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...
Donald R. Albee
Mar 9, 2015
Donald R. Albee 1920 – 2015 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Donald R. Albee, 94, of Southworth Street died Monday in Mercy Medical Center. Donald was born in Concord, NH, grew up in Springfield and has lived in West Springfield for 70 years. He owned his own route and developed territories for the Table Talk Pie Company until his retirement in 1977....
Barbara S. Webb
Mar 7, 2015
Barbara S. Webb 1934 – 2015 FEEDING HILLS – Barbara S. (Fredrickson) Webb, 80 of North Street died Saturday. Barbara was born in Chicago and lived in Agawam for the past 50 years. She was a member of the former Old First Church in Springfield. She leaves her children Janet Ferran and her husband Thomas of Colorado Springs, Kenneth Webb...
Chester L. Towne
Mar 5, 2015
Chester L. Towne, 82, of Young Circle died Thursday following a brief illness. Chet was born and grew up in Waltham, Massachusetts. He attended Waltham schools and graduated from the Mt. Hermon School. He earned his bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College, and then went to Harvard, where he received an MA in Education and subsequently a CAGS in School Administrations....
Roland F. "Mike" Bozak
Mar 5, 2015
Roland F. "Mike" Bozak, 80, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Born in Westfield, son of the late Daniel and Katherine (Delahanty) Bozak, he lived in West Springfield for many years before moving to Westfield. Roland was a retired truck driver for Electric Motor Sales and Service where he worked for twenty years. Previously he worked for...
Evan J. Brunelle
Mar 2, 2015
South Hadley-Evan J. Brunelle, 28, died Monday. He was born in Springfield and has lived in South Hadley all of his life. Evan proudly worked for the family business, Brunelle's Marina. He leaves his beloved children Owen And Noah Brunelle, his parents Kathryn and Luke Brunelle Jr. of South Hadley, his grandparents Dorothy Brunelle of Holyoke, Luke Sr. and Josie...
Flora A. Allen
Mar 2, 2015
Flora A. Allen 1916 – 2015 FEEDING HILLS – Flora A (Provost) Allen, 99, of South West Street died Monday at home surrounded by her loving family and caregivers. Flora was born in Agawam and has lived here her entire life. She enjoyed working in her yard and working as a cashier at the Giant Slide at the Big E....
Margaret Taylor
Feb 28, 2015
WEST SPRINGFIELD-Margaret "Peg" Taylor, 93, died Saturday at Wingate in West Springfield. She was born in West Springfield and lived here most of her life. She graduated from Cathedral High School and from the Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in 1943. She entered the Army Nurse Corps in 1945 and served on a hospital ship off the coast of Virginia...
Mae B. Fuller
Feb 27, 2015
West Springfield-Mae B. Fuller passed away peacefully on February 27, 2015. She was 81 years old, and a resident of Heritage Hall West in Agawam, Massachusetts. The daughter of Albert and Ruth MacGillivary, she was born on April 18, 1933 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Predeceased by her brother Albert MacGillivary, she leaves behind three sisters: Lois Yiznitski, Naomi White, Ruthie Amico...
Evelyn Marjorie Hraba
Feb 26, 2015
Evelyn M. (Roberts) Hraba, 93, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, February 26, 2015. Born in Middletown, CT, daughter of the late Eben and Marjorie (Bement) Roberts, she lived in West Springfield most of her life. Evelyn was an elementary school teacher in Middletown, and then worked part-time as a sales clerk for the former Albert Steiger's Department Store. She...