Obituary of Genevieve Rychcik

Genevieve Rychcik, a resident of Pleasant Valley, NY for 26 years, and formerly of Schenectady, NY peacefully passed away on August 5, 2021 at the Lutheran Care Center at the age of 98. Daughter of the late Blanche (LaVallee) and John Kopmeyer. She was born in Charlton, NY on October 15, 1922. Gen grew up in Schenectady NY and graduated from the Mont Pleasant High School. In 1941 she married John Kiszkiel who died at sea in the Pacific in 1945. In 1949, she married Joseph Rychcik, a self-made toolmaker and businessman, who predeceased her in 1985. For many years, Gen was the bookkeeper for the family business. In 1995 she moved to Pleasant Valley to live with family. In her lifetime, Gen was a wonderful wife, a caring mother, a meticulous homemaker, and loving grandmother and great grandmother. While living in Schenectady, she was a founding member of the Alplaus Fire Department Auxiliary and volunteered at Proctors Theater. After moving to Pleasant Valley, Gen was a member of the Vassar Brothers Hospital Auxiliary and volunteered at the Bardavon and Sharon Playhouses. Even if she did not achieve any worldly accomplishments, she meant the world to her family.

Gen is survived by her 4 children; Carol Kiszkiel Luf (Skip) of Newtown CT, Susan Dempsky (Rick) of Glenville, NY, Tim Rychcik, (Greer) of Pleasant Valley NY, and Mike Rychcik, (Judy) of Spencertown, NY; 10 grandchildren, Keith, Doug, Lisa, Rick (Bucky), Emily, Beth, Katie, Stan, Brian and Chloe; and 16 great grandchildren, Max, Greta, Linus, Otto, Logan, Braydon, August, Mason, Lucas, Joseph, Marek, Sullivan, London, Corinne, Hudson and Ford, her sister Louisa of Oakdale, MN., and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a grandson, Mathew, 2 brothers, John and Henry (Bud) and 2 sisters, Amelia and Ruth (Sis).

A calling period will be held on Saturday, August 14, 2021, from 11am to noon at the Glenville Funeral Home, 9 Glenridge Rd., Glenville, NY. A funeral service will follow at noon at the funeral home. Burial will be at Memory Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Mathew Luf Memorial Scholarship Fund c/o The Newtown Scholarship Association, PO Box 302, Newtown, CT 06470.

For online tributes, you can visit www.glenvillefuneralhome.com