Southwick – Frances Wanda (Buynicki) Brown, 98, (1918-2017) passed away Saturday, October 14, 2017, at home peacefully surrounded by her loving family. She was born to the late Victor and Stephania Buynicki on December 25, 1918. Frances attended Southwick Grammar Schools and Westfield High School, before graduating from Bay Path College in 1939. Married William A. Brown II in 1944, they traveled extensively while he served in the Military for thirty years. The family returned to live in Southwick in 1961. She worked at Hamilton Standard for 20 years as an executive secretary for Space and Sea. She is survived by her sister Anne Bannish of Westfield. Her five children and their spouses: Kathleen and William Brown III of Springfield, MA, Cheryl Taylor from Houston, TX, Barbara and John Westcott III, Deborah and Robert Dunn, and Robert and Brenda Brown of Southwick, MA. Sixteen grandchildren: Adrienne and Justin Latham, Gail and William Brown IV, and Michelle Bennett of West Springfield, John Carter and Angelica Taylor, Benjamin and Constance Taylor, Allison and Johnathon Hardman, Jennifer and Lee Mikes of Houston, TX, John Henry and Sarah Westcott, Michael and Tami Westcott, Robert Zackery Dunn, Erica Rossini, Robert J and Danielle Brown of Southwick, Jessica Tower of Westfield, Daniel and Lauren Szymula Westcott of St. Louis, Missouri , Bryan& Renee Westcott of Old Town, Maine, Andrew& Maegan Brown of Calcium, NY, plus two honorary grandchildren Tyler and Shelby Arnold of Southwick and 28 great-grandchildren. Family and friends were a passion and delight, she loved to garden and feed the bears. She was predeceased by her husband William A. Brown II in1983 and Son-in-law John Carter Taylor of Houston TX, also her brothers and sisters, Paul, Albert, Mooky, Peter, Irene Buynicki, & Florence Holmes. Her funeral will be held on Friday at 9AM from the Firtion Adams FS, 76 Broad St. Westfield followed by a Mass at 10AM in Holy Trinity Church, Elm St. Westfield. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Southampton Rd. Westfield, MA 01085. Visiting hours will be held on Thursday from 5-8 PM in the funeral home. www.firtionadams.com
