Viktoria Buchholz

Viktoria Buchholz, 98, of Kearny, NJ died Wednesday January 20, 2016 at Clara Maass Hospital in Belleville, NJ. Born March 6, 1917 in Pakalniskiai, Lithuania she went on to live in Kaunas, Lithuania and Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany and later immigrated to New Jersey where she lived in Kearny and worked at the RCA Corporation in Harrison. She was a resident of Kearny for 60 years and a parishioner of the Our Lady of Sorrows Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church of Kearny. A passionate singer, she was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Church Choir and the Ruta Lithuanian Choir Ensemble. She also enjoyed creating masterful needlepoint works, interacting with nature, nurturing her beloved grandchildren and cats, maintaining Lithuanian cultural traditions with her many Lithuanian friends and acquaintances, her flower gardening, and learning world languages. She married Leongin Buchholz in 1938 in Kaunas, Lithuania. He predeceased her in February 2001. She was also predeceased by her parents, Teofile (Obelieniute) and Motiejus Zujus and sister Laimute Kohanski. Surviving are; her children and their spouses; Ingrid Armento and her husband Robert, Helwida Ploghoft and her husband Frank, Viktor Buchholz and his wife Ruta, and Roland Buchholz and his wife Lucia; her cherished grandchildren; Daniel and his wife Rita, Michael and his wife Julie, Christopher and his wife Lisa, Thomas, Wayne, Kevin, Michael, Erica, Paul, Evan, Annemarie and her husband Scott, and Victoria; 7 great grandchildren; her brother Raymond Zujus and his family; and nieces Audrey Przybylski and Lilly Sudol and their families. Visitation is scheduled on Wednesday January 27, 2016 from 2-4 & 7-9pm at the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home 596 Belgrove Dr. Kearny, NJ. The funeral will take place on Thursday January 28, 2016 at 10am at Our Lady of Sorrows Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church at 136 Davis Ave Kearny, NJ. Followed by interment at the Holy Cross Cemetery North Arlington, NJ.

Posted on January 22, 2016 .