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Alice B. (Kupiec) Bernard, 92, of Chicopee, passed away on Friday, May 17, 2019 at home. She was born on April 12, 1927 in Chicopee to Frank and Sophie (Dombek) Kupiec. Alice was a retired cook at St. Luke’s Nursing Home in Springfield. She also was the former owner of Millie’s Pierogi and Putt Putt’s Drive-In. Alice is predeceased by her husband, Armand E. Bernard, who died in 1974, her son, Timothy Bernard, who died in 2017, her son-in-law, Robert Gilliam and her sister, Evelyn Majka. She is survived by two daughters, Dianne Bernard of California and Judy Gilliam of Chicopee; seven grandchildren, Faith, Tasha, Billy, and Michael Brady, Jasmine, Robert, and Joelle Gilliam, eleven great grandchildren and her best friend, Tito. Family and friends may attend a Liturgy of Christian burial for Alice on Friday, May 31, 2019 at the Basilica of St. Stanislaus at 10 am. Burial will be in St. Stanislaus Cemetery.