Kielbasa, Genevieve "Jenny"

Genevieve "Jenny" Kielbasa, 85, of Berlin, died Saturday,

August 21, 2021, at St Francis Hospital following complications from an automobile accident. She was born and raised in Shenandoah, PA, daughter of the late John and Mary (Oleksy) Kielbasa. She moved to Hartford, Suffield, eventually settling in Berlin. Jenny was a secretary in West Hartford at Steben Auto Body and the Beth El Temple. She was a communicant of Our Lady of Sorrows Church and the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Hartford, and a member of the Ladies of La Salette. She was an avid cook/ baker, fan of UCONN women's basketball and a longtime rooter for the Boston Celtics and Red Sox. Jenny's warm personality and love of family, friends were infectious and endeared by all. She is survived by brothers Eddie Kielbasa (Berlin) and Frank and wife Connie Kielbasa (Keller, TX), sister-in-law Barbara Kielbasa

(West Hartford), many cousins, nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews and a great-great niece, Keira. She was predeceased by brothers/spouses, Stanley (Bernice), Walter (Anna), Anthony (Anna), Joseph, John,

Alfred (Bernice), Leonard, Martin; sisters, Mary, Helen; beloved beagle, Pepper. Calling hours will be Friday, 8/27, from 4-6PM at Sheehan-hilborn-breen Funeral Home, 1084 New Britain Ave, West Hartford. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10AM Saturday, 8/28, at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 79 New Park Ave, Hartford, attendees please go directly to the church. Internment following at Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield. Donations in memory of Jenny may be made to The Fr. Walter Ciszek Prayer League, 18 E Oak St, Shenandoah, PA 17976-2356. Online condolences may be made at www.sheehanhilbornbreen.com

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