Matilda “Tillie” (Mruk) Drost

Matilda “Tillie” (Mruk) Drost, 96, of Dupont, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 6, 2025, at Oakwood Terrace Nursing Center, Moosic.  She was born in the “Browns Section” of Avoca on January 28, 1929, and was the daughter of the late, Stanley and Anne (Marcavage) Mruk.

Tillie was a devoted member of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Dupont, and a graduate of Avoca High School.  In her younger years, she worked cleaning office buildings in Kingston before spending the remainder of her career in the local garment industry where she eventually retired.

She loved traveling with her husband and her nieces and nephews.  Tillie especially enjoyed attending Broadway shows in New York City and vacationing in South Carolina and in many other states.  She will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband Frank Drost, who passed away on September 7, 2019; her brothers, Stanley, Leo, Zigmund and Edward Mruk and sisters Eleanor Balara, Lagora Urbanski, Delores Robachefski, Regina Jurovsky and Della Romanczuk.

She is survived by her loving caretakers, Stanley and Debbie Budzilek, with whom she resided, as well as several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.

Tillie’s family extends heartfelt thanks to the doctors, nurses, and staff of both Hospice Of The Sacred Heart and Oakwood Terrace, for their kindness, compassion, and excellent care.

A mass of Christian burial will be held on Thursday, June 12, 2025, at 9:30am at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, 215 Lackawanna Ave., Dupont with Fr. Thomas Petro officiating.  Friends may call on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, from 5:00pm- 7:00pm at Kiesinger Funeral Services, Inc., 255 McAlpine St., Duryea. 

Interment will be held at the parish cemetery. Family and friends are asked to go directly to the church on Thursday morning as there will be no procession from the funeral home.

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