Muriel A. O'Connell

1921 – 2019

West Springfield – Muriel A. (Mays) O'Connell, 97, died Wednesday surrounded by her loving family.   Muriel was born in West Springfield and had lived here all her life.  After graduating from West Springfield High School, she started working at MassMutual.  She left the workforce to raise her children and later retired from the former Third National Bank.  She was a communicant of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church, volunteered at Noble Hospital and was a member of Tekoa Country Club.  Her husband John B. O'Connell, a retired Lieutenant for the West Springfield Fire Department, died in 1987 and a daughter Nancy O'Connell died in 1968.  She leaves her three children John J. O'Connell and his wife Jean, Steven J. O'Connell and his wife Nichole and Mary Remillard and her husband Raymond.  She also leaves three grandchildren Keith, Kara and Scott O'Connell and six great grandchildren Marley, Siena, Jane, Makayla, Ashley and Lauren.  Besides her husband and daughter, she was predeceased by a son-in-law Gennaro "Jerry" Daniele.  The family would like to extend a special "thank-you" to Ellie, Eve, Stephanie, Veronica, Nicole, Karen, Shannon and Rob for their care and concern.  The funeral will be held Monday at 10:00am at the West Springfield Curran-Jones Funeral Home with Liturgy in St. Thomas Church at 11:30am followed by burial in St. Thomas Cemetery.  Visiting hours will be held prior to the Mass from 10:00 – 11:00am.   Memorial donations may be made to the Parish Cupboard, or to St. Thomas the Apostle Church