May 22, 2008  

LOWVILLE, N.Y.  —  Genevieve M. Niezabytoski, 84, formerly of East State Street and Brookside Senior Living Community, died Thursday, May 22, 2008 at the Lewis County Residential Health Care Facility, where she has resided since Feb. 8, 2006.  

She was under the care of the nursing home staff, her family, and Lewis County Hospice.   

A funeral Mass will be said 11:30 a.m. Monday, May 26, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Lowville, with Rev. Timothy J. Soucy, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in Lowville Rural Cemetery.  Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, May 25, at Iseneker Funeral Home, Inc., 5702 Waters Road, Lowville.  

Contributions may be made to Lewis County Residential Healthcare Facility, Attn:  Activities, 7785 N. State Street, Lowville, N.Y. 13367; or Friends of Lewis County Hospice, P.O. Box 266, Lowville, N.Y. 13367. 

Born Aug. 25, 1923 in Taylor, Pa., a daughter of the late William and Mary Wojcieckowska Ostrowski, she graduated from Lowville Academy. She worked for Utica Casket Company before her marriage. 

She married Edward F. Niezabytoski on Oct. 3, 1943, at St. Hedwig’s Catholic Church in Houseville. He died March 26, 2000.  

Together with her husband, the couple owned and operated a dairy farm on Route 26 in Denmark for a short time. They moved to Lowville before owning and operating a dairy farm in Turin, returning to Lowville in 1952, where they resided on East State Street. She also worked for the Lewis County Sheriff’s Department for over 15 years.  

Mrs. Niezabytoski moved to Brookside Senior Living Community in June 2004.   

She was a communicant of St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Lowville.  

Mrs. Niezabytoski was a charter member of the Lowville Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary.  

She enjoyed sewing, crocheting, knitting, and crafts.  Mrs. Niezabytoski also enjoyed spending time at camp at Lake Bonaparte, attending auctions, and antique hunting.

Surviving are two daughters and their husbands, Barbara and Carl Halko, Copenhagen, and Mary and Michael Hoffman, Phoenix, Ariz.; a brother and his wife, Joseph and Sue Ostrowski, Bridgeport; three sisters and two brothers-in-law, Anne Kubinski, Lowville, Sonja and Jack Stanboro, Johnson City, and Regina and William Tooker, Marrero, La.; three granddaughters, Tammy and Erik Heider, Kitnersville, Pa, Cindy and Jasin Carroll, Copenhagen, Sue and Joe Shultz, Lowville; a grandson, Chris Hoffman, Phoenix, Ariz.; two great-granddaughters and three great-grandsons; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.  

Three brothers, John, William and Francis Ostrowski, and a sister, Helen Deveines, all died before her.

Information provided by Iseneker Funeral Home, Inc. of Lowville and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.