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Wilma Mae Bravenec Kaminsky

8 Oct 1924 – 26 Mar 2014

Birth	8 Oct 1924
Death	26 Mar 2014
Cemetery	Calvary Cemetery Youngstown , Mahoning County , Ohio , USA
Added by	Rozz on 10 Apr 2014
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126990598

Bio

AKRON - Wilma Mae Bravenec Kaminsky, 89, formerly of Austintown, passed away Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at Bath Manor Special Care Centre in Akron. Wilma, who was know to all as Mae, was born Oct. 8, 1924, in Temple, Texas, a daughter of the late Frank and Hermina "Minnie" Jezek Bravenec. She grew up on a farm in Oscar, Texas, attended Little Elm School, and graduated in 1942 from Temple High School. She was employed by Western Union in Temple and also in Portland, Oregon. On Aug. 13, 1945, Mae married Francis Kaminsky, whom she met while he was stationed in the military at Fort Hood, Texas. They moved to Youngstown after his discharge from the service, and in 1953 they moved to Austintown, where they continued to raise their three children, Pat, Richard, and Ed. Besides being a loving mother and wife, Mae sold Avon for ten years and was a driver for the PEDA Transportation for disabled students. Mae loved to sew and was an accomplished seamstress for her family, friends, and others. She and Francis enjoyed traveling throughout the United States, and Mae enjoyed taking pictures of her travels and of family and friends. She also enjoyed watching and feeding birds and caring for her rescue cats, Tiger, Spanky, and ChiChi. Mae and her husband were charter and active members of the Mahoning County Council for Retarded Citizens (the ARC of Ohio, NE branch), and Mothers of Retarded Children. She was an active member of the Mahoning County Extension Homemakers Council, Bethel Assembly of God, Women's Ministry, and Youngstown Developmental Center Citizens' Advisory Council. In 1981, Mae received the Mother of the Year Award from the Ohio Department of Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. She is survived by her daughter, Patricia (Franklin) Harrah of Akron; and her son, Edward of Austintown. Mae was preceded in death by her husband, Francis, her son, Richard, a sister, Ruth Hopkins, and brother, Frank Bravenec. Jr. Interment at Calvary Cemetery in Youngstown, where Mae will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband, and her son, Richard. Source: The Kinnick Funeral Home 27 Mar 2014