Carolyne Kuziej

Carolyne Kuziej was born November 21, 1944 to Wilhelm and Ellen (Hartshorne) Gogel in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. As a young child, she was baptized in St. John's Anglican Church in Saskatoon. Later, she confirmed her faith in Jesus Christ in the same church.

While she was a young girl, Carolyne became interested in figure skating. As such, she took lessons and practiced faithfully for years and so attained a high level of proficiency. Because of that, when she became an adult, she taught figure skating and became a coach.

On the seventh of May, 1971, Carolyne married Jesse Lang. She and her husband had five children, Amanda, Paul, Jessica, Erica and Sara. They lived for a time in Fort Wayne, Indiana but moved back to Saskatoon. In 1989 her husband, Jesse, died.

On June 30, 1990 Carolyne married Kenneth Kuziej. The family moved to Wisconsin where Kenneth had accepted a call to be the pastor of First Lutheran Church of Arland and West Akers Lutheran Church. Both congregations are near Prairie Farm.

In 2010 Kenneth retired. The couple then bought a home and moved to Eau Claire. It was there that Carolyne died on April 24, 2025. She was 80 years old.

Carolyne was a faithful and hard-working wife and mother.

Her mother and father, her brother Wallace and her sister Evangeline died before her. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth, her five children and by her grandchildren Johnny Lang, Paul Lee Lang, Jack Marek, Stella Marek, Avery Ertl, Cora Ertl, and Piper Lentz. She is also survived by her step children Melissa Kuziej Winder and Mark Kuziej and her step grandchildren Maegan Kuziej and Sarah Kuziej.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, May 2, 2025 at Saving Grace Lutheran Church, 3735 Jeffers Rd., Eau Claire with Pastor David Irgens officiating. Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until time of service. Burial will take place at St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Eau Claire.

"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest." --Matthew 11:28

Stokes, Prock & Mundt Funeral Chapel, Altoona is assisting the family. Online condolences may be shared at www.stokesprockandmundt.com.