Betty K. Moloznik

Betty K. Moloznik passed away peacefully on June 16, 2023 in her Philadelphia home, surrounded by all of her children. She was predeceased by Joseph S. Moloznik her husband of 69 years, and by her eldest son Mark. She is survived by David Moloznik, Karen Norton, Douglas Moloznik, Beth Termini and Bruce Moloznik, their spouses and their families. Born Betty Kendi on December 21, 1931, she grew up in Mammoth, a village in Western Pennsylvania, the youngest of nine children. Her father was a coal miner in the neighboring mining town of Mammoth Shaft. After graduating from high school, she worked in retail before joining Capitol Airways as an airline stewardess in the early 1950’s. She married Joe Moloznik in 1954 and they established their family in West Philadelphia near the University of Pennsylvania. She supported him in his legal career while raising a family of six and was a small business owner in University City. Her greatest and most rewarding role was as the proud and caring mother of 6 children, 13 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. She played an active role in community building in University City, helping establish The University City Arts League and The University City Historical Society and serving on their boards. She also launched the Spruce Hill May Fair and organized the house tours for the historical society to celebrate the range of fine homes in the historic neighborhood. She started A Moveable Feast with three female partners in Spruce Hill in 1974, providing a women-owned gourmet food shop and catering services to serve the university neighborhood, unique in its time. She also was an owner and managed the food service for the historic Henryville House in the Pocono Mountains in the 1970’s and early 1980’s. She and Joe generously welcomed family and friends to their home in Ocean City, NJ for over five decades. She was a dedicated member of St. Agatha/St. James parish in University City, and later at St. Francis Xavier Church in Center City. In 2005, Betty and Joe Moloznik moved into The Philadelphian condominium complex opposite the Philadelphia Art Museum, and established new neighborhood ties. She both stayed in touch with her oldest and dearest friends and cultivated a new, warm community of friends in The Philadelphian – continuing to make new friends at age 91, interested in everyone she met. Her warm hospitality and ready laugh made her the best of company. She was a devoted human being who deeply loved and prayed for and worried on and advised every soul in her family. Her caring hand extended to her broad circle of friends and the friends of her children, and to her dear caretaker and family friend, Nejewa Araya. In the spirit of their mother’s conviction that love of family is expressed through meals together, her children invite those who wish to do so, to contribute to her local food bank, Philabundance, in lieu of flowers. Relatives and friends are invited to her funeral mass, 11:00 am, Saturday, June 24th at the St. Francis Xavier Church (The Oratory), 24th & Green Streets, Philadelphia, PA. A viewing will be held in church Saturday morning from 9:00am to 10:45am. Interment at The Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.

Betty K. Moloznik

December 21, 1931 - June 16, 2023

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December 21, 1931 - June 16, 2023

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