Helen Kalisz

Mrs. Helen Mary (Kopec) Kalisz, 96, formerly of 10 Hoosac St. Adams, died Saturday afternoon, March 5, 2011, at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She was born in Adams on May 19, 1914, a daughter of the late Tytus and Anastasia (Wlodyka) Kopec. She attended Adams schools, including the former Adams High School. She had lived in Baton Rouge since 2002. Mrs. Kalisz worked as a weaver at the former Berkshire Fine Spinning Co. in Adams , retiring when the mill closed in 1957. She had also worked in the cafeteria of St. Stanislaus Elementary School in Adams for several years. She had been a communicant of St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Adams. She was a member of the St. Stanislaus Rosary Sodality, the Polish Women's Alliance; the Adams Turner's Women's Auxiliary, and had been a member of the St. Stanislaus Women's Basketball Team at Berkshire Fine Spinning. Her husband, John J. Kalisz, whom she married on February 8, 1937, died on August 14, 1981. She is survived by 2 daughters, Mary Ann Bankhead and her husband William, and Janet Burja, all of Baton Rouge, LA; a brother, John Kopec of Roswell, GA; 2 sisters, Blanche Rusek and Sophie Kopec, both of Adams; 2 grandchildren, John Bankhead and his wife Carla of Reno, NV and Daniel Bankhead of Baton Rouge; 4 great Grandchildren, William, Elizabeth and Katherine Bankhead of Baton Rouge and Ian Bankhead of Reno; and several nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. She was predeceased by a brother, Frank Kopec, and by a sister, Victoria Zoltek. The funeral will be held on Saturday, March 12, at 11:00AM from the PACIOREK FUNERAL HOME, 13 Hoosac St., Adams, followed by a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 12 Noon in the Parish Church of Pope John Paul the Great, Adams, celebrated by Rev. Daniel J. Boyle, Pastor. Burial will follow in St. Stanislaus Kostka Cemetery, Adams. Calling hours are Friday from 4:00PM to 7:00PM at the funeral home. Members of the St. Stanislaus Rosary Sodality will meet at the funeral home Friday at 3:30 PM to pay their respects and recite the Rosary. Memorial donations may be made to St. Stanislaus School through the funeral home. To leave a message of condolence, or for directions, please go online to www.apsfuneralhome.com