Jean Brustle

Jean L. Brustle 1924 - 2011 CHESHIRE Jean L. Brustle, 87, formerly of Fred Mason Road, Cheshire, died Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided since February 2009. Born in Adams on Feb. 11, 1924, daughter of George and Abigail Martin Wagenknecht, she was a 1941 graduate of the former Adams High School and was a graduate of the former Pittsfield Secretarial School. A secretary by profession, Mrs. Brustle had worked for the L.L. Brown Paper Co., General Electric Co., Dewey & Almy (now W.R. Grace), and Donovan & O'Connor law firm. She retired in 1977 after a 35-year career. Mrs. Brustle was a communicant of St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Cheshire where she served as a Eucharistic Minister and taught C.C.D. Her husband, Heinz H. Brustle, whom she married Oct. 21, 1950, in St. Thomas Church in Adams, died April 10, 1996. Mrs. Brustle is survived by several cousins and her late husband's nieces, Marcia Voelker and Linda Zetzsche, as well as her caregivers, James and Susan Gradziel, Rosemary Ziarnik, and John and Margaret Curtin. She was predeceased by a brother, Richard M. Wagenknecht. FUNERAL NOTICE: Funeral services for Jean L. Brustle will be held Thursday, Oct. 20, at 9:15 a.m, from DERY-CHESHIRE FUNERAL HOME, with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 10 a.m, at St. Mary of the Assumption Church celebrated by the Rev. David R. Raymond, pastor. Burial will follow in Bellevue Cemetery in Adams. Calling hours will be held Wednesday, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Dery-Cheshire Funeral Home.