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Anthony Kocot Obituary
CONWAY -- Anthony J. "Tony" Kocot, 69 of 299 Truce Road, Conway died August 17, 2012 at home after a period of failing health. He was born in Greenfield, June 19, 1943, the son of Edith (Symanski) Kocot and the late Henry C. Kocot.
He attended local Deerfield Schools and graduated from Smith Vocational High School in Northampton in 1961. In his early years, he worked at Hardigg Industries and later joined the Army National Guard in 1967 to 1973.
Anthony then joined the family business of H.C. Kocot & Sons Excavating. After the death of his father, he became owner-operator of the business.
Anthony was married to Patricia Olynik, September 25, 1965, in Holy Ghost Ukranian Catholic Church. They made their home in So. Deerfield, moving to Conway in 1993.
Tony was a member of the So. Deerfield Fire Dept., a member of the Prudential Committee and former member of the So. Deerfield Muster Team. He was on the Building Committee for the new So. Deerfield Fire Station and a member of the St. Mark's Church in Conway.
Besides his wife Patricia of Conway, he leaves his mother, Edith Kocot of So. Deerfield, son John Anthony and his wife Danielle of Conway, his daughter Terri A. Kocot of Amherst, his brother Henry J. Kocot of So. Deerfield, two sisters, Edith Ostrowski and Henrietta Kocot both of So. Deerfield, two grand-children, Kaylin and Kenadie Kocot.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 9:45 a.m. from the Wrisley Funeral Home followed by a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. in St. Mark's Church in Conway. Burial will follow in Howland Cemetery, Conway.
Calling hours at the Funeral Home are Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m.
Donations in his memory can be made to the So. Deerfield Fire Dept., State Road, So. Deerfield, Mass, the Schriners Hospital for Children in Springfield or Overlook Hospice, 88 Masonic Home Road, Charlton, Mass, 01507.
Expressions of Sympathy available at www.wrisleyfuneralhome.com.
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Memories and Condolences
for Anthony Kocot
August 29, 2012
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Tony. He was a real gentleman.
The Pro-Tech Waterproofing Solutions family
Ron, Gill & Gisele Gilpatrick
August 26, 2012
Please accept our condolences on your loss. All though we have not seen one another in a long time my mother always talks about all of you.
Michael, Juli, Ashley and Nicholas Bogdash
August 24, 2012
I wished I had spent more time at the 50th Frontier Regional High School reunion August 2011 talking to both Pat and Tony. I recall how happy they looked dancing and thought that true love never left them. I will not have a chance to see that again. We will miss him.
Elaine Klinker Hoiska
Mr. & Mrs. Chester Ostrowski
August 22, 2012
Our deepest sympathy to the immediate and extented family of Tony Kocot. Tony was a very good man.
Remember: The life of one we love
is never lost
But lives on
through all the lives
it ever touched.
Tony, you will be missed by all of us, family and friends, forever.
August 22, 2012
To the Kocot family: We are so sorry about your loss, we will always remember Tony as a gentleman. Time heals what reason cannot. The Geryk Family
Nancy Symington
August 21, 2012
So sorry for your loss
Amy Tatro-Haines
August 21, 2012
Pat,John,Danielle,Kaylin,Kenadie and Terri,
Please know you are all in our thoughts and prayers.
Amy,Rob and Aiden
Bonnie Sullivan
August 20, 2012
To Pat and Family,
Sending Thoughts and prayers to you all during this sad time.
Bonnie Sullivan and Family
your friends at Leader Home Center
August 20, 2012
H.C. Kocot & Sons:
To Mom, and Henry, Edie & Henrietta: Our thoughts are with you during this time. We are thankful to all the Kocots, and Crew, for the many years of business together and wish you all the best.
Mike ,andrea,Jessie and Stephanie Scoville
August 18, 2012
In this time of sorrow we wish to extend out our thought and prayers to all of Tony's family. He was such an awesome person and it was my privilege to have known him as a friend and thru work. Without him and his brother Henry I know I wouldn't be where I am today.. Thanks for the good times and you will surely be dearly missed but never ever forgotten.
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