Blanche (Rochalski) Dowgiert, age 97, of Duxbury, formerly of Pembroke, died on Sunday, March 27, 2016, at the BayPath of Duxbury in Duxbury.
She was born in Bochoniki, Poland, a daughter of the late Thomas & Zophia (Kondratowicz) Rochalski.
Blanche was the loving mother of Mary Zieba & her husband Mario of Pembroke and the late Andrew Dowgiert & his surviving wife Roberta Dowgiert of Duxbury; loving grandmother of Thomas Zieba & his wife Laura, Karen Zieba, Angela Dowgiert, Krysten Dowgiert, Elizabeth Frangioso & her husband Timothy and the late Victor Dowgiert; great-grandmother of Korryn, Gage, Anya, Aidan, AJ, Ava Boss, Victoria Ariel and Adria.
Visiting hours at the Shepherd Funeral Home, 7 Mattakeesett Street, (Route 14), Pembroke, on Monday, April 4, 2016, from 4:00-8:00 PM.
Funeral services at the Shepherd Funeral Home, Pembroke, on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at 10:00 AM, followed by her funeral Mass to be celebrated at Saint Joseph the Worker Church, 1 Maquan Street, Hanson, at 11:00 AM.
Interment will follow at the Center Cemetery, Oldham Street, Pembroke.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in Blanche's memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, Attention: Pancreatic Cancer Research, P.O. Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK 73123, www.cancer.org/cancer/pancreaticcancer