Funeral mass for Msgr. Herman Kucyk, longtime pastor of the Divine Child parish in Dearborn, is 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church. A morning prayer will precede the mass at 8:30 a.m.

Msgr. Kucyk died Friday at the Divine Child rectory of complications from kidney failure and lung cancer. He was 83.

Msgr. Kucyk’s sister, in an obituary in the Detroit Free Press, described Msgr. Kucyk, as an avid gardener with “an incredible eye for beauty and enjoyed sharing it with others.”

As pastor of the Dearborn parish, Msgr. Kucyk tended to the outdoor beauty surrounding the church and school buildings along with his spiritual and administrative duties.

He was known by students and parishioners as Father K. And he was just as familiar a figure in his farmer’s hat, blue jeans and worker’s gloves as he was in his priestly garb.

“If he hadn’t become a priest, my brother would have been a master gardener. He had an incredible eye for beauty and enjoyed sharing it with others,” his sister Jan Pierce said. “During his time at the school, he was so happy. He loved the children and mentored many of the younger priests.”

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