Teresa (Rocko) Olshefski

Teresa Olshefski passed away peacefully at Allied Services Center City on

August 24, 2024 at the age of 96.

She was born in Miners Mills and raised by loving parents Beatrice and

Michael Rocko. Teresa graduated from Wilkes-Barre Township High School and still

could rally cheers from cheerleading days well into her 90’s.

One winter day in 1943 while ice skating in Georgetown, she met Carl Olshefski

who she married in 1947. They were blessed with 4 children. Teresa was a

loving mother who was very devoted to her family. Despite the challenges of

raising the brood Teresa and Carl continued to have weekly Saturday night

dancing dates with the babysitting help of Grandma Bea. The dates were a

ritual the couple continued for 50 plus years until Carl’s death in 2009.

She was also preceded in death by sisters Mary Mrozinski, Sally Pasonick,

Genevieve Keil and Laura Plisko; and brothers Joseph, Charles, Leo and Walter

Konesky.

She is survived by her children Carl Olshefski and wife Lillian, Eileen

Mundenar and husband Joseph, Robert Olshefski and wife Michelle, and Donna

Wilder as well as her grandchildren Lisa Kawczenski, Brian Olshefski, Emily

Mundenar and Nathaniel Mundenar.

Our family is deeply grateful to the caregivers at Allied Services Center City

Skilled Nursing for their loving care of Teresa through these last years. Special

thanks to her nurse Phillip as well as her longtime physician Dr Kish.

Relatives and friends are invited to join the Olshefski family for visitation on

Thursday August 29th at the John V. Morris Funeral Home 625 North Main Street

Wilkes-Barre from 9:00 to 10:15 a.m. . Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Our

Lady of Hope Parish, 40 Park Avenue, Wilkes-Barre officiated by Reverend John S.

Terry at 11:00 a.m. Interment with the Rite of Committal at Saint Mary's of the

Maternity Roman Catholic Cemetery, West Wyoming will follow. In lieu of

flowers memorial donations may be made to St Vincent de Paul Kitchen

https://www.dioceseofscranton.org/css/st-vincent-de-paul-kitchen/

Those wishing to share online memories of Teresa and words of comfort are

encouraged to do so here on her memorial page.   Thank You.

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