Sister M. Ryszarda (Richard) Kopec, 93, a dedicated religious with the Little Servant Sisters of the Immaculate Conception for 73 years, died on Jan. 29, 2021, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, having lived in the community at Saint Joseph’s Senior Home, Woodbridge, N.J., since 2014.
As Zofia Kopec, she entered the Little Servant Sisters of the Immaculate Conception in 1947, and she professed her final vows in 1957.
As a trained dietician, Sister Ryszarda worked in children’s homes, a provincial house and a religious guest house in Poland.
She came to Saint Joseph’s Convent, Woodbridge, N.J., in 1984.
From 1988 to 1996 she was chef at the Archbishop’s Residence in Philadelphia for both Cardinal John Krol and Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, and then she returned to serve at Saint Joseph’s Convent.
“Sister Ryszarda was an excellent baker, vegetable gardener, and beloved for her cheerfulness, kindness and prayerfulness,” her religious community recalled in announcing her death.
She is survived by her siblings, Sister Teresa Kopec, LSIC, Anna Ignas, other relatives and her religious community.
A Mass of Christian Burial was to be held at the Provincialate Chapel in Cherry Hill on Feb. 4, with interment at Saint Joseph’s Cemetery in Chews Landing.
Memorial contributions in Sister Ryszarda’s memory may be sent to the Little Servant Sisters, Provincialate, 1000 Cropwell Road, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003.
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