Melesenka

Agnes Katherine (Sydlik) Melesenka, 92, of Sunrise, Fla., formerly of Butler, passed away Saturday, June 8, 2024, at Florida Medical Center Hospice Care Unit in Lauderhill, Fla.

She was born in Brackenridge on Jan. 20, 1932, to the late Sam Melesenka and Anna Kapsa Melesenka.

Agnes always wore a beautiful smile on her face. She loved her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, neighbors, co-workers, her children’s friends and anyone with whom she came in contact. She never had an issue with setting another plate at her table. That woman could cook! Her baking was amazing. She passed this gene on to her children who enjoy cooking and baking as much as she did.

She attended Saint Mathias School under the name of Agnes Kanis and later graduated from Vincentian High School, Class of 1951.

After high school, she married Thaddeus Sydlik and had eight children. As if eight children didn’t keep her busy enough, she always had other people’s children in the house including grandchildren, neighbors and foster children. Her house was always busy, always loud.

Agnes worked at Sunnyview Rehabilitation and Nursing Home as an aide for years. And every fall into winter she worked a second job at Perkin’s Pancake House to pay for school clothes and Christmas gifts for her children. She wasn’t afraid to work.

Agnes was greeted at heaven’s gates by all who went before her: her parents, Sam and Anna Melesenka; and her son, Timothy (Sydlik) Melesenka; all her sisters and their husbands, Helen (Stephen) Kosmal, Pauline (Edward) Durana, Josephine (Nevin) Leezer and Maxine (Peter) Chovan; her brother, William Melesenka and his wife, Barbara; and her brother, Frank Melesenka. Also there to meet her was her best friend, Lois Arnold, with whom she worked, crocheted and traveled.

She leaves behind with broken hearts five daughters, Roxann (Jerald) Twentier, Cynthia (Kent) Collingwood, Robin Sydlik, Kimberly (David) Cousins and Monica (James) Wallace. Also mourning her are two sons, Alan and Francis Sydlik.

Agnes was blessed with 18 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.

As we bid farewell to Agnes Melesenka, let us not dwell on our loss but celebrate the gift of her life.

Rest in peace, dear Agnes. Your legacy will live on in the hearts and lives of all who were blessed to know you. Amen.

MELESENKA — Visitation for Agnes Katherine (Sydlik) Melesenka, who died Saturday, June 8, 2024, will be held from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 15, 2024, at T. M. RALPH FUNERAL HOME SAWGRASS/WESTON, 371 NW 136th Ave., Sunrise, Fla.

For more information, visit www.tmralph.com.

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