JOHNSTOWN, PA -  With profound sadness the Diocesan Chancery announces that Mildred Paproski, the mother of Very Rev. Protopresbyter Peter Paproski, reposed in the Lord on Tuesday, June 5, 2018.

Mildred Summers Paproski the wife of the late Henry Paproski, was born on August 28, 1930 in Danbury, CT to the late George and Harriett (Case) Summers and has been a life long Newtown, CT resident. She was a bookkeeper for Nutmeg Cleaners, and previously worked for Lovell’s Farm Equipment, and the Paproski family farm, Castle Hill Farm in Newtown. Mildred was an accomplished artist and skilled in many crafts, especially “Pysanky" Ukrainian Easter eggs. 

Survivors include her devoted sons, Andrew Paproski and his fiancé Donna Dempsey of Bethel, and Very Rev. Peter Paproski and his wife Carol of Stratford, her grandchildren, Nicholas, Samuel, Daniel, Justina and Timothy, great-grandchildren, Aubrey and Tucker and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services are private . In lieu of flowers those desiring may make donations in memory of Mildred to the Delancey Street Foundation, 100 Turk Hill Rd., Brewster NY 10509.

Diocesan Clergy and faithful are kindly asked to remember the newly departed servant +Mildred and the entire Paproski family in their prayers.

May Almighty God Grant Rest Eternal and Blessed Repose to  His Newly Departed Servant +Mildred and May Her Memory Be Eternal!