Theresa Elizabeth Pawlikowski

Theresa Elizabeth Pawlikowski of Point Pleasant, N.J., a retired registered nurse, entered into rest on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, in Warwick. She was 86.
The daughter of Andrew Bogdanski and Stephania Gurda Bogdanski, she was born on June 15, 1931, in Pine Island.
She was a member of the Third Order of St. Francis and was a longtime member of the choir at St. Martha’s in Point Pleasant.
She is survived by her daughter Mary Bashtarz; daughter Anne Martin and husband Joe; daughter Celia Morgiewicz and husband Gary; daughter Ellen Quinn and husband Robert; sons-in-law Mark Bros and George Dragan; 18 grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband, Walter J. Pawlikowski; daughters Nancy Bros and Susan Dragan; son-in-law Lad Bashtarz; five sisters: Antoinette O’Keefe, Anne Brozdowski, Stella Mileski, Frances Wiecek and Rose Nichols Morgenthaler; and three brothers: Andrew J. Bogdanski Jr., Stanley Bogdanski and Bernard J. Bogdanski.
Visitation was held Jan. 23 at T.S. Purta Funeral Home in Pine Island.
A Funeral Mass was celebrated Jan. 24 at St. Stephen the First Martyr Church in Warwick.
Burial was in St. Stanislaus Cemetery in Pine Island.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Church of Saint Martha, 3800 Herbertsville Road, Point Pleasant, N.J. 08742.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the T.S. Purta Funeral Home. To send a condolence online, please go to www.purtafuneralhome.com.