<p>INDIANAPOLIS</p>
<p>Charlotte M. “Kelly” Kowalik, 86, of Indianapolis, formerly of Orange, California, and Brookfield, Wisconsin, passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2016.</p>
<p>She was born on Jan. 6, 1930, in Covington, Kentucky to Charles B. and Anna C. Frey Pieper.</p>
<p>Charlotte graduated from Villa Madonna Academy in Villa Hills, Kentucky. She was a secretary at Parke-Davis & Deluxe Data before retiring in 1992.</p>
<p>She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Thomas John Kowalik and grandson, Colin M. Kraus.</p>
<p>She is survived by her sons, Jeff Kowalik of Cape Coral, Florida, and Kent Kowalik of Indianapolis; her daughter, Kerri Kraus of Greenwood; grandsons, Kyle Kraus of Houston, Texas, and Ken Kraus of Greenwood; sisters, Sr. Emmanuel Pieper of Villa Hills, Kentucky, and Carol Ryan of Omaha, Nebraska; and brother, Charles Pieper of Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky.</p>
<p>Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at St. Barnabas Catholic Church with a Mass of Christian Burial to follow at 11 a.m.</p>
<p>Memorial contributions can be made to St.Walburg Monastery, 2500 Amsterdam Road, Villa Hills, KY 41017.</p>
<p>Online condolences may be shared with the family at orileyfuneralhome.com.</p>
