Neal Douglas Smith
Sep 3, 2014
WEST SPRINGFIELD-Neal Smith, 71, died Wednesday at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Springfield, son of the late Donald and Reta (Stafford) Smith and lived all his life in West Springfield. He was retired from the West Springfield Water Department. He leaves his wife Faith (Moore) Smith, two sons, Neal J. Smith of NY and James...
Shirley E. Pike
Sep 1, 2014
Shirley E. Pike 1930 – 2014 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Shirley E. (Hutchinson) Pike, 83, died Monday in a local nursing home. Shirley was born and educated in Agawam, lived in Springfield before moving to West Springfield in 1968. She was a longtime member of the Mittineague Congregational Church. She took up watercolor painting at a late age and enjoyed taking...
Andrew G. Ouimet Sr.
Aug 31, 2014
Andrew G. Ouimet Sr. 1929-2014 FEEDING HILLS-Andrew G. Ouimet, Sr., 84, died Sunday in Wingate of West Springfield. He was born in Swanton, VT, son of the late Omer and Blanche Ouimet. He worked for Hallmark Van Lines and was a longtime member of the Faith Bible Church in Feeding Hills. His wife Juliette (Begnoche) Ouimet died in 2013. He...
Marion E. Klauber
Aug 29, 2014
Marion E. Klauber 1920 –2014 WEST SPRINGFIELD– Marion E. (King) Klauber, 94, died Friday, August 29 at Wingate of East Longmeadow. She was born in Springfield and grew up in West Springfield, where she graduated from West Springfield High School in the class of 1937. It was in West Side that she met and married Barney Klauber and raised their...
Mary Mattina
Aug 28, 2014
Mary Mattina 1931-2014 WEST SPRINGFIELD-Mary Louise (Riley) Mattina, 82, died Thursday at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Springfield, daughter of the late Frank and Loretta (Bergen) Riley and has lived in West Springfield all her life. She was a longtime communicant of St. Thomas Church. Mary was predeceased by her husband Angelo Mattina in 2003....
Dorothy Rexford
Aug 28, 2014
WEST SPRINGFIELD-Dorothy (Jurkowski) Rexford, 78, died peacefully on Thursday, August 28, in Baystate Medical Center. Born in Springfield on January 8, 1936, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary (Czop) Jurkowski. After graduating from Cathedral High School in Springfield in 1954, she was employed in a law firm before her marriage to Leland Rexford, the late retired...
Wayne H. Bell
Aug 28, 2014
Wayne H. Bell 1920 – 2014 AGAWAM – Wayne H. Bell, 94 of Cardinal Drive died Thursday surrounded by his wife and caregivers. Wayne was born in Waynesburg, PA and lived in Columbus, OH, Pittsburgh, PA, and Windsor Locks, CT for 40 years before moving to Agawam two years ago. For many years he was an Aeronautical Engineer for Westinghouse...
David B. Alexander
Aug 27, 2014
David B. Alexander 1930-2014 West Springfield-David B. Alexander, 84 died Wednesday at the Soldiers Home in Holyoke. He was born in Springfield the son of the late Burton and Anna (Edwards) Alexander. He grew up in Springfield and lived many years in West Springfield. David was a truck driver for Astro Chemicals for over 20 years. He was an avid...
Henry J. Savioli
Aug 25, 2014
Henry J. Savioli Jr. 1950 – 2014 AGAWAM – Henry J. Savioli Jr., 63 died Monday at home. Hank was born in Springfield, grew up in Agawam, moved to Tolland and returned to Agawam, where he lived most of his life. He was a self-employed Landscaper and loved to work in his garden at home. He leaves a son Justin...
Karl G. Vogel
Aug 23, 2014
Karl G. Vogel 1939 – 2014 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Karl G. Vogel, 75, of Labelle Street died Saturday surrounded by his family in Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Karl was born in Ludlow and has lived in West Springfield all his life. He worked at Hamilton Sundstrand as a Vibrations Technician for 37 years until his retirement in 1999. A...
Keith P. Gendreau
Aug 22, 2014
Keith P. Gendreau 1988-2014 FEEDING HILLS – Keith P. Gendreau, 25 of Halladay Drive passed away Friday morning in Baystate Medical Center. Keith was born in Springfield and lived in Agawam all his life. He was educated in Agawam Schools and attended the Connecticut Culinary Institute in Hartford. He worked as a chef in various restaurants locally and in Boston...
Kathleen I. Westbrook
Aug 17, 2014
West Springfield-Kathleen (Buck) Westbrook, 66, died Sunday in Baystate Medical Center. She was born in Springfield, graduated from West Springfield High School in 1966 and attended Holyoke Community College. She was a former office manager at Lewis Beef in Springfield. She leaves two daughters Tammy Talbot and her husband Scott of Southampton and Debra Perusse and her husband Daniel of...
Barbara Demaio
Aug 14, 2014
West Springfield – Barbara (Tadie) DeMaio, 86, of Houston Road died Thursday August 14th. Barbara, daughter of Joe and Blanche Tadie, and beloved wife of Alfred DeMaio of Palmer, MA, was born in West Springfield and lived in the community all her life. Barbara was a loving and supportive Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother. She delighted in hearing about...
Leo J. Leger
Aug 10, 2014
Leo J. Leger 1929 – 2014 FEEDING HILLS – Leo J. Leger, 84, of Oak Lane died Saturday in a local nursing home. Leo was born in Fitchburg, one of thirteen children to Joseph and Della (Maillet) Leger. He grew up in Fitchburg and has lived in Feeding Hills since 1956. He was a United States Army veteran serving in...
Emily Joan Thompson
Aug 6, 2014
AGAWAM-Emily (Zabludowski) Thompson, 92, passed away on Wednesday August 6th surrounded by her loving family. Emily was born and raised in Newark, NJ. She married Thurston (Tommy) Thompson in 1946 and moved to NH before settling in Feeding Hills in 1961. She was a longtime communicant of Sacred Heart Church on Springfield Street in Feeding Hills. Emily was predeceased by...
Ruth M. Vinette
Aug 5, 2014
Ruth M. Vinette 1926 – 2014 Lawrence, MA – Ruth M. (Whitney) Vinette, 88, formerly of Pittsfield, Agawam, West Springfield and Springfield died Tuesday in a Lawrence nursing home. Ruth was born in Springfield, grew up in West Springfield, married Bill Guevin and lived in Agawam before moving to Pittsfield with her second husband Fran Vinette. Predeceased by both husbands,...
Norma J. Barowsky
Aug 5, 2014
Norma J. Barowsky 1923 – 2014 HOLYOKE – Norma (Magidson) Barowsky, 90, of 9 Vassar Circle, died on August 5, 2014 at her winter home in Miami Beach, FL. Born in Springfield, MA on September 2, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Saul Magidson and Eva (Baer) Magidson. Norma was predeceased by her husband Mischa D. Barowsky in...
Roy E. Bennett
Aug 2, 2014
SPRINGFIELD-Roy E. Bennett, 91, died Saturday at the Soldier's Home in Holyoke. He was born in Springfield and lived here all his life. He worked 32 years for Northern Tool Manufacturing Company as a tool and die maker. Roy also worked at the Springfield Armory and Indian Motorcycle. He was an Army veteran of WWII, stationed in England before serving...
Misty Cigal-Casseles
Aug 2, 2014
Misty Cigal-Casseles 1978-2014 SOUTHWICK-Misty M. Cigal-Casseles, 35, died Saturday in Baystate Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Born in Ocala, Fl, she lived in Southwick most of her life. Misty is survived by her son Scott Cigal, her parents Brenda and Robert Casseles III, a brother Robert Casseles IV, a sister Shelby Casseles, all of Southwick, her grandparents, her...
Margaret E. Shibley
Aug 1, 2014
CHICOPEE – Margaret E. "Peggy" (Paolino) Shibley, 71, died Friday, August 1, 2014, at Baystate Medical Center. She was born in Springfield, to the late Albert and Margaret (Sullivan) Paolino and lived in both Springfield and Agawam before moving to Chicopee in 1976. Peggy was predeceased by her loving husband, Gerald, in 2011. Peggy enjoyed her trips to the casino...