Janina Kazmiera Poplaski

09/10/2006

Janina Kazmiera Poplaski, 62, of 109 Summer St. died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Poland on Dec. 29, 1943, daughter of Walter and the late Antonia Kaczmarek Kochanski, she moved to the United States as a child and moved to Adams, attending St. Stanislaus Kostka School and later graduating from the former Adams High School in 1961. She was a homemaker most of her life. For a short periods of her life she lived in Texas and in Maryland, moving back to Adams in 1998. She was a communicant of St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Adams and enjoyed reading, flower gardening and nature. Besides her father of Adams, with whom she made her home, she leaves four sons, Timothy Poplaski of Woodford, Vt., Douglas Poplaski of Mont Belvieu, Texas, Donald Poplaski, also of Texas, and Wayne Poplaski of Federalsburg, Md.; three brothers, John Kochanski, Walter Kochanski Jr. and Richard Kochanski, all of Adams; a sister, Irene Gilman of Adams; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. FUNERAL NOTICE -- Services for Janina Kazmiera Poplaski, who died Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006, will take place Wednesday, Sept. 13 at 11 a.m. from TROTTIER-PRINGLE FUNERAL HOME, with the Rev. Daniel J. Boyle, pastor of the Catholic Community of Adams, officiating. Burial will be at the convenience of the family at a later date to be announced in St. Stanislaus Cemetery in Adams. Calling hours will be on Wednesday from 9 a.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home. Donations in her memory can be made to VNA and Hospice of Northern Berkshire through the funeral home, 6 Summer St., Adams, MA 01220. She leaves three daughters-in-law, Lisa Poplaski, M. Sandy Poplaski, and Theresa Poplaski; a brother-in-law, Robert Gilman of Adams; six grandchildren, Samantha, Kyle, Joshua, Steven, Jacob, and Zack Longworth Poplaski; one great-grandchild, Skylar Poplaski; three nephews, Chad and Cory Gilman and Gregory Kochanski; two nieces, Kim Gilman and Michelle Poplaski; and several grand nephews. A brother, Jerry Kochanski, died in infancy.

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