Shirley A. Gaskalka

Shirley A. Gaskalka 1940 - 2008 CHESHIRE - Shirley A. Gaskalka, 68, of 1313 Windsor Road died Saturday afternoon, July 19, 2008, at the North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on June 25, 1940, daughter of the late Albert and Alma DuBois Mayotte, she attended Adams Elementary schools and graduated from the former St. Joseph High School in North Adams in 1958. She first worked for the former First Agricultural Bank in Adams as a teller, until she attended the former LaBarons Hairdressing School in Pittsfield, after which she worked in hairdressing for several years. Her last place of employment was working in the cafeteria at the Hoosac Valley High School in Cheshire. Mrs. Gaskalka was a communicant of St. Mary of Assumption Church. She enjoyed spending time with her family. Besides her husband, Raymond Gaskalka, whom she married Sept. 7, 1963, she leaves a son, Mark Gaskalka and his wife, Sherri, of Westfield; a daughter, Holly Doktor and her husband, Chris, of Oxford, Ala.; a sister, Bernadette Galipeau of Hollywood, Fla., a grandson, Joseph Doktor, and nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a sister, Lucille Trottier. FUNERAL NOTICE: The funeral for Shirley A. Gaskalka will take place Friday, July 25, 2008 at 10 a.m. from the TROTTIER PRINGLE FUNERAL HOME, 6 Summer St., Adams. With the a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 11 in St. Mary of Assumption Church in Cheshire. Burial will follow in Bellevue Cemetery. Calling hours at the funeral home will be Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. Donations in her memory can be made to the Berkshire Humane Society through the funeral Home.