Frances A. Gerczak

Frances A. Gerczak of New Hampton entered into rest on Friday, June 22, 2012, at Orange Regional Medical Center in the Town of Wallkill. She was 86.

The daughter of Joseph Kozala and Agnes Wolosz, she was born July 6, 1925, in Old Forge, Pa.

She was a member of St. Joseph Church in Florida.

Survivors include her son Richard Gerczak and his wife Deborah of Florida; daughter Shirley Burns of New Hampton; three granddaughters: Erin Lynn Green and her husband Gary, Jill Danielle Gerczak and Kelly Ann Burns.

She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph J. Gerczak, her sisters Mary Wydra, Veronica Grippe, Anna Pavolski, Stella Tomosivitch, Victoria Jaje and Sophie Mazur and her brother Jacob Kozala.

Visitation will be held privately.

Funeral Mass is scheduled to be held Wednesday, June 27, at St. Joseph Church.

Interment will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, also located in the Village of Florida.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the T.S. Purta Funeral Home. To send a condolence online, please go to www.purtafuneralhome.com.