Jan Kazmierczak ’72 passed away

Janet Kazmierczak

KAZMIERCZAK

Janet Sue

Janet Sue Kazmierczak, age 59, of Bradenton, Florida, passed away at her home on Tuesday, March 11, 2014. She was born in Toledo, Ohio on April 22, 1954, to Leo and Patricia (Labadie) Kazmierczak.

Janet was a 1972 graduate of McAuley High School in Toledo. She worked for the Toledo Police Department for several years before moving to Fort Lauderdale, where she joined the Pompano Beach Police Department as an officer. Janet later joined the Broward County Sheriff’s Department and worked in security for the Fort Lauderdale Airport. Her security experience led her to move to the U.S. Virgin Islands, where she became a security officer for the Ritz-Carleton in St. Thomas. Upon her retirement in 2012, she moved to Bradenton, Florida.

Janet is survived by her father, Leo T. Kazmierczak; sisters, Julie Newby and Karen Krzyminski; brothers, Rick, Dave and Bob; aunt, Sr. Mary Maurus Labadie, SND; nieces, Sarah Sutter, Jenny Greif, Erin Heckler and Jodi Krzyminski, and nephews, Nathan, Kyle and Michael Kazmierczak.

Friends and family will be received at the Maison-Dardenne-Walker Funeral Home, 501 Conant Street, Maumee, Ohio on Saturday, April 26, 2014, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. A Memorial Service will be held immediately following the visitation at 2 p.m. Interment will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery. Memorial Contributions may be made to the Toledo Humane Society, 1920 Indian Wood Circle, Maumee, OH 43537. Online condolences and messages may be shared with the family at

walkerfuneralhomes.com

Published in Toledo Blade on Mar. 23, 2014