Helena Wronska, nee Necka, passed away in her sleep July 18, 2025, to join her husband in eternal rest. She was born June 15, 1930 in Stalowa Wola, Poland into a Roman Catholic family of three boys; Adam, Stanisław and Jan and two girls; Maria and herself. Their father, Piotr, was a train operator and mother, Aniela, was a homemaker. Young Helena and her siblings attended Elementary School in her hometown while living through the horrors of German occupation during WWII.  In 1940, her oldest brother was forced by German occupiers into slave labor on a farm in Bavaria, Germany. In the summer of 1944, when the Bolshevik Red Army offensive pushed the Germans out of her hometown, the Soviets left two wounded soldiers to be cared for by Helena’s family. One of the wounded soldiers completely recovered and returned to the USSR, the second one, however, succumbed to his wounds.  In later years, while suffering from a debilitating stroke, she had been inquiring if everyone, including the soldiers, had a place to sleep when she saw a lot of people coming to visit. The events of WWII left a great impression on young Helena and those memories remained with her for the rest of her life.

In 1945 her brother Adam returned home from Germany, but decided to escape to what turned out to be a second occupation of Poland, this time by the Bolsheviks and communist USSR. He managed to make it to Holland and joined the US Army. After serving in the entire Korean War, he settled in Detroit, MI.

In 1948 Helena met the love of her life, a local soccer player, Adam Wronski, whom she married in 1949.  Their union produced four sons, Marek, Andrzej, Maciej and Leszek.  They also helped raise her nephew, Sławomir Necka, who joined the military service at a young age.  The next 44 years were spent raising and educating their boys through primary, elementary, high school, and colleges while managing as a one income family. The boys fondly recall all the care packages that were coming from home for many years.  After becoming empty nesters, Grandpa and Grandma joyfully continued their labor of love and helped to raise their grandchildren.  When Adam passed away in 1993, Helena immigrated to the United States. She went on to live with their youngest, Leszek and his American family in Texas of whom Adam was very fond, and asked them to care for Helena after his passing. Helena spent the remaining 32 years of her life in Galveston County. In 2024 she became a US citizen.

She was predeceased by her husband, Adam, her parents, nephew, and siblings.  She is survived by four sons; Marek and wife Urszula; Andrzej and wife Maria; Maciej and wife Aneta; and Leszek and wife Margie.  She is also survived by 11 grandchildren: James and Julianna; Agnieszka [Bryan] and Paweł [Natasha]; Jakub [Aneta], Tomasz [Victoria], and Anna; Weronika, Mateusz, Marta and Wiktoria.  Also surviving are 8 great grandchildren: Alexis, Anastasia, and Penelope; Charlie, George and Henry; Charlotte and Harrison.

The family wishes to extend special thanks to Anna Rotkiewicz, MD, for over 25 years of heartfelt medical care of Helena and to her grandson James for spending just about every day with her for the past 11 years of her life after her debilitating stroke in the summer of 2014. James made sure that Grandma would have her “Maza = Daily Mass”, “Rosaries =Rosary” and “Appel = Evening Prayer service” always on her TV.  Every morning while helping her get dressed he would remind her to make the sign of the cross. With joy, she would embrace him, give him a kiss and continue with her morning prayer. In the last two weeks of her life, when she lost the ability to move her arms, James would kneel in front of her, lift her arms and help her to make the sign of the cross.  Also special thanks to her cousin Arleta Piechota, who provided additional assistance in recent years.

Special acknowledgement is given to Leszek’s employer, Ashland, LLC, Heart to Heart Hospice as well as Nurses Melissa and Tiffany.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 26, 2025,  at Queen of Peace Catholic Church in La Marque with visitation and Rosary at 9:00 a.m. followed by the funeral mass at 10:00 a.m. and interment at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Galveston, Texas.

Arrangements are entrusted by the Crowder Funeral Home in La Marque.