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Ann Kowalczyk (Porowski)

January 26, 1919 - February 24, 2018

Burial Date February 27, 2018

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Ann (Porowski) Kowalczyk, 99, of Chicopee, died on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at the Arbors in Chicopee. She worked at the former American Bosch Corporation for ten years and retired from the City of Chicopee School Lunch Program after twenty three years of service. Ann was born on January 26, 1919 in Chicopee and lived here all of her life. She was the daughter of the late Boleslaw and Eva (Wysolmierski) Porowski. Ann was a communicant of the Basilica of St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr. Besides her parents, she is predeceased by her husband, Casmir Kowalczyk, who died on October 21, 1990 and all her brothers and sisters. She is survived by a son, James Kowalczyk and his wife, Linda of Greer, SC and a daughter, Patricia Gildea of Stuart, FL; five grandchildren, Melissa English (Joshua), Stacey Kowalczyk, James Kowalczyk, Jr. (Kristen), Tracy Gildea and Lindsey Le Garrec and seven great grandchildren. Ann’s funeral will be held on Tuesday, February, 27, 2018 from the Cierpial Memorial Funeral Home on 69 East St. in Chicopee, Mass at 9 am. A Liturgy of Christian Burial will follow at the Basilica of St. Stanislaus, 566 Front St. in Chicopee at 10 am. Burial will be in St. Stanislaus Cemetery. Calling hours are on Monday from 5 to 7 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to Down Syndrome Resource Group of Western MA, 220 Brookdale Dr., Springfield, MA 01104.