Frank M. Michalski

Frank M. Michalski 1927 - 2008 CHESHIRE Frank M. Michalski, 80, of 63 Fales Road died Monday, Sept. 1, at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Born in Cheshire on Nov. 13, 1927, a son of Michael and Carolina Flaga Michalski, he was educated in Cheshire and Adams schools. He served in the Army during the Korean War and was awarded the Purple Heart. A carpenter by trade, Mr. Michalski was both self-employed and worked for area contractors. In earlier years, he had worked on the family farm, Michalski Farm, had been a chef at the Blue Saucer, and worked for Berkshire Mills and for General Electric. He was a communicant of St. Mary of the Assumption Church and a former communicant of St. Stanislaus Church in Adams. He was also a member of the Disabled American Veterans. He enjoyed bowling and gardening. He leaves his wife, the former Helen L. Gancarz, whom he married June 19, 1954, in St. Stanislaus Church. Besides his wife, he leaves two daughters, Cynthia H. Michalski of Cheshire, and Patricia McNabb of Hudson Falls, N. Y.; a brother, Chester Michalski of Adams; a sister, Helen Koperniak of Adams; five grandchildren, Christopher Cole of Ferguson, Mo., Jesse Cole of Richland, Mo., Cynthia Daniels of Bethel Heights, Ark., Jennifer McNabb of Easthampton, and Brian McNabb of Hudson Falls, N.Y., and five great-grandchildren, Lily Amaya, Katlyn, Kylie, Trenton, and Marshal. He was predeceased by four brothers, William, Edward, and Walter, and Stanley Michalski, and by a sister, Anna Mach. FUNERAL NOTICE: A Liturgy of Christian Burial for Frank Michael Michalski will be Thursday, Sept. 4, at 11 a.m. at St. Mary of the Assumption Church, celebrated by the Rev. David R. Raymond, pastor. Burial, with military honors, will follow in St. Stantislaus Cemetery in Adams. There will be no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Mr. Michalski may be made to St. Mary of the Assumption Church Emergency Fund in care of DERY-CHESHIRE FUNERAL HOME, P.O. Box 445, Cheshire.