Roberta E. Demarco
Dec 6, 2014
West Springfield-Roberta E. (Gasteyer) DeMarco, 74, died Saturday at home with her daughter Robbie at her side. She was born Aug. 3, 1940 in Springfield and was a lifelong resident of West Springfield. She held many jobs as a waitress at some of the best local restaurants, Monte Carlo, Vincent Steak House and Mountain Laurel to name a few. She...
Michael J. Weinle
Dec 5, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO - Michael Joseph Weinle unexpectedly passed away Friday, December 5, 2014 at his home in San Francisco, California at the age of 28. Born in Holyoke on February 18, 1986, he was raised in Feeding Hills, MA. Michael was the son of John N. Weinle III and Phyllis A. Weinle. He was a graduate of Agawam High School...
John D. Ross Jr.
Dec 2, 2014
John D. Ross, Jr. 92, of 7 Canal Rd. Suffield, CT and formerly of West Dennis, MA passed away peacefully on 12/2/14. Born on April 7, 1922 in Springfield, MA, he was the son of John D. Ross, Sr. and Mary (Whelan) Ross. He grew up in Holyoke, MA. He is a graduate of Brown University (B.A. 1943) and Boston...
Andrew A. Calvanese
Dec 2, 2014
Andrew A. Calvanese, 66, passed away peacefully after a long illness. He was predeceased by his mother, Mary (Pepe) Calvanese. Andrew was an army veteran of the Vietnam War and was later employed by ConRail and the United States Postal Service. He is survived by his two sons, Anthony and Joseph, both of Hampden, his father, Anthony F. Calvanese of...
Carolyn Marie Campbell
Nov 29, 2014
Carolyn Marie Campbell, 81, died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on November 29, 2014. Carolyn was born in Redhook, NY on August 30, 1934, to Jack and Evelyn (Stall) Hefferman. Her father died when she was only six months old leaving her mother to raise two young children. Carolyn graduated in 1952 from Red Hook Regional High School...
Betty L. Fitzpatrick
Nov 29, 2014
Betty L. Fitzpatrick 1939 – 2014 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Betty L. (Herter) Fitzpatrick, 75, of Druids Lane died Saturday at home. Betty was born in Palmer, the daughter of the late Frederick and Roberta (Thompson) Herter. She graduated from Palmer High School and has lived in West Springfield most of her life. She was a retired Nurse's Aide for the...
Natalie I. Godet
Nov 26, 2014
FEEDING HILLS - Natalie I. (Monteiro) Godet, 81, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, November 26, 2014. Born in New Bedford, daughter of the late Stephen and Beatrice (Ponte) Monteiro, she lived in Agawam most of her life and was a 1951 graduate of Agawam High School and attended the Banking Institute at Bay Path college. Natalie worked as a...
Clara Ann Morrison
Nov 24, 2014
Clara Ann Morrison 1942 – 2014 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Clara Ann (Steinmez) Morrison, 72, died Monday in Mercy Medical Center. Ann was born in Springfield and has lived here all her life. She worked for 20 years at the former Eastern States Farmers Exchange, which is now Agway and for the past 25 years she has been the fiscal assistant...
Thomas J. Allen
Nov 24, 2014
West Springfield – Thomas J. Allen, 59, died unexpectedly Monday at Baystate Medical Center. Tommy was born in Boston son of the late Thomas and Eileen (Fay) Allen. He attended Holy Childhood in Jamaica Plain, St. Agnes in Arlington and Arlington Catholic High School before graduating from West Springfield High School in 1974. While at West Springfield, he played Soccer...
John A. Joseph
Nov 22, 2014
Longmeadow-John A. Joseph, 89, husband of Jeannette (Malouf) Joseph, passed away, surrounded by his family on Saturday, November 22, 2014. Born in Ludlow, MA, October 26, 1925, son of Albert and Katherine Joseph, he lived in Springfield and Longmeadow his entire life. A graduate of Classical High School in 1943, he entered the military and WWII immediately after graduation. He...
William J. Bessette
Nov 21, 2014
SPRINGFIELD-William J. Bessette, 85, died peacefully in his sleep, Friday at Mercy Hospital. He was born in New London, CT and has lived in Springfield for many years. He was Vice President of the former Stanley Handling Company. Bill was very active at the Elm-Belcher Masonic Lodge, where he was Master four times, a member of the Shriners, and their...
Jon-Paul Steven Weber
Nov 19, 2014
Jon-Paul S. Weber 1976 – 2014 FEEDING HILLS – Jon-Paul Steven Weber, 38, died Wednesday in Baystate Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. Jon-Paul was born in Hartford, raised in East Hartford, graduated from East Hartford High School and has lived in Feeding Hills for the past nine years. He started his career as a salesman for the Fastenal...
Angelo A. Liquori
Nov 17, 2014
Angelo A. Liquori, 79, of San Juan Capistrano, California departed peacefully on November 17, 2014 after a lengthy illness. He was born in West Springfield, Massachusetts and graduated from Cathedral High School in 1953. He later started his own home building business in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. He built ten to fifteen quality homes and custom built homes a year in mostly...
Frank J. Grabinski
Nov 17, 2014
Frank J. Grabinski, 89, entered into eternal rest on Monday, November 17, 2014 surrounded by his loving family. He was the son of the late Michael and Sophie (Tomaszewski) Grabinski. He lived in West Suffield before moving to Agawam in 1948. Frank worked as tool expeditor for Hamilton Standard before his retirement. He previously worked as an office manager in...
John I. Jackson
Nov 16, 2014
John I. Jackson 1920 – 2014 AGAWAM – John I. Jackson, 94, formerly of West Springfield died Sunday morning surrounded by his loving family. John was born in Birmingham, England and came to the United States in 1926 settling in Worcester. He attended Northeastern University. After joining the United States Army Air Corps, he became a 1st Lieutenant Pilot stationed...
Ruth Rogers
Nov 16, 2014
Ruth Rogers 1923 – 2014 West Springfield – Ruth Rogers, 90, formerly of Field Street died Sunday in a local nursing home. Ruth was born in West Springfield, daughter of the late James and Sara (Webber) Rogers and has lived here all her life. She worked in Baystate West at CIGNA and then was transferred to Bloomfield, CT until her...
Esther T. Bousquet
Nov 14, 2014
Esther T. Bousquet 1919 - 2014 AGAWAM - Esther (Therrien) Bousquet passed away on Friday, November 14, 2014 to be with her husband, John , who died in 1967 and son, Frederick Carrigg, who died in 2006. She leaves behind her former husband, Earl Bousquet, of Chester, and two step children, Diane Bousquet of Feeding Hills and Stephen Bousquet, of...
Eugene J. Mccreanor
Nov 11, 2014
Asbury Park, NJ – Eugene J. McCreanor, 85, formerly of Agawam died Tuesday in New Jersey. Eugene was born in Springfield, lived in New York most of his life before moving to New Jersey. He was a retired Cleaning Supervisor for the Arcade Cleaning Company and served in the United States Army from 1946 until his discharge in 1947. Eugene...
James Kevin Brown
Nov 11, 2014
FEEDING HILLS – James K. Brown, 62, of Feeding Hills departed peacefully Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at home. He was raised in Feeding Hills by the late Noel and Dorothy (Blakesley) Brown, and a 1970 graduate of Agawam High School. He attended the University of Houston and worked in the oil fields in Gillette, WY before returning to Feeding Hills...
David A. Boyce
Nov 11, 2014
Chicopee-David A. Boyce, 46, died suddenly Tuesday in Delaware. He was born in Boston and lived most of his life in Chicopee. He leaves a son Stephen Hall of Chicopee, his mother Louise Jahr and her husband Arnie of W. Springfield, sisters Karen Beuree of W. Springfield and Donna Boyce of FL, his grandmother Lillian Hillman of W. Springfield and...