Marian (Briggs) Cullison
1925 - 2013

West Springfield - Marian (Briggs) Cullison died at the home of her daughter-in-law in Port Richey, FL. Marian was born and has lived in West Springfield all her life. She was the daughter of Whiting and Katherine (Clark) Briggs. She was a 1943 graduate of the West Springfield High School and worked at American Telephone and Neisner's Department Store in Springfield before retiring as the Laundry Supervisor with the Riverdale Gardens Nursing Home. She was a communicant of the former Immaculate Conception Church where she was a Lector, Sacristan and Eucharistic Minister. Her husband Elwood Cullison died in 2000 and her sons Mark died in 1996 and Gerald died in 2010. She leaves a daughter Jo Anne Manley and her husband James; her sons Kevin and David and his wife Ann Marie; her adopted daughter Dona Lacas and her family; her daughter-in-law Deborah Cullison; a brother Roger Briggs and his wife Joan; fifteen grandchildren; fifteen great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Marian's funeral will be held at the WEST SPRINGFIELD CURRAN-JONES FUNERAL HOME Wednesday at 10:00am followed by burial in Paucatuck Cemetery. Visiting hours will be held Tuesday from 4:00-7:00pm. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church, Main St. West Springfield, MA 01089.