VANESSA COLON, 81 YEARS OLD, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON JULY 31, 2025, AT HER HOME SURROUNDED BY HER LOVING FAMILY. VANESSA WAS THE DAUGHTER OF MAXIMO GUERRERO AND ZOILA BATISTA DE GUERRERO.  SHE WAS BORN IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.  SHE WAS MARRIED TO CESAR COLON WHO PRECEDEED HER IN DEATH. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER SON RODOLFO RABADAD FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ZOILA COLON FROM CONNECTICUT, CESAR COLON FROM FLORIDA, DEMETRIO COLON FROM SPRINGFIELD, RICARDO COLON FROM CONNECTICUT.  AND HER SIBLINGS ROBERTO GUERRERO, REMEDIO FIGUEROA, RAFAEL GUERRERO, MILAGROS CORPORAN, YOLANDA LOPEZ, VICTOR GUERRERO, AND EDWARD GUERRERO ALONG WITH NINETEEN GRANDCHILDREN AND NINETEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

VANESSA WORKED AS A SEAMSTRESS IN NEW YORK BEFORE RELOCATING TO SPRINGFIELD, MA.  SHE ATTENDED "PERFECTO AMOR" CHURCH IN CHICOPEE, MA.  SHE LOVED HER FAMILY, ATTENDING CHURCH, LISTENING TO CHRISTIAN MUSIC.  MOST OF ALL SHE ENJOYED BEING SURROUNDED BY HER FAMILIY, ESPCIALLY HER GRANDCHILDREN AND LOVED COOKING FOR THEM.   FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT CURRAN-JONES FUNERAL HOME ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2025, AT 1 PM. CALLING HOURS WILL BE HELD FROM 11 AM UNTIL 1 PM. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN OAK GROVE CEMETERY IN SPRINGFIELD

WE WILL CHERISH HER MEMORY AND CARRY HER SMILE WITH US.

VANESSA WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED.