Harriet Tutak

Service Details

Memorial Mass: Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 11:00 am at St. Sebastian Catholic Church, 3126 – 95th Street in Sturtevant

Visitation: in the church on Saturday from 10:00 – 11:00 am

Memorial Suggestions

Memorials to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Racine – Harriet “Hattie” Tutak passed away on August 30, 2017 at the age of 98.

Hattie was born in Racine, WI on September 11, 1918 to Boleslaw and Mary (Obremski) Skowronski.  She married Leo Tutak on October 8, 1938, at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Racine where she was a member until the Church’s closing, then joining St. Lucy Catholic Church.

Hattie worked at Ambrosia Chocolate for 4 years and then after her children were born, she worked at Western Publishing for 32 years.

She enjoyed making pierogis for holidays, and paczki before Lent.  She also enjoyed baking, especially her kringles, sugar cookies and her famous rye bread, which her family could never get enough of.  She loved getting together for dinner and then a game of Mexican Train Dominos with her family; also Kewpee’s hamburgers and Wells Brothers pizza were favorites. Hattie also enjoyed knitting and crocheting. Almost 17 years ago, her Granddaughter, Julie, told her of all the kids at a Kenosha School where she worked, who had no hats and mittens.  For 16 years, her mission was to make hats and mittens for those kids and others who needed them.  Through the years, she had made almost 1,000 sets for several Kenosha schools, along with HALO, Women’s Resource Center, and several other organizations.

Hattie is survived by her son, Leo E. (Debbie) Tutak of West Lafayette, IN, and her daughters, Nancy (Jim) Kucharski and MaryLou (Dave) Redmon, of Racine.  She is also survived by 7 grandchildren, Scott (Susan), Christopher (Heidi),  Rick (Sandi),  Mike (Joyce), Debbie (Dave) , Julie (Angel) and Jeff  (fiance Dana), and 6 great-grandchildren, Katie, Jeremy, Morgan, Amanda, Anthony and Olive, two brothers-in-law, John Strach and Mel Arnson, both of Muskegon, MI and many nieces and nephews, and also 3 special friends, Vi, Jeanette, and Viola, and numerous other friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Leo, in l981, her parents, brothers, Benny (Marie) Skowronski and Eddie (Dorothy) Skowronski, sister, Estelle (Jerry) Mueller, daughter-in-law, Marge Tutak, mother and father in-law, Sophia and Simon Tutak, brothers-in-law, Chet (Stella) Tutak and Eddie (Gerry) Tutak, and sisters-in-law, Anne Tutak, Irene Strach, Jean (Joe) Strach, Mary (Skip) Bartlett) and Frances Arnson.

Visitation will be held from 10:00AM to 11:00AM on Saturday, September 2, 2017, at St. Sebastian’s Catholic Church (3126 – 95^th street in Sturtevant) with the Mass to follow at 11:00AM. A luncheon will follow. Private interment will take place in Holy Cross Cemetery – Hwy 32. At Hattie’s request, memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

The family would like to thank Dr. James Gierhan for the wonderful care given to Hattie.  Also Ridgewood’s 2 East’s staff is the BEST and we are so grateful for all of you.

We’ll miss you Mom!