Wanda Urbanik, of Madison Indiana, passed at River Terrace on Monday, 7 June 2021 at the age of 89. Loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, she was a devout Roman Catholic and a longtime member of Madison's Catholic Community, including St. Patrick and Prince of Peace parishes. Mrs. Urbanik worked in Grote Manufacturing Company from 1968 to 1997 where she was a member of the International Association of Machinists. Mrs. Urbanik's eventful and productive life was almost evenly split between Europe and the United States. She was born on the outskirts of Krakow, Poland on 11 January 1932 and experienced poverty and famine occasioned by economic depression and World War II. She married Adam Urbanik and started raising a family in 1952. Benefiting from a brief thaw in the Cold War and the "Family Reunification Act" passed by the US Congress in 1965, Mrs. Urbanik, her husband, and two of her three children emigrated to Madison Indiana on 9 Sep. 1966, sponsored by her in-laws Suzanna and Albin Koczergo. She and her husband proudly become naturalized US citizens in 1975. Her Madison area employers included Fiesta Restaurant and Grote Manufacturing Company.

Wanda continued to remain active and industrious after her formal "retirement" in the mid 1990's by assisting her husband with deer processing and sausage-making. She and Adam also frequented Kentuckiana flea markets and sales barns. Hardened by life experiences, Mrs. Urbanik was fiercely independent with a strong work ethic and boundless generosity. She delighted in cooking tasty Polish dishes and baking cakes for friends, family and neighbors. After Adam's passing in 2011, she found solace and support in her friend and neighbor Ms. Lorraine Lyons.

Immediate family includes her daughters: Margaret Bridgford of Madison, IN and Julie Rowland of Burlington, KY and her son, Andrew Urbanik of Beaufort, SC. Mrs. Urbanik has six grandchildren: John Adam Hoffman and Kelli Flannery; Margaret Hamil and Michael Urbanik; and Ava and Lily Rowland. She is also survived by two great-grandchildren, Kayli and Gracie Hoffman. Mrs. Urbanik enjoyed a close relationship with her niece Veronika Koczergo-Feltner currently of St. Augustine FL and her sister Helena Stocka of Chicago IL.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted by Father Christopher Craig at 11:00 AM on Friday, June 11, 2021, at St. Patrick's Church with interment to follow at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Madison IN. Eternal rest grant her O Lord and may the eternal light forever show her the way. Amen

The family requests memorial contributions be made to Prince of Peace Catholic Church. Contributions may be made at Lytle Welty Funeral Home or below.