Nellie J. Pise

June 18, 1928 - October 6, 2017

Nellie J. (Szlosek) Pise, 89, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 6, 2017 at home. Born June 18, 1928, daughter of the late Michael and Bertha (Zabawa) Szlosek, she lived in Chicopee for the past sixty eight years. Nellie was a communicant of St. Stanislaus Basilica, a member of its Rosary Society, and served as a parish pierogi maker. She was a graduate of Springfield Technical High School and worked for twenty years for Elms College. She also was a noon mother in the Chicopee Public School system. She was a member and financial secretary for the Polish Women’s Alliance, Group 317. Nellie was predeased in 1974 by her beloved husband, Joseph J. Pise and is survived by her six loving children; Joseph J. Pise, Jr. of Chicopee, Linda M. Green and her husband James, of Pompey, NY, Atty. Michael J. Pise of Chicopee, James M. Pise of Clifton, NJ, Cynthia A. Masison and her husband Daniel, of Bethesda, MD, and Christine Pise, of Chicopee. She is also survived by her loving grandchildren, Michael Moore, Sophie Pise, Victoria Herman and her husband Christopher, Michael Green and his wife Stephanie, Christopher Green, Daniel Pise, Julia Pise, Gregory Pise, Joseph Masison, Matthew Masison and Andrew Masison; cherished great grandchildren, Dillon, Michael and Patrick Moore, Jonas Pise, Josephine and Benton Herman and William Green; an aunt, Josephine Trela; a nephew and cousins. She was predeceased by two sisters, Josephine Crepeau and Irene Szlosek. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 9AM from the Kozikowski Funeral Home, 565 Front St., Chicopee, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10AM in St. Stanislaus Basilica. Burial will follow in St. Stanislaus Cemetery. Calling hours are Tuesday from 4-7PM. Memorial contributions may be made to Our Lady of the Elms College, 291 Springfield St., Chicopee, MA 01013.