Constance "Connie" G. Zulczyk

Our dear Aunt Connie was born November 18, 1931. She was the youngest in the Barc family and she looked up to her older sisters and adored her only brother. She was born and raised in Detroit, attended Catholic school, and spoke fluently in Polish, as well as English. Aunt Connie was an excellent student and the treasurer of her Senior Class. She went on to take typing and shorthand classes and her first job was as a secretary with the FBI! She met the love of her life William (Rusty) Zulczyk when she stood up with him in a friend’s wedding. Aunt Connie and Uncle Rusty were blessed with three sons, Martin, Joseph and David. There were challenges, because the children were born deaf, and Joseph had additional developmental disabilities. As such, Aunt Connie became fluent in a third language – sign language! She used that to communicate with her sons and their friends, and she was very involved in the deaf community. Aunt Connie worked as a secretary, when she didn’t have small children, and eventually retired from General Dynamics. She had great friends from work and always kept the team laughing. She was a homemaker extraordinaire. Her home was always picture perfect! She loved to entertain, and nothing made her happier than to be cooking and baking for others. Many of us remember her as the life of the party. She loved to laugh, and she was fantastic at telling jokes.

Tragically, Aunt Connie was preceded in death by all three of her sons and by her husband. Somehow, Aunt Connie was able to still appreciate all the blessings she had in life. Aunt Connie’s would say her faith got her though the very difficult times. She would always offer to pray for you or anyone in need. She had a stack of prayer cards that she said every day and she tried to say a rosary every day too!

As she got older, she still loved her independence and even after being hit by a car and breaking bones in 2013 – she got back to driving. Unfortunately, Alzheimer’s took her ability to drive away a few years ago. Since then, the family and her friends stepped in to visit her, get her shopping, take her out to lunch or just spend time with her. In her later years, she continued to love music and singing, and she loved to be outside, to enjoy the flowers, see the squirrels scamper and listen to the birds. Most of all she loved to be with family and friends. Aunt Connie was a wonderful woman whose faith guided her life. Her sense of humor made her so much fun to be with. She was a gift and will be missed by so many friends and family who were blessed by her thoughtfulness and caring.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Society for Deaf Children or to the Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Center. Please share a memory with the family at www.temrowski.com