Amherst, Alice M. Bukoski, 89, of Amherst passed away peacefully on October 6, 2017, at the Hospice of the Fisher Home in Amherst.

She was born on June 25, 1928, in Hadley, the daughter of the late John L. Lizek and Josephine (Kalentek) Lizek.  Alice graduated from Hopkins Academy and Northampton Commercial College. After graduating from college, she worked at the Esso gas station in Northampton as a bookkeeper until she was married on June 25, 1949, to Frank J. Bukoski of Amherst. They celebrated 60 wonderful years together.   After her marriage, Alice was a devoted wife and mother to four children.

Alice leaves her children, Linda Thompson and her husband Robert of Chester, MA; Ronald Bukoski and his wife Cynthia of Bourne, MA; Nancy Dillon and her husband Thomas of Swarthmore, PA; and Jane Archer of Granby, CT.  She is survived by her brother, John Lizek, and Stella Stroiney both of Windsor Locks, CT; ten grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.  She was predeceased by her husband, Frank, and sister, Angeline Czajkowski.

Visiting hours will be from 8:30 to 9:45 am at the Douglass Funeral Home, 87 North Pleasant Street, Amherst.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 am at St. Brigid’s Catholic Church in Amherst.  Burial will follow at St. Brigid’s Cemetery in Hadley.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Alice’s memory may be made to the Hospice of the Fisher Home, 1165 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01002 or St. Brigid’s Church, 122 North Pleasant Street, PO Box 424, Amherst, MA 01004.

Memorial register at www.douglassfuneral.com