Alice Ann Pruss

June 16, 1933 - April 13, 2009

Alice Ann Pruss, age 75, of the Polish Village, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2009, at St. Vincent's Medical Hospital after a long struggle with diabetes. She was born on June 16, 1933, in Toledo to Vincent and Wanda (Pawlikowski) Chwialkowski. Alice Chwialkowski married Frank Pruss on April 29, 1955. She was blessed with a large loving family of seven children. A doting mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, Alice was preceded in death by her husband Frank, her parents Vincent and Wanda Chwialkowski. Brothers Henry and Zigmund Chwialkowski. She is survived by children: sons Michael, Alan, Lawrence (Debra), Thomas (Alicia), and Vincent (Valerie) Pruss. Daughters: Christina Pruss and Lori(Ben) Barnett. Grandchildren: Ashley (Jay) Pruss-Menke, Jesse Martin, Niklas, Jillian, and Joseph Prussand and Allison.Great granddaughter: Desiree' Pesina. She is also survived by Brother Edward Chwialkowski and many nephew and nieces. Family and friends may visit on Thursday from 2-8 p.m. in the Ansberg-West Funeral Home, 3000 Sylvania Ave., a Funeral Mass will be held at St. Adalbert Church at 10 a.m. Friday. Interment will follow in Resurrection Cemetery, Toledo. The Family would like to say a special "Thank You" to the staff of St. Ann's and St. Vincent's Hospital for the care and support they gave Alice and her family. Memorial tributes may be given to St. Adalbert Church or the Kidney Foundation of Northwest Ohio.