Henrietta Lipinski Hawkins passes away

Henrietta Lipinski Hawkins, Class of 1959, passed away Sunday, Sept. 6 in Fairmont.

Henrietta Lipinski Hawkins

She was a daughter of Goldie DeFazio Lipinski, Class of 1937,  and the late Henry “Cheese” Lipinski. Goldie’s sister is  Loraine DeFazio Barth, Class of 1951.

Henrietta’s sister, Joyce Lipinski Evans, Class of 1969, is married to Donnie Evans, also Class of 1969. She is a teacher at Jayenne Elementary School on Country Club Road in Fairmont who this year received the Fairmont State Professional Development School Partnership’s Excellence in Teaching Award.

1959 senior photo

 

Other sisters are Judy Lipinski Cook, Class of 1958, a former Maid of Marion chosen from among Marion County high schools yearly and Monongah High prom queen, who lives on Pike Street in Monongah, within a block of where I was born in my Mary and Martin Olesky grandparents' home on Walnut Street (at the Pike intersection); and Sandra Lipinski Hawkins, Class of 1962.

Another cluster of Lipinskis in Monongah High history, nearly all of them outstanding athletes for the Lions, also were siblings: Eugene, Ted, “Big” Jim, Joe, John, Frank, Stephanie, Henry, Loretta and Lyndon.

Mary Virginia “Ginny” Satterfield Lipinski, Class of 1942, of Charleston, married into a Lipinski family. Her siblings are Steven Sanders “Bucky” Satterfield, Class of 1949, a retired West Virginia Highway Patrol Officer living in St. Albans with wife Rose; Violet Irene Satterfield Thompson, Class of 1942, of Worthington; and Eleanor Louise Satterfield Kennedy, Class of 1946, living in Vero Beach, Florida with husband Robert; Bud Satterfield, Class of 1947; and the late Neil Satterfield, Class of 1952, passed away Feb. 9, 2015.

 

Henrietta’s obituary:

Henrietta Lipinski Hawkins
(January 27, 1945 - September 6, 2015)

Henrietta Lipinski Hawkins, 73, of Fairmont lost her courageous fight against cancer on Sunday, September 6, 2015.  She was born in Monongah on January 27, 1945. She is the daughter of the late Henry “Cheese” Lipinski and Goldie DeFazio Lipinski, and resided at Pleasant Acres Assisted Living in Fairmont.

In her early years, Henrietta worked at Westinghouse. Family was very important to her and she thoroughly enjoyed spending time with them. She kept in contact with her many friends through “extended” telephone conversations. Frequent trips to play the Ladybug slots at The Meadows and Atlantic City were a source of enjoyment for her. Henrietta was an avid sports fan and loved watching the WVU Mountaineers. She was a woman of strong faith as evidenced by the way she cared for aging family members in their final years. Henrietta was blessed with many special friends who were a source of strength and support in her final months and visited her frequently.

She is survived by her loving husband, Fred Hawkins Jr., whom she married on October 31, 1968 and shared almost 48 years of wonderful memories. She is also survived by her two daughters; Laura Hawkins of Elkins and Lisa Hawkins Saenz (and husband Joel) of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She has two grandsons-Justin and Lane Saenz. Her sisters, who all reside in Monongah, are Joyce Lipinski Evans (and husband Donnie), Judy Lipinski Cook (husband Mickey) and Sandra Lipinski Hawkins (husband Chuck). Henrietta has several nieces and nephews as well as DeFazio and Lipinski cousins.

She was cared for at home by devoted family and wonderful friends and neighbors, until recently when she moved to Pleasant Acres Assisted Living Facility in Fairmont, where the devoted staff of Pleasant Acres took great care of her.

Friends and family may call from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at Domico Funeral Home, 414 Gaston Avenue, Fairmont, a vigil service will be held at 7 p.m. in the funeral home with Deacon Louis Belldina officiating. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Fairmont on Thursday at 10 a.m with Father Walter Jagela as celebrant. Burial will follow at the West Virginia National Cemetery in Grafton.  Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.domicofh.com