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Herman Kucyk: Dearborn Divine Child’s ‘Father K’

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.Rev. Msgr. Herman W. Kucyk

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.”

To read the Free Press article, please click HERE.

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5 Responses to “Herman Kucyk: Dearborn Divine Child’s ‘Father K’”

  1. candymanpat says:
    May 20th, 2009 at 8:06 am

    Fr. K. was one of the greatest person in the world. Thanks Father K. for all you have done. God Bless You.

  2. Shady says:
    May 20th, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    Fr. K was a great man! Not only did he make all Christians better, he also knew how to handle all the Catholics! You will be missed in body but not spirit.

  3. JoJo says:
    May 21st, 2009 at 3:31 pm

    Divine Child lost a very good man — remember him in your prayers.

  4. mary m says:
    May 28th, 2009 at 11:53 pm

    Father will be missed. He was a pretty down-to-earth kind of guy and folks enjoyed talking to him. There are not enough priests like him.

  5. Mconnelly_3 says:
    August 7th, 2012 at 6:23 pm

    I remember Father K from my school days at St Isaac Jogues. He was wonderful then too. RIP Father K, we were privileged to be around you.
    For some reason, he came to mind tonight, and I learned of his death.