CONSTANCE THERESA CHOLEWINSKI (Age 93)
On May 7, 2016 of Silver Spring, MD formerly of Matawan, NJ .Beloved wife of 51 years to the late Fred Cholewinski; mother of Patricia L. Nicholson (Timothy C.)of Milton, DE and Aileen M. Ilaria of Zionsville, IN. Grandmother of Timothy K. Nicholson (Jennifer Porter), Christopher Nicholson (Tara), Meredith Benoit (Michael), Jessica Ilaria, Amanda Ilaria and Alyssa Ilaria. Great-grandmother of Cora L. Nicholson, Victoria K. Benoit and Evelyn R. Nicholson. Also survived by brothers, Gregory Barclay (Liz) and Anthony Barclay (Donna); and many special nieces and nephews and wonderful friends. Preceded in death by her sisters, Irene Archer and Genevieve Holbrook; and her brother, James Barclay.
Mrs. Cholewinski was born and raised in Rockville Centre, NY to parents James J. and Magdalen Barclay. She graduated from Bishop McDonnell Memorial High School for Girls in 1940. After graduation she matriculated to Hunter College, but graduated from Kean University with a BA in Education and then received her MA in Administration from Fordham University. She was a proud member of the Beta Sigma Omicron Sorority. Prior to her extensive career in education, she was Chief Hostess for TWA and taught Hostess training school in Kansas City, MO and Washington, DC in the mid 1940”s. She taught at St. Joseph School in Keyport, N.J. and she taught and was principal of St. Benedict School in Holmdel, N.J. until her retirement in 1989. Connie was the first lay principal in the Trenton Diocese.
Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard, West, Silver Spring, MD, (Valet Parking), on Friday, May 13 from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. and at Resurrection at Riderwood Chapel, 3160 Gracefield Road, Silver Spring, MD on Saturday, May 14 from 9:30 to 10 a.m., where Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Entombment Holy Cross Cemetery East Brunswick, NJ at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in her name to Holy Cross Home Care and Hospice, 11800 Tech Rd., Suite 240, Silver Spring, MD 20904 or to Mt. St. Mary Academy, 1645 US-22, Watchung, NJ 07069.