Mrs. Krystyna Chrostowski

Mrs. Krystyna (Prokop) Chrostowski, 78, passed away peacefully Saturday morning at Sweetbrook Nursing home where she had resided for the last three years. Born in Wojnicz, Poland on September 22, 1939, she was the daughter of Andre and Kamilia Prokop. She attended schools in Poland where she earned her degree in chemistry. She came to the United States to join her fiancée Czeslaw “Chester” Chrostowski whom she married on November 9, 1963 at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Brooklyn, NY. After learning English, she worked for various employers in New York including the American Gold Chain Company, Chiclet’s gum factory and Good Humor ice cream. In 1979, she relocated to Pittsfield. Once in Pittsfield she worked for the former Workroom for Designers and Sheaffer Eaton. She finished her career in the bakery department at Stop ‘n Shop supermarket. Krystyna was the financial secretary for the Polish National Alliance where she sold life insurance, organized social events and would help students obtain scholarships. She was a communicant of the former Holy Family Church in Pittsfield. Krystyna had a zest for life and helping all the people she came in contact with. She was a great cook and her family especially enjoyed her pierogies and golumpkis. She enjoyed bowling, entertaining, gardening, time outdoors and feeding the animals. Krystyna’s greatest joy was spending time with her grandchildren who referred to her as “Babci”. Krystyna and Czeslaw celebrated 50 years of marriage on November 9, 2013. She is survived by her three children, Barbara Faulkner and her husband David of North Adams, Margaret Curro and her husband Paul and Mark Chrostowski and his wife Karen all of Pittsfield;four grandchildren, Kevin Curro, Andrew Curro, Michael Faulkner and Kathryn Faulkner. She also leaves a brother Alexsander Prokop and his wife Mira of Chrzanow, Poland and their daughter Ewa Prokop of Brooklyn, NY. She was predeceased by Czeslaw who died on March 8, 2015. Funeral Notice: Funeral services for Mrs. Krystyna Chrostowski will be held Friday, January 19, 2018, with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 11:30 a.m. at St. Agnes Church in Dalton, MA, officiated by Rev. A. Peter Gregory, Pastor Emeritus. Burial will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery. There will be no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Berkshire Humane Society or Parkinson’s Disease Research, care of the Dwyer Funeral Home, 776 North St., Pittsfield, MA 01201, in her memory. DONATIONS CANNOT BE MADE ONLINE, but may be made through the Dwyer Funeral Home.

Mrs. Krystyna Chrostowski

September 22, 1939 - January 13, 2018