Stephanie Kilanowski

October 2, 1919 - March 30, 2018

Stephanie (Sarzynski) Kilanowski, 98, of Toms River, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 30, 2018. Born in Utica, NY, she grew up in Wola Zarczycka, Poland then lived in Passaic, East Rutherford and Paterson settling in Toms River in 1981. Prior to her retirement, Stephanie was an inspector for Becton-Dickinson Corporation in East Rutherford for over 30 years. She was a parishioner of St. Stanislaus Kostka R.C. Church in Garfield and St. Joseph's R.C. Church in Toms River. Stephanie was the beloved wife of 78 years to the late Henry Kilanowski, devoted mother of Gerald "Jerry" Kilanowski and his wife, Beverly, of Anchorage, AK, Genevieve "Genny" Natvig and her husband, Mike, of Highlands Ranch, CO, and the late Henry "Hank" Kilanowski, Jr., loving grandmother of Scott and his wife, Karen, Randall "Randy" and his wife Jill, and Tracey, great-grandmother of Sam, Hailey, Carson, Nelson and Cassie. She was also the dear sister of Edward Sarzynski and the late Joseph Sarzynski and Genevieve Pawliszyn, Gladys Iwaniki, Emily Grus, and Phyllis Tudryn.