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Buffalo News

BERNADETTE A. (BULKA) TALARICO
TEACHER'S AIDE

Bernadette A. Talarico, 50, of Sandlewood Drive, a community volunteer and teacher's aide, died Sunday (June 20, 1999) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital after a brief illness.

Born Bernadette Bulka in Niagara Falls, she graduated from Madonna High School in 1967 and from Bryant & Stratton Business Institute in 1969.

Mrs. Talarico was co-chairwoman of the 1998 Festival of Lights Gala. She was a former president of Niagara Catholic High School Alumni and a former member of the Lewiston Library board of trustees.

She volunteered for Niagara Falls Boys and Girls Club, Niagara University, Skating Association for the Blind and Handicapped and Porter Cup Golf Tournament at Niagara Falls Country Club.

Mrs. Talarico was a member of the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Auxiliary, the Lewiston Service Guild, and St. Peter's Catholic Church Altar and Rosary Society.

She was honored as the Niagara Catholic Woman of the Year in 1996.

Mrs. Talarico worked as a teacher's aide at St. Peter's School until 1998.

She enjoyed family events and spending time at the family cabin in the Southern Tier.

Survivors include her husband of 27 years, Samuel A.; a son, Victor J.; two daughters, Jennifer L. and Alisa M.; and her parents, John and Bernice Bulka of Niagara Falls.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10 a.m. Wednesday in St. Peter's Church, 620 Center St., after prayers at 9:15 in M.J. Colucci & Son Funeral Chapel, 468 19th St., Niagara Falls.

Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Niagara Falls.

Family/Spouse: TALARICO, Samuel Anthony. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 2/13/1971


Mr. and Mrs. John Bulka, 2418 Cudaback
Ave., announce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Bernadette Anne Bulka, to
Samuel Anthony Talarico. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Victor Talarico, 2442 Woodlawn Ave.
Miss Bulka is a 1967 graduate of Madonna
High School and a 196S graduate of Bryant
and Stratton Business Institute, Buffalo. She
is a secretary at the Manufacturers and
Traders Trust Co., Portage Road office.
Mr. Talarico. a 1964 graduate of Bishop
Duffy High School, is a 196S graduate ,of
Oklahoma University where he majored in
business administration. He is an assistant
manager of the Manufacturers and Traders
Trust Co., Portage Road office.
An Oct. 16 wedding is planned.

1. TALARICO, Victor J
2. TALARICO, Jennifer L
3. TALARICO, Alisa M

John married SYDLOWSKI, Bernice Mary about Oct 1946 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Bernice (daughter of SYDLOWSKI, John) was born on 22 Jun 1924 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 24 Nov 2007 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 10/9/1946

RECENTLY WED-Mrs. John
E. Bulka, the former Miss Bernice
Szydlowski, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Szydlowski, Cudaback
avenue.
The bridegroom Is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bulka, also of
Cudaback avenue. The ceremony
took place in St. Stanislaus Kost-
ka church.

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Niagara Gazette - 7/27/1968

Peter P. Bulka Sr., 78, of 2457
Cudaback Ave.., died Friday
(July 26, 1968) at home after a
long illness.
Born in Poland, Mr. Bulka
was a naturalized citizen of the
United States.
He resided in this
city for 55 years and was self-
employed as a carpenter.
Mr. Bulka was the husband
of the late Julia (Cwiertnia)
Bulka who died in December,
1956
Surviving are three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Vernon (Marie) Love-
less of Riverside, Calif., and
Mrs. Leon (Sophie) Szydlowski
and Mrs. Paul (Josephine)
Klock, both of this city; five
sons, Stanley Bulka of Sensing
ton, Md., Walter Bulka of San-
born, aid John Bulka, Edward
Bulka, and Patrolman Peter.
Bulka Jr., all of this city; 24
grandchildren, and four great-
grandchildren.
[Funeral, services will be held
Monday at the Zajac Funeral
Home at 9:30 a.m. and at St.
Stanislaus Kostka Church at 10
a.m. Burial will be in .Holy Trin-
ity Roman Catholic Cemetery.
Prayers will be recited at
the funeral home Sunday at
7:30 p.m.
Friends may call today from
2 to 10 p.m. and Sunday at their
convenience.

Peter + CWIERTNIA, Julia. Julia was born about 1894 in Poland; died on 15 Dec 1956 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 12/17/1956

A Requiem High Mass will be
celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday
at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church
for Mrs. Julia Bulka, 62, of 2457
Cudaback Ave., who died at Mt
St. Mary's Hospital after a two-
week illness Saturday (Dec. 15,
1956).
.
Prayers will be offered at 9:30
a.m. at the Zajak Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Holy Trinity:
Cemetery.
A native of Poland, Mrs. Bulka
had resided in this city for. 43
years.
Surviving are her husband, Peter
Bulka; three daughters, Mrs. Marie
Loveless, Lockport. Mrsi Sophie
Szydloski and Miss Josephine
Bulka, both of this city; five sons,
John* Walter, Edward and. Peter
Bulka. this city, and Stanley Bulka,
Kingsington, -Md.; 10 grandchil-
dren; and a sister in Poland..
Members of the Ushers Club of
St. Stanislaus Church, of which
her son, John Bulka, is a member,
will meet for recitation of prayers
at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral
home.