Theodore Z. Kubica

PITTSFIELD -- Theodore Zigmond Kubica, 87, a resident of Springside of Pittsfield for seven years, formerly of 66 Bel Air Ave., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center.

Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 3, 1919, son of Michael and Carolina Marusarz Kubica, he was a 1937 graduate of Pittsfield High School.

An Army veteran of World War II, he served as a corporal.

Mr. Kubica was employed by General Electric Co. as a winder from 1946 to 1982.

He was a communicant of Holy Family Church and a member of the General Electric Quarter Century and Pensioners' clubs, and of the GEAA Golf Association. He enjoyed playing golf.

He and his wife, the former Elizabeth M. Gluza, would have celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary Oct. 23. They were married at Holy Family Church.

Besides his wife, he leaves a son, Michael Kubica of Pahoa, Hawaii; two daughters, Teresa Lamon of Jenson Beach, Fla., and Stephanie Adornetto of Pittsfield; a brother, Walter Kubica of Pittsfield; two sisters, Madeline Doullard of Madison, Ala., and Jabdviga Murah of Ashland, N.H.; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

A son, Thaddeus Kubica, died in 1973 at the age of 21.

FUNERAL NOTICE -- Services for Theodore Zigmond Kubica, who died Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007, will be conducted Monday at 9 a.m. at DERY FUNERAL HOME by Monsignor Michael A. Shershanovich, pastor of Holy Family Church. Burial will follow in St. Joseph's Cemetery. There will be no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Berkshire Medical Center oncology department, in care of the funeral home, 54 Bradford St., Pittsfield. He also leaves a daughter-in-law, Irene Kubica; a son-in-law, Roy Lamon; six grandchildren, Louis and Michael Bologna, Christine Parker, Nicholas and Cara Adornetto, and Timothy Kubica; six great-grandchildren, Courtney, Kylie, Marissa and Madeline Bologna, Abigail Parker and Alex Derby. He was predeceased by two brothers, Joseph and George Kubica, and by a sister, Amy Knopf.