Victoria Lea Kiewicz

April 27, 1957 - December 2, 2017

Victoria Lea Kiewicz April 27th 1957 to December 2nd 2017 Victoria passed away unexpectedly at home in Hesperia CA. Victoria was born to Patricia and Elwood Richards of Barstow at Ft. Irwin CA. She was the oldest of 5 children. Victoria is preceded in death by her parents Patricia and Elwood Richards of Barstow. She is survived by her husband Dan Kiewicz Jr, son Christopher Kiewicz, granddaughters Arrisa Lynn Fox and Leah Ann Kiewicz along with her siblings Susan Surprenant, Diane Pace, Kathy Mason and Steve Richards along with many nieces and nephews. There will be a graveside service at 1pm on December 16th at Mountain View Memorial Park in Barstow at 37067 Irwin Rd, Barstow, CA. with a reception immediately following at Rosita’s Restaurant at 540 Main St, Barstow, CA. Victoria was an extremely loving and devoted wife and friend. She always put others first and was selfless to a fault. She loved to play Bunco and Bingo and had a small circle of extremely close friends whom she loved dearly. Family was everything to her. She has many nieces and nephews who she loved and adored. She was just recently blessed with the birth of her second granddaughter Leah Ann Kiewicz which brought much joy to her in her final days. In her early life she was employed at Santa Fe Railroad after graduation from High School. After marriage, she resigned from Santa Fe and helped her family by looking after her nieces and nephews. She moved from Barstow when she and her husband built a custom home in Hesperia CA. Victoria loved children and was finally blessed with her son Christopher in August of 1994. She was a full time mom and also a volunteer at Lime Street Elementary School for the first six years of Christopher’s academic life. This gave her an enormous amount of joy to work with the children during which she befriended many in academia who became very close friends. Victoria will be dearly missed by all who knew her. She was the rock for her husband of 35 years and will always be his shining star. You are the love of my life and this is not goodbye, but until we meet again.