Genevieve Stelmach, age 99, of Maple Mount, KY passed away on Tuesday, December 11,
2018 at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. Genevieve was born on February 23, 1919 in
Lipnica Gorna, Poland to the late Jan and Maria (Plewa) Wnek and was educated in Poland.
During World War II, Germany took Polish citizens to work on farms in Austria which was
occupied by Germany. From 1940 until 1945 Genevieve worked as a farm laborer milking
cows, doing household chores and caring for the children of the farm owners. While subjected
to forced labor she met and married her husband Stanislaus who worked at a nearby farm. The
family remained in Austria until 1950 when they immigrated to the United States, settling at
Mount St. Joseph. Genevieve worked in the kitchen and bakery for the Ursuline Sisters until
she retired at the age of 90. People still talk about her buns and cinnamon rolls.
She was preceded in death by her husband Stanislaus in 2001 and her seven siblings.
Mrs. Stelmach is survived by her sons Todd (Pat) Stelmach, John (Ginny) Stelmach, Joe
(Sarah) Stelmach, and Mike (Charlotte) Stelmach; her 7 grandchildren, 5 step-grandchildren, 6
great-grandchildren, 20 step-great-grandchildren, and 3 step-great-great-grandchildren.
The Funeral Mass for Mrs. Stelmach, officiated by the Rev. Ray Goetz, will be at 11:00 a.m.
Friday at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church. Visitation will be from 4:00 until 8:00 p.m. Thursday at
Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory, where prayers will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, and from
9:30 until 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Mother House Chapel at Mount St. Joseph. Burial will be in
St. Alphonsus Cemetery.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the Ursuline Sisters of Mt. St.
Joseph or the Building Fund of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church.