Claudia Pelkus

Berlin Mrs. Claudia Pelkus, of 477 First Avenue in Berlin, NH Passed away on January 7, 2012 at Androscoggin Valley Hospital. She was raised in Berlin and graduated from Berlin High School in 1942. She was the daughter of James & Vera Buckovitch who came to this country from Russia. Claudia was a graduate of Central Connecticut State College in 1948 and thereafter taught in the high schools in Winslow, Maine and in Mamaroneck and Freeport, New York. After becoming widowed in 1994 she moved back to her roots in Berlin and shortly thereafter helped to repeal the unfair New Hampshire Legacy Tax by addressing three New Hampshire Legislative Committee's. She will also be remembered for her hard work in getting needed funds for repairs at the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church and her generous monetary gifts to her nieces and nephews Besides her parents, she is pre-deceased by her husband Charles Pelkus and a brother Anthony James Buckovitch of Berlin, New Hampshire. She is survived by her siblings Valada Buckovitch of Berlin, NH, Paul Buckovitch of New Britain, Ct, Tina Chapin of Orange, Ca, Eve Silva of Inverness, IL, Lydia Brown of Seal Beach, Ca and Sophie Morrell, of Novato, Ca. Visiting hours will be held at Fleury-Patry Funeral Home, 72 High Street Berlin, NH from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 PM on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. Funeral Services will be held at the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church in Berlin at 11:00 AM on Thursday, January 12, 2012. Burial will be in the Berlin Russian Cemetery on Hutchins Street in Berlin, NH. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in her memory to the Holy Orthodox Church Online guest book at www.fleury-patry.com