Funeral services for Gladys Lucille Kuzmicki, age 84 of Saint Jo, are scheduled
for 2:00 PM Thursday, December 12, 2013 at the McCoy Funeral Chapel in Saint
Jo. Services are officiated by Rev. Ricky Kerr and directed by McCoy Funeral
Home. Mrs. Kuzmicki died at 8:09 AM Saturday, December 7, 2013 in Muenster.
Born March 13, 1929 in Erie, Pennsylvania, Gladys was the daughter of Archie and Gertrude (Plucker) Bingham. She married Gerald Beebe, Sr. in 1947, and bore 5 children, of whom remains her daughter Barbara. She later married James Kuzmicki, Jr., in 1957, and moved to California. She retired from San Joaquin County Social Services Department where she worked for many years, though she didn’t consider it working but rather helping all those she could. She moved to Texas in 1987, residing in Burleson. She moved to Saint Jo in 2002 to be near her remaining family, and to enjoy country life once again. While in Saint Jo, she worked at Wal-Mart in Gainesville as a greeter because she loved meeting people and bringing a smile to all. She retired due to health issues in 2009.
Gladys was loved by all who ever met her. She did not know what having an enemy was like, since everyone she met were already her friends, and she was simply learning their names, never just meeting a stranger. She loved deeply and completely, giving of herself that others may be able to smile. Her joy was in the joy of those around her. Her joy was also in the Lord, and in singing to Him every night after her prayers, even when she was in the hospital, and the nurses affectionately referred to her as their ‘singing lady.’ She loved God and wanted everyone to know that and to know His goodness. This is passed on as her legacy in this life. She loved everything in His creation and thanked Him for the beauty He has given us every day, with the exception of one thing that she felt she needed to ask God for forgiveness for because she didn’t like them, and that was snakes. She surrounded herself with her animals, loving and referring to them as her children, and would cry when one would hurt.
Gladys loved to travel, and has seen the entire United States, Hawaii, Canada, Mexico and Spain, and now she has made her final journey, back to God from whom she came to bring laughter and a better life to all she could. Words can never tell how much this woman will be missed. In her passing, we mourn because we no longer have her with us to brighten our days, yet we also rejoice at Heaven’s gain upon her return, where pain nor sorrow will ever touch her again. Death is swallowed up in victory, as she lives and sings His praises today in the place God has prepared for her.
Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Bessent and husband Mark of Saint Jo and a grandson, Sage Pini, and his fiancée, Jamie Lippe. She was preceded in death by her husband, James and a brother Mert Bingham and her parents Archie and Gertrude Plucker.
The family requests memorials be awarded to Saint Jo Meals on Wheels (133 FM 677 S, Saint Jo, TX 76265).
Born March 13, 1929 in Erie, Pennsylvania, Gladys was the daughter of Archie and Gertrude (Plucker) Bingham. She married Gerald Beebe, Sr. in 1947, and bore 5 children, of whom remains her daughter Barbara. She later married James Kuzmicki, Jr., in 1957, and moved to California. She retired from San Joaquin County Social Services Department where she worked for many years, though she didn’t consider it working but rather helping all those she could. She moved to Texas in 1987, residing in Burleson. She moved to Saint Jo in 2002 to be near her remaining family, and to enjoy country life once again. While in Saint Jo, she worked at Wal-Mart in Gainesville as a greeter because she loved meeting people and bringing a smile to all. She retired due to health issues in 2009.
Gladys was loved by all who ever met her. She did not know what having an enemy was like, since everyone she met were already her friends, and she was simply learning their names, never just meeting a stranger. She loved deeply and completely, giving of herself that others may be able to smile. Her joy was in the joy of those around her. Her joy was also in the Lord, and in singing to Him every night after her prayers, even when she was in the hospital, and the nurses affectionately referred to her as their ‘singing lady.’ She loved God and wanted everyone to know that and to know His goodness. This is passed on as her legacy in this life. She loved everything in His creation and thanked Him for the beauty He has given us every day, with the exception of one thing that she felt she needed to ask God for forgiveness for because she didn’t like them, and that was snakes. She surrounded herself with her animals, loving and referring to them as her children, and would cry when one would hurt.
Gladys loved to travel, and has seen the entire United States, Hawaii, Canada, Mexico and Spain, and now she has made her final journey, back to God from whom she came to bring laughter and a better life to all she could. Words can never tell how much this woman will be missed. In her passing, we mourn because we no longer have her with us to brighten our days, yet we also rejoice at Heaven’s gain upon her return, where pain nor sorrow will ever touch her again. Death is swallowed up in victory, as she lives and sings His praises today in the place God has prepared for her.
Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Bessent and husband Mark of Saint Jo and a grandson, Sage Pini, and his fiancée, Jamie Lippe. She was preceded in death by her husband, James and a brother Mert Bingham and her parents Archie and Gertrude Plucker.
The family requests memorials be awarded to Saint Jo Meals on Wheels (133 FM 677 S, Saint Jo, TX 76265).
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