West Springfield-Katherine (Jurkowski) Lapa, 98, died Saturday at Mont Marie. She was born in Chicopee and lived in Westhampton, Southampton, Chicopee and Springfield before moving to West Springfield in 2009. She worked for 35 years as a machinist at Smith and Wesson and was a longtime communicant of Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Springfield. She leaves her daughter Katherine Judy Parent of West Springfield, a brother Francis Jurkowski of Springfield, sisters Helen Jurkowski of Springfield and Sr. Dorothea (Dolores) Jurkowski CSFN of Brooklyn, NY and her granddaughter Claudine Parent of West Springfield. She was predeceased by her siblings Benedict, Fabian, Joseph and Chester Jurkowski, Stephanie Bagge, Jane Kuczma and Dorothy Rexford. The funeral Mass will be Thursday at 11 am in Our Lady of the Rosary Church followed by burial in St. Michael's Cemetery. A calling hour will precede the Mass on Thursday at the West Springfield Curran-Jones Funeral Home from 9:30 am to 10:30 am. Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, 310 North River Road, Des Plaines, IL, 60016. For more information please go to curranjones.com.