Kathleen Wutkiewicz – ROCKET-COURIER – Wyalusing Rocket Courier

Kathleen “Kathy” L. Wutkiewicz, 77, of Wyalusing (formerly of New Jersey and Vermont) passed away Monday, Feb. 14, 2022 at The Gardens in Tunkhannock.

Kathy was born on Nov. 20, 1944 in Summit, NJ, the daughter of the late Vincent E. (d. Sept. 4, 1999) and Eleanor Hazen Murphy (d. Oct. 28, 2013). She was a graduate of Ridge High School in Basking Ridge, NJ with the Class of 1962.

She grew up in Basking Ridge then began her adult life in Gillett, NJ. She and her husband, Sigmund J. Wutkiewicz (m. June 13, 1992), moved to Essex Junction, VT in 1992. After Sigmund passed away on Jan. 11, 2013, she moved to PA to be closer to her family.

She was employed as a receptionist at the Summit Medical Group. She had also been a crossing guard. She gained employment as a home health nurse with the Morris Co. Visiting Nurse Association and retired with a hospice network in Burlington, VT.

Kathy was a member of the Meyersville Presbyterian Church, the Meyersville Grange #188 and the Jaycees wives. She enjoyed square dancing, genealogy and traveling. After her retirement, she set course with her husband, Sigmund, in their RV and traveled all over the country for a year. She collected spoons from all of the spots she visited. Kathy took great pleasure in going to her sister’s classroom to help the students make Mother’s Day projects. Most of all, she loved to spend time with her family.

She is survived by her children, Heather Rosencrance (Matt) of Wyalusing, Rae-Carol Thomas (Donald) of Malta, IL, and Tom Bumby of Flanders, NJ; her step-children, Rusty Scott Wutkiewicz (Yolanda) and Kim Wutkiewicz both of MA; her grandchildren, Matthew Rosencrance, Angela Soothill (Chris), Kimberly Rosencrance, Cole Rosencrance, Joey Rosencrance, Donny Thomas, Anna Wutkiewicz and Andrew Wutkiewicz; her great-grandchildren, Charlotte Soothill, Katy Soothill, Cheyann Thomas, Chloe Thomas and Benjamin Rosencrance; her sister, Patricia Steege of Allamuchy, NJ; her sister-in-law, Carol Murphy of Sea Bright, NJ, as well as many nieces, nephews and cousins. Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her stepson, Scott Wutkiewicz (d. 1995) and siblings, Judy Bernhardt (d. Nov. 4, 2013) and Vincent Murphy, II (d. Aug. 22, 2014).

A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date at the convenience of the family. Interment will take place at the Meyersville Cemetery in NJ.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Meyersville Grange #188, 500 Meyersville Road, Gillette, NJ 07933 or to the Alzheimer’s Association on their website, www.alz.org.

Arrangements are entrusted with the Sheldon Funeral Home, 155 Church Street, Wyalusing. Online condolences may be made at www.SheldonFuneralHomes.com.