Obituary

Anne Helen Gronsky lived “a wonderful life,” said her husband, Art.

“It’s going to leave a big gap in my life now, but she’s in a better

place,” the longtime Newport Beach resident said. “But she had a nice

life.”

Mrs. Gronsky died Saturday of complications from pneumonia and cancer.

She was 83.

Mrs. Gronsky was born and raised in Newport Beach and attended Newport

Harbor High School, from which she graduated in 1936. She met Mr. Gronsky

while working at the Bay Store, he said. He, at the time, worked at the

Balboa Pavilion, which has been in his family since 1947.

“It was natural that we saw each other, and I had to know more about

her,” he said. “We went together for four years before getting married.”

After they married, they lived at the same site where Mrs. Gronsky

grew up. They, however, built a new home there in 1963.

“She was a wonderful homemaker,” he said. “And the home shows it

inside and out. She had quite a flair for decorating. She had fun making

the house look like she wanted it to. She was the ultimate as a

homemaker. She did it all.”

The Gronskys were married for 41 years.

A funeral Mass for Mrs. Gronsky will be held at 10 a.m. today at Our

Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 1441 W. Balboa Blvd.