NORWAY – June Rose Sawicki, 69, of Waterford, died Monday, Nov. 13, at Stephens Memorial Hospital.

She was born in Chicago, Ill., on June 21, 1937, the daughter of George and Emily Pokorny Opatrny. She graduated from Harrison High School in Chicago and from Northern Illinois University, with a degree in music education.

She had two loves in her life, her family and music. She taught elementary school music for SAD 17 at Oxford Hills Middle School and at Guy E. Rowe School, before retiring in 2002. She was a member and choir director of St. Catherine of Sienna Church in Norway. She was a member of the National Education Association, the Maine State Teacher’s Association and the Choral Art Society in Portland for many years, where she sang in the Christmas concert last year. She married Stanley Sawicki on June 15, 1961.

She is survived by her husband of Waterford; two daughters, Cathleen Stephen of Wyomissing, Pa. and Susan Sawicki of Falls Church, Va.; two sons, David Sawicki of Cape Elizabeth and Steven Sawicki of Baltimore, Md.; eight grandchildren, Sonya, Anna, Erin, Eva, Claire, Matthew, Kira and Dylan; two sisters, Jane Opatrny of Franklin, Tenn. and Janice Miller of Streamwood, Ill.; and a brother, George Opatrny of Phoenix, Ariz.