February 18, 2012  

LOWVILLE, N.Y.  —  Thomas J. Percoski, 87, of Clinton Street died Friday, Feb. 17, at his home under the care of Lewis County Hospice and his care givers.  

Born Sept. 17, 1924, in the town of Martinsburg, the son of the late Stanley W. and Mary Konzal Percoski, he attended Lowville Free Academy. 

He married Helen E. Lewicki on Oct. 15, 1950, at St. Hedwig's Catholic Church in Houseville with Rev. Victor Balcerak, officiating. Mrs. Percoski died Jan. 12, 2005.   

Tom owned and operated a dairy farm in Constableville. Tom went to work for A.M.F. and then for Kraft Foods in 1970 and retired in March of 1984.    

He is survived by a sister, Dolores R. Koziol, Lowville, and several nieces and nephews.

Five brothers, Charles, Wenzel, Stanley, Frank, and Chester Percoski, and a sister, Marie Percoski, predeceased him. 

Tom was a communicant of St. Hedwig’s Catholic Church, Houseville. 

He enjoyed woodworking, going to car shows, polka festivals and he was proud of his Polish heritage, Nazdrowie Chtopcze Nazdrowie. 

A spring graveside service will be held at Lowville Rural Cemetery with Rev. Christopher Carrara officiating. There will be no calling hours. 

Memorials in Tom’s name may be made to: St. Hedwig’s Catholic Church, 5439 Shady Avenue, Lowville, NY 13367 or Friends of Lewis County Hospice, Inc., P.O. Box 266, Lowville, NY 13367.

Condolences may be made on the online guest book at www.sundquistfh.com. 

Information provided by Sundquist Funeral Home of Lowville and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.