Nell Orzechowski Kotulski, 95, of 216 Quinnipiac Avenue, North Haven passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 15, 2013 at the Vitas Hospice at St. Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury. She was the wife of the late Joseph J. Kotulski. Nell was born in New Haven on May 15, 1918; daughter of the late Joseph F. and Helen Ciomborowski Orzechowski; a graduate of Commercial High School and was the recipient of the Annex Alumni Award. She was a bookkeeper for the New Haven Firefighters Credit Union; was a member of the Polish Falcons Ladies Auxillary; was a parishioner and former C.C.D. teacher at St. Therese Church, North Haven. Mother of Thomas J. (Mary Ludovico) Kotulski and the late Christopher J. Kotulski. Sister of Beth Gudas, Edith Sudol and the late Ted, Emil, Stanley and John Orzechowski, Emma Kolakowski and Mary Pogonelski. Also survived by her daughter-in-law Judy Kotulski, many nieces and nephews.
Her funeral procession will leave the North Haven Funeral Home, 36 Washington Avenue, Wednesday morning at 10:30. A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated in St. Therese Church at 11:00. Interment will follow in St. Lawrence Cemetery. The visiting hours will be Tuesday (TODAY) from 4 to 6 pm.