- Date Of Death: April 10, 2015
- State: Massachusetts
Stella (Bator) Malek, 98, passed away April 10, 2015 in Florida. She was born in Ludlow, MA to the late Stanley and Anna (Kmiec) Bator.
Stella worked for the International Rubber Company for 34 years until her retirement.
Stella will be remembered as a loving and devoted daughter, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was always there to help others, especially her parents and her beloved husband as they aged and was a wonderful friend and neighbor. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband John Malek; her daughter Dorothy “Dottie” McCollum; brothers Andrew and Stanley and sisters Mary Zajdel and Sophie Macutkicwicz. She leaves her granddaughter Kimberly Benham of Florida; two great-grandchildren Gavin and Zane; son-in-law Robert McCollum and several nieces and nephews.
