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Stella N. (Slowik) Krupa, 103, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 4, 2019 in McKinney, TX. She worked at the former Steiger’s Department Store in Springfield. Stella was born on November 13, 1915 in Chicopee to Walter and Catherine (Polak) Slowik. Stella was married to Stephen Krupa in 1939. They attended the Basilica of St. Stanislaus until they moved to McKinney to live with their daughter and son-in-law Sandra and David Isabelle. She is predeceased by her husband, Stephen F. Krupa, who died November 21, 2011. Stella is survived by her only daughter, Sandra (Krupa) Isabelle and her husband, David and their two children, Keven Isabelle and his wife, Isabel and their children, Sofia and Lia; Deanne (Isabelle) Paul and her husband, Christian Paul and their children, Brendan and Elyse Paul and Ryan Palczynski; two sisters, Stacia Stadnicki of Connecticut and Irene Nowak of Chicopee and numerous nieces and nephews. Stella’s funeral will be held on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 from the Cierpial Memorial Funeral Home on 61 Grape St. in Chicopee Center, followed by a Liturgy of Christian Burial in the Basilica of St. Stanislaus at 10:30 AM with burial in St. Stanislaus Cemetery. An hour of visitation will be on Tuesday morning from 9 to 10 AM.