Helen E. Konarski

March 31, 1931 - March 17, 2019

Helen E. (Gruszczynski) Konarski, 87, formerly of East Main Street passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 17, 2019 at Baystate Medical Center. A lifelong Chicopee resident, she was the daughter of the late Michael J.and Tekla E. (Walczak) Gruszczynski. She retired from the City of Chicopee and earlier on worked at A.G. Spaulding Co. She loved cooking, sewing, vacationing in Hawaii and Venezuela, visiting California and Las Vegas and going to the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos. Helen was predeceased by her beloved husband Thaddeus (Teddy) Konarski and her beloved son, Michael J. Konarski. Helen is survived by her loving daughter, Carol Konarski and George Izeluk of Santa Ana, CA; cherished grandson, Michael Konarski, Jr. and his fiance Laura Solari of Tewksbury, MA; niece Kathleen McCreary and her husband William McCreary of Agawam; cousins, Frances Merceri of Springfield and Genevieve "Chickee" Patrie of East Longmeadow. She was predeceased by two brothers, Theodore J. and Edward M. Gruszczynski. Funeral services for Helen will be held Saturday, May 4th at 9AM from Kozikowski Funeral Home, 565 Front St., Chicopee, followed by a Mass of ChristianBurial at 10AM in St. Stanislaus Basilica. Burial will follow in St. Stanislaus Cemetary. Calling hours are Friday, May 3rd from 5-7PM.