Bernard C. Larsen
Apr 10, 2015
Bernard C. Larsen 1940 – 2015 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Bernard C. Larsen, 75 of Victorian Drive died Friday at home. Bern was born and raised in Chicago and has lived in the West Springfield area for the past 50 years. He was a retired Mail Carrier in West Springfield for the United State Post Office. An active communicant of St....
Angelo Anthony Polumbo
Apr 9, 2015
Angelo A. Polumbo, 96, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, April 9, 2015 at home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Springfield, son of the late Giovanni and Donatantonia (Sticco) Polumbo, he lived in Feeding Hills most of his life. Angelo was a retired consultant for Young Engineering. Previously he worked for the former Springfield Armory and Hamilton Standard...
Mary Lee Graham
Apr 7, 2015
Mary L. (Terry) Graham 1942 – 2015 HOLYOKE – Mary L. (Terry) Graham, 73, of St. James Avenue died Tuesday surrounded by her loving family. Mary was born in Ellaville, GA, she graduated from John Lewis High School in Georgia and has lived in Holyoke most of her life. She worked at Michael's and retired from A.C. Moore. She leaves...
Jean E. Moore Teodore
Apr 4, 2015
Jean E. Moore-Teodore 1930 – 2015 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Jean E. (Dorrington) Moore Teodore, 84, of Park Avenue died Saturday morning at home surrounded by her family. Jean was born in Westfield, the daughter of Evelyn and Sidney Dorrington and has lived in West Springfield most of her life. As a teenager, she volunteered as a Candy Striper at Noble...
Harry Borrelli
Apr 3, 2015
Harry Borrelli 1928 – 2015 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Harry Borrelli, 86, of Greystone Avenue died Friday at home. Harry was born and raised in Torrington, CT, the son of the late Peter and Victoria Borrelli. He had lived in Springfield and Hartford before moving to West Springfield in 1964. He was a retired 30 year Distribution Manager for MCA Records...
Joseph John Mann, Jr.
Apr 1, 2015
Joseph John Mann, Jr., age 80, passed peacefully late Tuesday while under hospice care at Linda Manor in Leeds on April 1, 2015. He was surrounded by his loving family during his last days. Born Dec. 21, 1934 in Hardwick to the late Joseph and Stella (Miarecki) Mann, Joe grew up in West Springfield helping with the care of his...
Jean Elizabeth Maxwell
Apr 1, 2015
Jean E. Maxwell, 86, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, April 1, 2015. She was the daughter of the late George and Blendena (Thompson) Maxwell. Jean was a life-long resident of West Springfield and loved to tell stories of the family history there. She worked for the US Envelope Company and later spent 40 years as a proofreader at the...
Leo A. Dupont
Mar 31, 2015
South Hadley-Leo A. Dupont , 93, died at home on March 31, 2015 with his family by his side. He was born Jan. 16, 1922 in Chicopee, MA. He was a machinist before entering the U.S. Army in 1944. After his honorable discharge, he lived in South Hadley and proudly worked for the Town of South Hadley Highway Dept. He...
Irene B. Germano
Mar 30, 2015
West Springfield-Irene B. Germano, 83 passed away peacefully Monday morning in Agawam's Heritage Hall nursing home. She was born May 5, 1932 in Springfield, MA and had two sisters Beverly and Joyce. For 30 years she worked at Talon-American Thread Company. Her passion was cooking and spending time with loved ones. She enjoyed watching her children and grandchildren's sporting events....
Norman S. Gagnon
Mar 30, 2015
Norman "Norm" Gagnon, 84, died March 30th at the Holyoke Health Care Center. Born March 9, 1931 in Chicopee. He was the son of the late Arthur and Anna (Buss) Gagnon. He was a life time resident of South Hadley and graduated from South Hadley High School. He served in the US Army during the Korean War stationed in the...
Raymond H. Burke Jr.
Mar 28, 2015
Chicopee-Raymond H. Burke, Jr., 74, passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2015. He was born October 12, 1940 to the late Raymond H. Burke and Luna Piquette in Holyoke. He graduated from Chicopee High School and served in the U.S. Navy. He then worked as a Customer Service Manager at United Parcel Service until he retired at age 42. He...
Eugene J. Descant
Mar 26, 2015
South Hadley-Eugene J. Descant, 84, died Thursday at the Soldier's Home in Holyoke. He worked for many years as a maintenance mechanic for Uniroyal and later for MMWEC where he retired in 1996. He served with Army Engineers during the Korean War. He loved to listen to his son play the guitar, but most of all he loved spending time...
Raymond C. Gates
Mar 25, 2015
Raymond C. Gates 1944 – 2015 SOUTH HADLEY – Raymond C. Gates, 70, of Pine Grove Drive died Wednesday in Baystate Medical Center surrounded by his loving family Ray was born in Springfield, grew up in Colrain and had lived in Meridan, CT, Westfield and Chicopee most of his life before moving to South Hadley a couple of years ago....
Paul R. Randall
Mar 21, 2015
Paul R. Randall, 43, a resident of Holyoke passed away Saturday at home after a short illness. Paul was born in Holyoke, February 24, 1972, the son of the Bonnie (Farman) Randall-Howe and the late Raymond R. Randall. He spent his first six years in South Hadley before moving to Holyoke where he resided for most of his life. A...
Ruth W. Bartuski
Mar 19, 2015
Ruth W. (Chapman) Bartuski, 96, formerly of Adams Street, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, March 19, 2015. Born in Waterbury, CT, she was educated in Suffield Schools and lived in Oakville, CT for twenty years before moving to Agawam in 1986. Ruth started working for Scoville Manufacturing Company during World War II, and met her late husband, Joseph Bartuski....
Angel Luis Mulero
Mar 16, 2015
Angel Luis Mulero (Lin), a devoted husband, father and friend, passed away on Monday, March 16, 2015 at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico on May 3, 1926. He was the beloved patriarch of a large family and is immediately survived by his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, including Andrea Reyes, Madelin Figueroa, Lee...
Olive L. Larson
Mar 16, 2015
Olive L. (Smith) Larson, 84, of West Springfield, died peacefully March 16 at Oakdale Rehabilitation in West Boylston after a short illness. Born on a 600-acre dairy farm in Cabot, Vt., she was the daughter of the late Edwin and Clara (Carpenter) Smith. Valedictorian of her class at Cabot High, she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in music education...
Robert I. Berger
Mar 15, 2015
Robert I. Berger 1929-2015 WEST SPRINGFIELD-Robert I. Berger, 86, died Sunday at Heritage Hall. He was born in Elizabeth, NJ son of the late Irving and Ruth Berger, and has lived in West Springfield for 64 years. He retired from A & P Grocers in 1991 as assistant manager after working there for 37 years. Robert was a communicant of...
Raymond H. Manferdini
Mar 14, 2015
Raymond H. Manferdini 1925 – 2015 SPRINGFIELD – Raymond H. Manferdini, 89, of Mooreland Street died Saturday in Mercy Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. Ray was born in West Springfield and has lived in Springfield for the past 65 years. He worked as a Street Foreman for Baystate Gas Company for 33 years until his retirement in 1991....
Janet E. Lemieux
Mar 13, 2015
Chicopee-Janet E. Lemieux, 71, of 665 McKinstry Ave., passed away March 13, 2015, at Holyoke Hospital. Janet was born in Holyoke January 6, 1944 to the late Cynthia Beatrice Lindstead and her late father William Russell McCorkindale. Janet was a graduate of South Hadley High School in 1962 and was an employee at Westover Air Force base for 30 years...