Eve "Effie" (nee Bryla) Grabowski, 98, of West Orange, NJ passed away on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. Eve was born May 30, 1924, in Hamlin, Virginia to Michael and Eva Daciek Bryla. She was raised in "The Valley" (Orange, NJ). Eve married John Grabowski, raised her family in West Orange and was a lifelong parishioner of St. Joseph's Church.
Eve was predeceased by her husband John, and daughters Joanne and Lorraine. She is survived by her daughter Linda and sons John and his wife Patricia, Stephen and Paul and his wife Jeannine. Eve also leaves behind her grandchildren Jon, Jessica, Kelly, Christine, Lauren, James, Emma, Paul, Taylor and Michael and her great grandchildren Olivia Eve, Casey, Beau, Madison and Lillian, her sister Agnes and many cherished nieces and nephews.
A visitation will be held on Friday, May 12, 2023, from 10-11am at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, 44 Benvenue Ave., West Orange, NJ., with a funeral mass to begin at 11am. Interment will immediately follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, NJ.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy for the Grabowski family may be shared at www.quinnhoppingfuneral.com.
