Carol Niedzwiecki Obituary

Carol Jo Niedzwiecki

Carol Jo Niedzwiecki, 89, of Lecanto, Florida, passed away Thursday, January 29, 2026, at Vitas Healthcare in Lecanto. A native of Fostoria, Ohio, she was born August 15, 1936, to Troy and Opal (Rhoad) Smith, one of five children. Carol moved to Citrus County in 1977 from South Florida and, in addition to being a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and homemaker, was a retired medical transcriptionist in the health care industry.

Carol was raised in the Protestant faith, attending churches in Ohio, South Florida, and in Citrus.

She felt most at home at the Hernando Church of the Nazarene, where she taught Sunday school and sang in the choir. She loved to cook and bake, and once won a blue ribbon at the Citrus County Fair for her famous bread-and-butter pickles. She loved singing in the Nazarene church choir and took painting lessons, becoming a talented landscape painter. Carol also loved playing her piano.

In addition to her parents, Carol was preceded in death by her stepfather, Ray Kissling; brothers, Dan and Jerry Smith; sister, Deanna Smith (Steinhauser); niece, Jody Frankart; son, Gary L. Vitt; and husbands, Larry E. Vitt and Eugene Niedzwiecki.

She is survived by her two sons, Steve Vitt (Elena) Lecanto, Florida and Jon Vitt (Patricia) Buford, Georgia; grandchildren, Kris Vitt (Allison) Fort Collins, Colorado, Nik Vitt (Avni) Boulder, Colorado, Dennis Vitt (Summer) Melbourne, Florida, Brendan Vitt (Vanessa Everhart), Crystal River, Florida, Trace Vitt, Lecanto, Florida, Kristin Vitt, Atlanta Georgia, Rachel Christensen (Eric) Lecanto, Florida, Addison Vitt, Smyrna, Georgia, and Morgan Schwall, Atlanta, Georgia: great-grandchildren, Oliver Vitt, Fort Collins, Colorado, Niam and Savanna Vitt, Boulder, Colorado, and Vivienne Vitt, Crystal River, Florida; as well as her sister, Marvene Vitt.

Friends will be received at noon Saturday, February 7, 2026, at Fero Funeral Home, Beverly Hills, Florida, where a Celebration of Life will begin at 1 p.m. Interment will follow at Fero Memorial Gardens.