Obituary of Irene Filice Zakreski

Irene Filice Zakreski, of Lawrence Township, passed away Tuesday at the University Medical Center at Princeton. Born in the Chambersburg section of Trenton, she was an area resident all of her life. Irene was a retired teacher and reading specialist, having taught in the Hamilton and Lawrence Township School Systems. She received her Bachelor’s in Education at Trenton State College. Irene was active in the St. Joseph’s and Lawrence Township P.T.A.s, Rider University Faculty Association, and the Lawrence Township Senior Citizen’s Club #5. Loving wife to her late husband Chester, and devoted mother to her four children, she was an excellent cook and enjoyed entertaining her many friends. She and Chester loved to travel and visited many places, both nationally and internationally. Daughter of the late Joseph and Isabella Di Via Filice, beloved wife of the late Chester F. Zakreski, and sister of the late John Filice, she is survived by a daughter Nancy Freeman and her husband John of Darien, CT., three sons Richard S. Zakreski and his wife Julie of Fair Haven, NJ, Robert W. Zakreski of Trenton, and Randall J. Zakreski and his wife Katie of Downingtown, PA. Also surviving are seven grandchildren Matthew, Laura, Katie, Jamie and Peter Zakreski and John and Christian Freeman, and her sister, Rosina Filice McKee, three sisters-in-law, Pearl and Bernice Liput and Jean Friedman and numerous nieces and nephews. The funeral for Irene will be held on Friday at 9AM from Poulson & Van Hise Funeral Directors, 650 Lawrence Road Lawrenceville. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 AM at The Church of St. Ann in Lawrenceville. Burial will be in St. Stanislaus Cemetery in Hamilton Township. Family and friends may call on Thursday from 6 to 9 PM at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to: Chester and Irene Zakreski Memorial Scholarship Fund. Please make checks payable to “Rider University” with “Zakreski Scholarship” in the memo line and mail to: Rider University, Moore Library, Suite 137, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648. To make a gift on line, go to www.rider.edu/give For assistance; call 609-896-5167.