- Date Of Birth: January 31, 1939
- Date Of Death: September 2, 2009
- State: Massachusetts
INDIAN ORCHARD – Elizabeth J. (Ptaszkiewicz) Soja, 70, died September 2, 2009 at Mercy Medical Center. Born in Ludlow, she was one of 15 children of the late Theodore and Jane (Burek) Ptaszkiewicz. She had worked as a production worker for Janzen.
She leaves two sons: Ronald Duchesne of Ludlow and Martin Duchesne of CA; two brothers: Eugene and James Ptaszkiewicz; eight sisters: Mildred Metcalf, Joanne Melikian, Dorothy McQuire, Irene Zaranek, Sandy Moquin, Linda Banas, Elaine Murphy and Sue Mitchell; three grandchildren: Jeremy, Benjamin and Derek Duchesne and two great-grandchildren: Alex and Sydney Duchesne.