Adelaide M. Marek, 86, of Brookfield, Conn., died Oct. 27 in her home.

Adelaide was a part-time journalist for the Brookfield Journal and The Newtown (Conn.) Bee.

She leaves three daughters, Adelaide, Georgina and Theresa; two sons, William and Peter; a brother, Bruce

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Ashleane Alabre, Sophie Cannon, Jenna Ciccotelli, Nico Hall, Joshua Leaston, Georgeanne Oliver, Julia Preszler and Thomas Ward, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.