Obituary of Catherine Strycharz Beres

Catherine Strycharz Beres, 97, of Lawrenceville died peacefully on Tuesday at home surrounded by her family. Born in Trenton, Catherine was a resident of Lawrenceville since 1960. She was employed for many years with the Wenczel Tile Company of Trenton until her retirement. In her spare time Catherine enjoyed gardening, dancing and shopping. Daughter of the late Leon and Mary Dziembowska Strycharz, wife of the late John Beres, sister of the late, Cordelia “Rose” Cimore and her husband George, John, Leon and James Strycharz and sister-in-law of the late, Rose Beres, Frank Beres, Margaret Anthony, Fred Wenzel, Bruce Carrick and Joe Ungrady; Catherine is survived by her son, John Beres III and his wife Joanne; her daughter, Cathy M. Pietras and her husband Daniel Pietras; her grandchildren, John Beres, IV, Jennifer Beres-Brex and husband Kevin and Daniel A. Pietras; her sisters, Louise Ungrady, Julia Fennimore and husband Leroy and Doris Marion and her husband Anthony; her brother, Christopher Strycharz and his wife Elizabeth; her sisters-in-law, Helen Wenzel, Dorothy Carrick, Helen, Blanche and Sally Strycharz, Doris Beres and her brother-in-law, Ernest Beres and his wife Dot and several nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated for Catherine on Friday at 11 AM at St. Hedwig Catholic Church, 872 Brunswick Ave., Trenton. Burial will follow in St. Hedwig Cemetery in Ewing. Friends may call on Friday from 9:00 to 10:30 AM at Poulson & Van Hise Funeral Directors, 650 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville.