Paula Steele

Paula Jean Kuklewicz Steele 1965-2012 PITTSFIELD Paula Jean Kuklewicz Steele, 46, died January 21, 2012 at Powder Springs Rehab and Nursing Home in Powder Springs, Georgia, where she had resided for the past five months. Born Nov. 2, 1965 in Greenfield, daughter of the late Chester and Mary Kuklewicz, she attended local schools and graduated from Taconic High School in 1983. Paula moved to Jacksonville, Fla. in the mid 1980's and moved to Powder Springs, Georgia in 2010. She and her husband and daughter spent two years in Italy when her husband was stationed there with the Navy. She managed a Texaco store for many years while she was in Florida. Her passions in life were her Nissan 240SX, her dogs, WWE wrestling, crocheting and drawing. She leaves her husband, John Steele, whom she married in 1990; a daughter, Heather Ann Steele, born. May 14, 1991; her siblings, Joseph Kuklewicz and his wife, Michelle, and son, Jeffery, of Portland, Maine, Cheryl McLaughlin and her husband, Patrick, and their children, Kristopher, Patrick, Lauren, Courtney and Jayden, of Pittsfield, Michael Kuklewicz and his partner, Kelly Barnes, and sons Michael and Christopher, of Adams, Richard Kuklewicz and his partner, Josh, of Jacksonville, Fla.; grandfather Gordon Downing of Turners Falls; favorite Aunt Jean and Uncle Lee from Westchesterfield, N.H.; and many other aunts, uncles and cousins. She was predeceased by her parents, Chester Kuklewicz, who died April 2, 1985 and Mary Kuklewicz who died Aug. 16, 2010. A gathering in celebration of Paula's life will be held on Sat., Feb. 4, from 1 to 5 p.m., at the home of her sister, Cheryl McLaughlin, at 148 Bartlett Ave., Pittsfield.