ANNA LUPINSKI
ADA-Services for Anna Vincenza Lupinski, 88, of Ada, are 10:00 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Father Rusty Hewes will officiate. Burial will follow at Swan Hill Cemetery. A Prayer Vigil will be held at 7:00 p.m. Thursday at Criswell Funeral Home.
Mrs. Lupinski died Sunday, December 25, 2011 at a local hospital. She was born July 22, 1923 in Naples, Italy to Gennaro Varriale and Teresa Grazia Maria Crocono Varriale. She attended school in Italy studying English and German. She served as an interpreter for the U. S. Army in Naples, Italy from 1943-1945. She continued as an interpreter after World War II for Major Bob Crozier in Livorno, Italy. She did undergraduate studies at ECU in 1964.
She married Paul Leo Lupinski on November 18, 1948. They resided in Heidelberg, Germany. In June 1956, Bob and Alice Crozier sponsored the Lupinski family to live in Ada, Oklahoma. The Lupinski family became U. S. Citizens on December 14, 1961. Mrs. Lupinski was a homemaker and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. She was a member of St. Joseph Church Golden Club, the Adult Choir and Mother Teresa Project. Mr. Lupinski died June 22, 1992 in Ada.
Survivors include a daughter, Frances Luciana Scott and her husband John Scott of Olympia, WA; a son, Rudolph Paul Lupinski of Ada; her grandchildren, Matthew Scott and his wife Sylvia of Norman, Christopher Scott and his wife Janna of Lacey, OK, and John Paul Scott of Olympia, WA; a great grandson, Jacob Scott of Lacey, OK; and nephews, Giovanni D'Agnese, Gennaro D'Agnese; niece, Angela Porcaro; and many other nieces and nephews, all of Italy.
Bearers will be Bob Cristelli, Kelley Alig, Tony Mondejar, Bill Naberhaus, Dan Zimmerman, and Wyman Ford.
The family says those who wish may make memorials to the Mother Teresa Project, c/o St. Joseph Catholic Church, P. O. Box 1585, Ada, OK 74821.
Obituaries may be viewed and online condolences sent to criswellfh.com.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada