Mary Podkowski, age 88, of McKinney, Texas, passed away on March 8, 2012. She was born September 11, 1923, in Warsaw, Poland, to Boleslaw and Katarzyna (Kaminski) Mielecki.
Mary was the loving wife of late John; beloved mother of Elizabeth (Late Commander John, C.P.D.) Kupczyk, Alicia (John) Solomon of McKinney, Texas, and Richard, Ret. U.S. Secret Service (Patty) Podkowski; cherished grandmother of Kristin (fiancé, Max Sexton), Katie Kupczyk, Richie and Anna Podkowski, Aaron and Tonia Solomon and Chris Soloman; survived by many dear members of the Mielecki and Podkowski families in Poland; and a fond aunt of nieces and nephews.
A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, 411 Paula Road, McKinney, TX 75069. The family will receive friends during a visitation on Monday evening, beginning at 7:00 p.m., at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow, Allen, Texas.