Obituary of Margaret Ratkowski

Margaret Ratkowski, 87, of Lawrenceville, died Saturday in St. Francis Medical Center. Born in Trenton, she had resided in Lawrenceville for forty-five years. Mrs. Ratkowski retired in 1983 as a finisher with Stangl Pottery in Trenton. She was a member of St. Michael's R.C. Church in Trenton. Daughter of the late Frank and Mary Parziale DeMuzio, sister of the late Jennie Raub, Julie Solarski, Edith Davidovics, Joseph, Ernest, and Louis DeMuzio, and wife of the late Kenneth R. Ratkowski Sr., she is survived by her son Kenneth R. Ratkowski Jr., and a sister Mildred ""Pug"" Garruba and her husband Joseph. Also surviving are two sisters-in-law Ann DeMuzio and Gloria DeMuzio and several nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday at 11 AM in St. Michael's R.C. Church in Trenton. Entombment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery Mausoleum in Hamilton. Family and friends may call on Wednesday from 8:30 to 10:30 AM at Poulson & Van Hise Funeral Directors, 650 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Parkinson Society, Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center, Department of Neurology, 97 Patterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08909.