Anne P. Turek

Anne was the beloved wife of the late Edward F. Turek; loving mother of Msgr. Michael E. Turek, Donald R,(Peggy) Turek, Deborah A. (Dr. Kevin) Walde, and Gary J. (Donna) Turek; cherished grandmother of Kate (Dr. Matt) Bauer, Dr. Ryan (Alexandra) Walde, Jane (Dr. Brian) Klein, Alexandra (Andrew) Smith, and Evan Turek; devoted great-grandmother of Annie, Mary, John, Luke, and Matthew Bauer, Eddie, Marie, Eloise, Bridget, and Charlie Klein, Nolan Smith, and George Walde; dear aunt, great-aunt, and godmother to many.

Faith. Family. Friends. Fun. Those words sum up a life well lived. A life truly devoted to Christ. A life she literally lived-for others.

Anne attended St. Casimir grade school and graduated from Central High School in North St.Louis. She and our dad Ed were married in 1948. She later spent over 20 years working in administration at the Catholic Youth Council offices for the Archdiocese of St.Louis. She was a long time active parishioner at Church of the Magdalen in South St.Louis where our family grew up. She cherished her countess relationships with family and friends, but her greatest accomplishment was being such a loving and devoted wife to our dad while being such a loving mother to her four children. She and dad never imagined that one day, one of their own kids would go on to become a priest, and later, a Monsignor. Like all our relatives, Mom was fiercely proud of her Polish heritage and she made certain to always share that sentiment with us—and that helped foster the close knit extended family we have today.

Whether it was reveling in the music and dance with our aunts and uncles at their polka festivals, road trips to tournaments with the couples on our Dad’s senior softball team or taking in a ballgame in the sunshine of spring training down in Florida, mom never took the simple things in life for granted and always made sure to count her blessings. She looked forward to spending quality family time at every opportunity with her children, grandchildren and later in life, her great grandchildren.

But Mom’s most precious asset was her devout Catholic faith. Her life served as a daily example of how we should strive to live our faith, doing whatever she could to become closer to God--like saying the rosary, attending mass (or even watching on tv) or receiving the sacraments, those things meant everything to her. During difficult times, she’d often encourage us to simply “offer it up” and face whatever burdens we had not alone, but, with Christ by our side.

Even while she spent her final few years at Our Lady, Queen and Mother nursing home, she still was able to continue bringing joy to the residents and staff alike, as evidenced by the countless stories we heard about her ever present smile or how she was always there to share a laugh or offer a kind word of encouragement. Simply put, she just wanted the people around her to be happy…and seeing that made her happy.

A visitation will be held Friday, March 7 from 4-8pm at Hoffmeister Colonial Mortuary, 6464 Chippewa Street 63109. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, March 8 at 10am at the Church of the Magdalen, 4924 Bancroft at South Kingshighway 63109. The service will be Facebook livestreamed. See below for the link under "Service" and click "join livestream."

Interment at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery will be private at a later date.

Contributions in Anne's memory to Caritas Connections https://www.caritasconnections.com/Donate or to a charity of your choice in her honor would be greatly appreciated by her family.

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