friends. She and her late husband of 59 years, Stanley, relocated to Florida after retirement and then moved to Annapolis several years later to be closer to her family. While living in Florida, she loved to create painted ceramic objects, especially Christmas decorations, which are lovingly displayed by family and friends. Frances is survived by her three children, Elaine Ralph and her husband, Roger, Judy Tolle and her husband, Mike and Alan Czarnecki and his wife, Nancy and her seven grandchildren, Kim Loock and husband, Russell, Ed Scheideman, Jessica Inge and her husband, Jason, Amanda Lane, Collin and Alison Czarnecki and Alex Ralph and wife, Lizzie Hutton. She was also blessed with several great grandchildren, Megan and Kaitlin Loock, Jack and Cole Scheideman, Ryder and Oakley Inge and Max and Charlie Ralph. In addition to her parents and husband, Frances was preceded in death by her brother, Chuck Genius and sisters, Mary Mazur and Theresa Curtis. Friends are invited to celebrate Fran's life on Friday, December 20 from 5 to 7 pm at the Kalas Funeral Home & Crematory, 2973 Solomons Island Rd., Edgewater, MD where her funeral service will be held on Saturday, December 21 at 11 am. Entombment will follow at Lakemont Memorial Gardens in Davidsonville, MD. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, ATTN: Development, 875 N. Randolph St., Ste 225, Arlington, VA 22203. Condolence may be made by using the Memory Wall link on this page. Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes, by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers and sisters, aunts and cousins, comrades and friends-- But only one mother in the whole world. ~Kate Douglas Wiggin