from Gowanda PennySaver - August 31, 2003

Margaret Kuczynski

Margaret J. (Buckley) Kuczynski, 61, of Painesville, OH, formerly of Gowanda, died suddenly Aug. 18, 2003 at the University Hospital in Syracuse.      Mrs. Kuczynski worked as a data analyst for U.H.H.S. Memorial Hospital in Geneva, OH.      She was a member of the Nature Conservancy, Dragon Fly Society of America and the National O.D.A.N.A.T.A. She was an avid cyclist, and in 1997 she rode across the United States from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. She was also a photographer and volunteered at the Lake Metroparks, Lake County, OH.      She was the wife of Ronald Kuczynski; daughter of Edna G. (Priel) Buckley of Collins and the late J. LaVerne Buckley; mother of Eric Kuczynski of San Francisco, CA; and sister of Edna (Frank) Butzer of Collins, Rose Buckley of Pittsburg, Pat Buckley of Alexandria, PA, Lizza Buckley of Doylestown, PA, and Jane Buckley of Indianapolis, IN; also survived by several nieces and nephews.      Memorials may be made to St. Joseph's School, 71 E. Main St., Gowanda; or Nature Conservancy, 4245 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 100, Arlington, VA 22203.      Arrangements were by the Mentley Funeral Home, Inc., Gowanda.