Frances M. Bielecki

Frances M. Bielecki,

loving wife, mother & grandmother

FRANKLINVILLE --- Frances M. Bielecki, 81, of N. Academy Street passed away on Thursday, June 5, 2025 at the Pines of Machias.

Fran was born November 23, 1943 in Buffalo and was the daughter of Frank F. and Dorothy Carr Gewand. On June 26, 1964 at St. Bartholomew Roman Catholic Church she married Jerome S. Bielecki who survives.

Fran was a 1961graduate of Kensington High School. She attended Buffalo State College for Fine Arts in the early 1960's. Fran taught at St. Peter & Paul Catholic School in Williamsville and at St. Gregory The Great in Amherst. She was a Regional Manager for Tupperware in the early 1970's. The Bielecki family moved to Franklinville in 1972, where Fran became very actively involved in the community. She was a Girl Scout leader, a religious education teacher for the Catholic Church, a member of the Franklinville Women's Club, and the Sports Booster's Club. Fran founded the Presbyterian Church Preschool where she taught area children for approximately 30 years. For many years, she supported Ten Broeck Academy & Franklinville High School theatrical productions with makeup and costume design. She designed and created many mascots for local businesses and for the high school. For many years, she managed sports refreshment stands. One of Fran's greatest pleasures was serving as Yearbook Advisor for the Franklinville School District which she did from 1983 to 2012. She retired from her job of 20 years as a library aide at Franklinville High School in 2021 at the age of 78.

Fran was an outstanding artist and an avid Walt Disney fan, sports fan and reader, who enjoyed gardening and was renowned for her homemade jelly. In her youth, she was competitive in swimming, diving, gymnastics, and figure roller skating. Fran always loved spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Along with her loving husband of 61 years, Jerome, Fran is survived by four children, Stephen (Kathleen), Tamasine (Cory), Devereaux (Diane), and Jason (Gayle) Bielecki; 10 grandchildren, Korey, Derek, Ryan, Kira, Jay, Scott, Dakota (Kyle), Cole, Zac (Leslee), Dawson, and Beau; seven great-grandchildren; Jackson, Charlie, Sam, Henry, Lydia, Leighton, and Isla; three sisters; June, Evelyn and Debbie (Roy).

Fran was predeceased by; her parents.

Friends will be received at the Babbitt & Easton Funeral Home 7 North Main Street Franklinville, on Monday, June 9, 2025 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm at which time a funeral service will be held. Burial will be in Mount Prospect Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at https://www.babbitteastonfh.com/

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to AFTD, The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration at https://www.theaftd.org/.