Despina “Tess” Kopka, of Nashua and formerly of Salem, MA, passed away Thursday morning, April 25, 2024 at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center. She was the wife of William Kopka, to whom she had been married for 49 years.
A resident of Nashua since 1965, Tess was born in 1932 in Peabody, Massachusetts, a daughter of the late John and Mary (Supronovich) Rafael.
She worked as a Production Control Planner for Harris Corporation in Nashua, an Electronic Assembler and Inspector for Sprague Electric in Nashua, was an Office Clerk for Ackley Associates in Nashua, and a Data Entry Clerk for Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Nashua.
Tess was very active at Christmas Fairs and well known for her Christmas Tree Creations, etc. She was a member of the former St. Casimir Church and past Secretary of the St. Casimir Couples Club. Tess was most recently a communicant of St. Christopher Church in Nashua following the closing of St. Casimir’s Church.
From 1987 to the present, she and her husband William, owned and operated Kopka Tax Service that provided tax and electronic filing services.
Tess was predeceased by her first husband, Robert J. Walker, Sr. of Nashua, to whom she had been married for 25 years; her son, Robert J. Walker, Jr. of Nashua; a sister, Ethel Kirrane of Beverly, MA; her brothers, George Rafeal of Beverly, MA and Nicholas Rapheal of Hendersonville, TN; and a grandson, Travis Levesque.
Besides her husband, survivors include three sons and a daughter-in-law, Clinton J. and Sheryl Walker of Amherst, NH, Richard J. Walker and Joseph J. Walker of Nashua; two daughters and sons-in-law, Linda and Leslie Berry of Keene, NH, and Debra and Dean Parks of Nashua; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews who she dearly loved.
A private burial service will be held at the convenience of the family. To leave an online message of condolence, please visit www.farwellfuneralservice.com Arrangements are in the care of the Farwell Funeral Service, 18 Lock Street, Nashua.
