Josephine Theresa Banulski 89, passed away on Wednesday January 22, 2014 with her loving family by her side.  Born in Middletown she was the daughter of the late Walter and Anna (Condracki) Kowalczyk and the wife of the late Leonard Banulski a dairy farmer in Berlin.

She was a member of St. Paul Church, and the Polish National Club, and loved Polish Singing, dancing, holidays and family and gatherings with her family and friends.  She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother.

Josephine is survived by four daughters, Kathy and Larry Mulrooney of Meriden, Karoll and Michael Wiater of Berlin, Marion Bonaiato of Berlin and JoAnn Banulski and Dominic Caporale of Lebanon one sister MaryAnn, and Raymond Markowski, one brother Edward Kowalczyk, seven grandchildren Ritchie, Lenny, Michael, Christopher, Nicholas, Stephanie and Kursten, three great grandchildren Andrew, Morgan and Isabella and many nieces and nephews.  She was predeceased by three brothers and three sisters Walter, Stanley and John Kowalczyk , Helen Hotkowski, Frances Copjec and Lottie Cyrulik.

Funeral services will be held on Monday January 27,   9 a.m. from the Berlin Memorial Funeral Home 96 Main St followed by a Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. at St. Paul Church 467 Alling St, Kensington.  Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery New Britain.  Friends and family are invited to call on Sunday January 26, 2014 from 2 – 4 p.m.

Donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis TN

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