Catherine Helen Kolodziejcyk, 95, of Cuero, passed away Friday, December 19, 2025. She was born August 11, 1930, in Yorktown to the late Leon Herman and Veronica Ann Hahn Ibrom. She married her beloved husband, Alvin William Kolodziejcyk on August 8, 1950 in Westhoff.
Mom was a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church and St. Michael’s Catholic Daughters of Americas. In her youth, she was a nurse at Burns Hospital, then a homemaker raising five children along with dogs, cats, chickens, rabbits, cows and any other animal that needed care. She was very active at St. Michael’s Catholic School with all five children attending thru 8th grade, serving as PTA president numerous times as well as room mother. She was famous for her baked and canned goods which she graciously shared with festivals and bake sales for the school and church. She then became a cook for CISD school cafeterias and was known as “Mrs. K”. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren were the light of her life. When you drove across the cattleguard, the pilot light to the stove came on and she would start cooking…again!
She is survived by daughters, Patsy Warzecha (David) and Brenda Baca (Brian); sons, Alvin J. Kolodziejcyk Jr. (Wanda), Allen Kolodziejcyk (Patty), and Dale Kolodziejcyk (Pam); brothers, David Ibrom (Patsy), Robert Ibrom (Shirley) and Eugene Ibrom; grandchildren, Kevin Kolodziejcyk (Kelly), Nicole Stepanski (Jarrod), Jason Baca (Amanda), Kathy Strelitz (Brian), Kristie Kolodziejcyk and Kurtis Kolodziejcyk (Natalie) and fourteen great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; beloved husband of 62 years, Alvin W. Kolodziejcyk Sr.; son-in-law, Dennis Seidel; brother, Daniel Ibrom and sister-in-law, Helen Ibrom.
Visitation will be held Friday, December 26, 2025, 5:00 – 7:00 PM at Freund Funeral Home with a rosary at 6:30 PM. Funeral Mass will be held Saturday, December 27, 2025, 10:00 AM at St. Michael’s Catholic Church with Father Caleb Krischke officiating. Interment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery in Yorktown.
Pallbearers include her grandsons, Kevin Kolodziejcyk, Jarrod Stepanski, Jason Baca, Brian Strelitz and Kurtis Kolodziejcyk; and great-grandson, Deylin Griffin.
Honorary pallbearers include her brothers, David, Robert and Eugene Ibrom as well as her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Altar Servers are Knights of the Altar – Brenner and Balen Baca, her great-grandsons.
Our hearts are filled with gratitude for Andrea Strait and staff at Alzcare of Dewitt County for the care she received. Christina Buchanan, there is a special place in heaven for you for the compassion and care you gave Mom as her night caretaker. Thank you to the Deacons and Eucharistic Ministers of St. Michael’s for the prayers and services. For the Priests of St. Michael’s, past and present, for the visits and spiritual care and especially for Father Richard Bediako for her final hospital visit and consoling the family while there – Thank you.
Memorial Contributions may be made to Holy Cross Cemetery or St. Michael’s Catholic School.