Maria Gadecki

March 13, 1923 - January 1, 2016

Maria (Sulikowska) Gadecki, 92, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 1, 2016 at Holyoke Health Care Center with her loving family by her side. Born in Ciemnym, Poland on March 13, 1923, daughter of the late Gracjan and Maria (Sawicka) Sulikowski, she lived in Holyoke for the past fifty three years. Maria worked for Dennison National and previously for Winfield Hat Co. and AT Surgical. She was a communicant of Mater Dolorosa Church and a member of the Polish National Alliance, Group 525. Maria is survived by her beloved husband of seventy years, Edward Gadecki; four loving children, Helene Telicki and her husband John, of South Hadley, Richard Gadecki and his wife Irena, of Chicopee, Sophia Gadecki, of Holyoke and Stephen Gadecki, of Holyoke; six loving grandchildren, John Telicki of Southampton, Thomas Telicki and his wife Dianne of Westminster, Stefan Gadecki and his wife Caitlin of Feeding Hills, Sabina Gadecki of Los Angeles, CA, Elisa Rivera and her husband Jaime of Colorado, and Juan Santiago of Northampton; and eight cherished great grandchildren, Benjamin Telicki, Cate Telicki, Henry Telicki, Brynn Gadecki, Annika Gadecki, Thalia Rivera, Jamison Rivera and Julian Rivera. Maria was predeceased by her thirteen brothers and sisters. Funeral services for Maria will be held Friday morning from the Kozikowski Funeral Home, 565 Front St., Chicopee, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 AM in St. Stanislaus Basilica, 566 Front St., Chicopee. Burial will follow in Mater Dolorosa Cemetery, South Hadley. Calling hours are Friday from 9-10:30AM.