Camille (Natale) Kolakowski

Camille (Natale) Kolakowski, 72, of Wethersfield, beloved wife for 51 years of Frank J. Kolakowski, Jr. died peacefully Monday, March 28, 2016 at St. Francis Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Born in Hartford on January 10, 1944, she was the daughter of the late John “Bus Boy” Natale and Angeline “Angie” (Franco) Natale. Camille had worked for many years as an Executive Assistant in the insurance field, as well as helping her parents in their “Whale of a Sandwich” shop in Wethersfield. Camille enjoyed many things in life including: bingo, playing cards, buying her lotto and scratch tickets, keeping up on Facebook with family and friends, swimming at the beach growing up, sharing recipes with her daughter and daughter-in-law, cooking and baking everything under the sun for her family and Sunday dinners enjoying our pasta and meatball feasts! But most of all, what made Camille happiest, was simple – having her family with her. A loving wife, mother and grandmother, Camille will be dearly missed by her husband Frank; her children, Kim C. Bell of South Kingston, RI and Frank J. Kolakowski, III and wife Julie of Marlborough and her five adored grandchildren Jared W. Bell, Jessica R. Bell, Jeremy C. Bell, Dylan F. Kolakowski and Logan R. Kolakowski. She is also survived by her sister, Janice Zimmerman of Rocky Hill; two brothers, John Natale Jr. and wife Jan of West Palm Beach, FL and Nicholas Natale and wife Sherry of Newington; three nieces, Angela Natale, Kelly Thayer and Bridgette Malgren and her sister-in-law, Carol Senuta.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday (April 1) at 10 a.m. at the Church of the Incarnation, 544 Prospect St., Wethersfield. Please go directly to the church. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Memorial Park, Rocky Hill. Calling hours are Thursday from 4-7 p.m. at the D’Esopo Funeral Chapel, 277 Folly Brook Blvd., Wethersfield. Donations in Camille’s memory may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 2080 Silas Deane Hwy., 2nd Floor, Rocky Hill, CT 06067 or the American Lung Association, 45 Ash St., East Hartford, CT 06108. To share a memory of Camille with her family, please visit www.desopo.com.