Alice Brymerski

Alice Brymerski, formally of Great Falls, Montana passed away with her daughter at her bedside at Phoenix Senior Living on December 3, 2025, one year and one day after her husband’s passing on December 2, 2024. She had moved to Warner Robins, GA in November 2024 with her daughter initially and moved to Phoenix Senior Living after a fall in May 2025.

Alicja (Alice} Swiencinski Brymerski was born on March 24, 1937, in Częstochowa, Poland. She was born to the late Maria Jura Swiecinski and Waclaw (Walter) Swiecinski. She was a child when WWII started in 1939. In 1941, her family was seized by Nazi officers and were taken to a work camp in Germany where her father worked on a farm and her mother was the housekeeper/cook. She remembers her mom telling her the story of how the officers did not want my mom since she was so young and of no use to them, so her mom hid her in her coat and took her to work camp. After the war, when she was 13 years old, her family immigrated to the United States on the USNS, General Langfitt. She remembers a little bit of Ellis Island that they were quarantined. Her birth name was Alicja (pronounced Alisha), but the workers could not pronounce it, so they changed her name on her papers to Alice. Her family settled in Great Falls, Montana after that. She graduated from Central Catholic High School in 1956. She met and married her husband John, who was also a Polish immigrant that immigrated to Canada at that time. They resided in Great Falls, Montana and raised 4 children. In 2023, Alice fell which led her to move to be closer to one of her daughters. She moved to Georgia in November 2024. One week after their 63rd anniversary, her husband passed away of natural causes. She enjoyed preparing Polish dishes such as pierogi, a dish called galaretka z kurczaka (chicken aspic) which was a jellied like pigs feet, Placki ziemniaczane, which was a potato pancake. She has been a survivor all her life and with this as she had a couple of life-threatening medical emergencies in the last few years, as well as her recent illness. She fought the good fight.

Her memory will forever be treasured by her children; Amy Woodard (Bill) of Warner Robins, GA, Caroline Chvilicek (Jerome) of Billings, MT and Mark Brymerski (Maria) of Auburn, WA; her grandchildren Tyler Woodard, Hunter Woodard, Tanner Chvilicek, Abbie Chvilicek, Joesph Brymerski and Zac Clough, along with 4 great grandchildren.

Alice is preceded in death by her husband John Brymerski, daughter Christine Brymerski-Clough and brother Eugene Swycinski.

The family would like to thank many very special angels on earth who brightened her life when she moved to Georgia. Jamar and Ashley of Emerald Health Day Center. The angels at The Phoenix Senior Living on Lake Joy, Ty & Anidora (who called her momma), Josiah, Raven, Reese, Mykya, Cece, and Ida and the very special angels of Heartland Hospice, Kandace her hospice nurse, and Teresa and Rhonda. There are many more angels in all those organizations that took great care of our mom, they wish they could list them all.

A Rosary will held on Friday, December 12, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. A memorial mass will follow at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 12, 2025, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. 

In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully suggests memorial donations be given in memory of Alice Brymerski to Sacred Heart Catholic Church building fund.

Go to www.mcculloughfh.com to sign the Online Registry for the family. McCullough Funeral Home and Crematory has the privilege of being entrusted with these arrangements.