“The Lord is my shepherd; I have everything I need. He lets me rest in peaceful green fields and leads me beside calm, quiet waters. He restores my energy and guides me along safe paths… Even when I walk through life’s darkest places, I will not be afraid, because You are right there beside me.”
— Psalm 23:1-4
In Loving Memory of
Justina Hart Bukowitz
14/06/1935 – 27/07/2026
“Born of Austrian descent in Kletsch, Gottschee (in former Yugoslavia), she immigrated to Venezuela as a teenager. In 1970, she married and relocated to Aruba, where she has happily lived for the past 56 years.”
Parents: ✝Josef Bukowitz and ✝Aloisia Bukowitz Matzelle
Beloved Husband: ✝Oscar Reynald Hart
Beloved Daughter: Alyssa Rose Hart
Siblings and their Spouses:
✝Marie and ✝Georg Neubert Bukowitz
✝Karl and Nancy Bukowitz Brito
✝Albina and ✝Johann Podbewchek Bukowitz
✝Albrecht and ✝Melania Bukowitz Morillo
✝Elfriede and ✝Franz Meglitsch Bukowitz
Heinrich and ✝Elizabeth Bukowitz Kulka
✝Rosemary and ✝John Long Bukowitz
Franz and ✝Miriam Bukowitz Torres
Parents-in-law
✝Cornelis “Nechi” Hart and ✝Maria del Rosario Hart Laclé
Sisters-in-law
✝Igma Elizabeth Hart
✝Corry Hart
✝Maria Teresa De Weever Hart and family
Nieces and Nephews and their families in different parts of the world: Carlos Neubert, Johanna Roe, Ingrid Podbewchek, ✝Walter Podbewchek, Waltraud Barber, Renate Tortolani, Herbert Meglitsch, Jose Alberto Bukowitz, Silvia Bukowitz, David Bukowitz, Vanessa Long, ✝John Ragnar Long and ✝Franz Josef Bukowitz.
Close family friends: Stella Van Gulick, Suzy Wong, Genevieve Regazzoni-Donata
Families:
Hart, Bukowitz, Lacle, Matzelle, Neubert,
Podbewchek, Meglitsch, Barber, Tortolani, Long, De Weever, Arends
Home and Care Assistants:
Susana Aquino
Trinity Quality Care Nurses
Organization: Woman’s Club of Aruba members and friends
Please join us in celebrating Justine’s life and bid her a fond farewell on Saturday, August 1, 2026 at the Royal Funeral Home from 9:00 am-10:30 am. A brief service will follow, before we depart at 11:00 am for her final resting place at the Catholic Cemetery in Oranjestad.
To honor Justine’s memory, a donation box will be available for the “Dress a Child Project” by the Women’s Club of Aruba—a cause very close to Justine’s heart.
Our apologies if we forgot to mention any family or friend.
