Kathleen Kopaczewski Stankiewicz, age 61 of Plainville passed away on Tuesday October 21, 2008 in her home. Kathleen a RN for Central Connecticut State University was born in Bridgeport daughter of the late Edward and Catherine (Gotch) Kopaczewski and had been a life long area resident moving to Plainville, 3 years ago. She was a member of the National Federation for the Blind. Survivors include her beloved daughter Penny Stankiewicz and her husband Gerald Sampson of Brooklyn, New York, 2 cousins Stephanie Sullivan of Woodbury and Karen Smeltz of PA, and a brother-in-law Anthony Stankiewicz and his wife Mary of Simsbury Funeral services will take place on Friday October 24, 2008 at 11:15 a.m. in the Adzima Funeral Home 50 Paradise Green Place Stratford, and at 12 noon in Our Lady of Grace Church 298 Second Hill Lane Stratford for a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will be in St. John's Cemetery Stratford. Friends may call on Thursday (Today) from 4-8 p.m. In lieu of flowers those desiring may make donations to the National Federation for the Blind 477 Connecticut Avenue East Hartford, CT. 06108