Obituary of Joan Malecky Orzech

Joan (Malecky) Orzech, 100, of Glastonbury, wife of the late Joseph J. Orzech, died Friday May 27, 2016 at the Marlborough Health Care Center. Born September 17, 1915 in Glastonbury, daughter of the late Stanley and Balbina (Leach) Malecky, she was a lifelong resident. Joan retired from the Aetna, but also enjoyed a long career as a seamstress – including working in the fine dresses department of the original G.Fox and Company. Always active, Joan was a life member of the League of the Sacred Heart, a member of AARP and the Glastonbury Senior Center. Joan always enjoyed a good game of set-back, following the stock market, talking politics, and lunch with friends. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Barbara and John Cinciva of South Glastonbury, a sister Shirley Masterson and her husband Edward of Somers, her 3 granddaughters and their husbands, Anne and Jay Santos of Mansfield, MA, Lori and Matthew Hackethal of NY,NY, and Lynn and William Warner of Glastonbury and 3 great grandchildren, Rebecca and Ailinn Santos, and Mallory Warner and 2 cousins Lillian Johnson and William Leach. She was predeceased by 4 brothers and 4 sisters, John Malecky, Frederick Malecky, Edmund Malecky, Stanley Malecky, Jr., Florence Malecky, Elizabeth Marone, Irene LeRoy and Bernice Malecky. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday June 1 at 10am in St. Augustine Church, 55 Hopewell Rd., South Glastonbury. Burial will follow in St. Augustine Cemetery. Friends may call at the Mulryan Funeral Home, 725 Hebron Ave., Glastonbury on Tuesday May 31 from 5-7pm. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Recreation Department at Marlborough Health Care Center, 85 Stage Harbor Rd., Marlborough, CT. 06447. For online condolences please visit www.mulryanfh.com.