EAST HERKIMER- Pearl M. Grzeszczuk died on Tuesday November 5, 2013 at the age of 79 after a long illness at the Alpine Nursing Home, Little Falls. Pearl was born on August 25, 1934 in the town of German Flatts, the daughter of the late Martha Belle Lowell and Carl Grzeszczuk Shaver. She graduated from Mohawk High School and lived in East Herkimer for over 50 years. Mrs. Grzeszczuk had worked at Remington Rand Co., Folts Homes in Herkimer and took care of her many friends at the Union Tools Co. in Frankfort. Pearls hard work, kind heart and generosity were an inspiration to her family and friends and those who knew her. She was a lover of animals and gardening. She is survived by her older brothers and sister, Mr. and Mrs. John (Anita) Shaver of Herkimer, Mr. Theodore Ted Shaver of Mohawk, and Eleanor Currie of Mohawk and Norwich, her children Kathleen A. Gillette and husband Frank of Liverpool, Steven K. Lowell of Springfield, MA and David Grzeszczuk and wife Lorie of Canastota. Also the many grandchildren and great grandchildren who brought joy into Pearls later years. She will be also greatly missed by her many friends in Herkimer. Pearl is predeceased by her husband of 59 years, Anthony on July 21, 2013, her brother Carl R. Shaver Dickie and her granddaughter Melissa A. Gillette on November 14, 1989. Calling hours for Mrs. Grzeszczuk will be on Friday from 11:00am to 12:45pm in Fenner Funeral Home, Inc., 115 Court Street, Herkimer. A Funeral service will follow at 1:00pm in Oak Hill Cemetery with the Reverend Janet Gleason, Pastor of the First United Methodist Church Herkimer/Little Falls officiating. The family would like to express their heartfelt thanks to the staff of Alpine Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Little Falls.