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Barbara Jean Reed

Barbara Jean Reed

Feb 28, 2014

Barbara J. Reed 1947 โ€“ 2014 WEST SPRINGFIELD โ€“ Barbara J. (Godek) Reed, 67, lost her battle with brain cancer Friday surrounded by her loving family. Barbara was born in Springfield and has lived in West Springfield all her life, graduating from West Springfield High School. She worked for United Industrial Services in Agawam. She leaves three sons, Joseph Reed...

Donald D. Dunn

Donald D. Dunn

Feb 19, 2014

Donald D. Dunn 1936 - 2014 WEST SPRINGFIELD - Donald D. Dunn, 77, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at Heritage Hall West surrounded by his loving family. He was born December 27, 1936 in Springfield to the late Frank and Mary (Latour) Dunn. He attended Springfield schools, HCC, and STCC. He was a long time resident of...

Ann Marie Levine

Ann Marie Levine

Feb 18, 2014

Ann Marie (Vosburgh) Levine, 72, died Tuesday at home surrounded by her loving family. Ann was born in Ludlow and has lived in West Springfield all her life. She was a 1959 graduate of Cathedral High School and started her career in banking at the former Third National Bank. She later worked for Bank of New England and retired from...

Betty Lou Titcomb

Betty Lou Titcomb

Feb 17, 2014

Betty Lou Titcomb 1927-2014 WEST SPRINGFIELD-Betty Lou (Allen) Titcomb, born November 22, 1927, passed away Monday, February 17, 2014. She was a long time math teacher in the West Springfield Public School system. After retirement, she traveled the country in a pickup truck towing her 5th wheel trailer. She enjoyed winters in the warm south and returned north in the...

Gary C. St. Hill

Gary C. St. Hill

Feb 16, 2014

Gary C. St. Hill, 70, of North Westfield Street died Sunday at home surrounded by his family. Gary was born in Jacksonville, Florida and has lived in Feeding Hills for the past 40 years. He was a retired Procurement Professional, retiring last year. Gary served in the United States Air Force and was an avid Patriots and Red Sox fan....

Pauline S. Grawey

Pauline S. Grawey

Feb 15, 2014

Pauline S. Grawey 1936 โ€“ 2014 Westfield โ€“ Pauline S. (Hallowell) Grawey, 77, of East Silver Street died Saturday at a local nursing home surrounded by her family. Pauline was born in Greenfield, lived in Georgia, Springfield, West Springfield, Milford, NH and Manchester, NH for 22 years before moving to Westfield. Her husband Lawrence died in 1970. She leaves a...

Ronald Charles Brown

Ronald Charles Brown

Feb 14, 2014

Ronald C. Brown 1943-2014 AGAWAM-Ronald C. Brown, 70, of passed away suddenly at home on February 14, 2014. Ronald was born in Springfield on August 17, 1943. He was pre-deceased by his father John and his mother Bernice. Ronnie, a veteran, served in the U.S. Army from 1960 to 1963. While in the Army, he became interested in the field...

John W. "Jack" Daly

John W. "Jack" Daly

Feb 12, 2014

John "Jack" W. Daly

WEST SPRINGFIELD โ€“ John "Jack" W. Daly, 85, of Highland Park Drive died Wednesday at home surrounded by his family. Jack was born in Springfield son of the late Mabel (Meacham) and John Daly and has lived in West Springfield for the past 51 years.ย ย  He graduated from West Springfield...

Richard W. Lachapelle

Richard W. Lachapelle

Feb 10, 2014

Richard W. Lachapelle Sr., 88, formerly of Agawam died Monday at home surrounded by his loving family. Richard was born in Worcester, grew up in Agawam and lived in Newport Richey, FL before recently returning to Southwick. He was a self-employed builder in the area and served in the United States Navy during World War II. After retirement, while living...

Sandra Ann Cofrancesco

Sandra Ann Cofrancesco

Feb 10, 2014

Sandra Cofrancesco 1957-2014 WESTFIELD-Sandra A. Cofrancesco, 56, beloved sister and loving mother of three, unexpectedly passed on Monday 10 February at Hartford Hospital. Born July 2, 1957 in New Haven, CT, she was the first child of Mary and Simon Cofrancesco. Beautiful, kind, funny, sweet and goofy, Sandee was always the life of the party and stuck out from the...

Barbara J. Malandrakis

Barbara J. Malandrakis

Feb 8, 2014

Barbara J. (Nowill) Malandrakis of Little River Road, Westfield and formerly of West Springfield entered peacefully into the presence of the Lord, Saturday February 8th. She was born in Springfield to the late Dorothy Ellen Wyman Nowill and the late Harold Nowill. As a longtime member of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Barbara used her God given talents to...

Robert Aldor Cote Sr.

Robert Aldor Cote Sr.

Feb 6, 2014

Robert A. Cote, Sr. 1928-2014 SPRINGFIELD-Robert Aldor Cote Sr. 85, of Spfld. Ma, passed away peacefully surrounded by family at Wingate East Longmeadow on Feb. 6th, 2014. He was the son of the late Aldor Cote and Rose (Yoo) Cote and was predeceased by his sister Evelyn Sampson. He leaves his wife of 65 years Florence (Russo) Cote, five children,...

Walter P. Schwabe Ii

Walter P. Schwabe Ii

Feb 5, 2014

----"FAMILY WAS HIS LIFE"---- Walter Paul Schwabe II, of Hampden, MA, 83, died peacefully February 5, 2014. Walter is the son of the late Herbert Bernard Schwabe and Katherine (Gilboy) Schwabe. Walter was born in Bridgeport, Ct., attended Suffield Academy '49 and then went on to attend Brown University. In his youth he played tennis on the Junior Davis Cup...

Frederick F. Lafleur

Frederick F. Lafleur

Feb 4, 2014

Frederick F. LaFleur 1931-2014 WEST SPRINGFIELD-Frederick F. LaFleur, 82, died Tuesday at Wingate of West Springfield. He attended West Springfield schools and served in the Navy band as a trumpet player in Washington, D.C. and Hawaii. He worked as a musician in Springfield at local venues, taught trumpet in Brookline, MA. and later retired as a clerk/rep for the IRS....

R. Frank Demassini

R. Frank Demassini

Feb 3, 2014

R. Frank DeMassini 1936 โ€“ 2014 AGAWAM โ€“ R. Frank DeMassini, 77, formerly of Meadowbrook Manor died Monday in a local nursing home. Frank was born in Worcester, he grew up in Worcester and Springfield and lived in Longmeadow for many years before moving to Agawam. He was a self-employed graphic artist and also worked for the Vitro Corporation, a...

Earl Osborne Murray

Earl Osborne Murray

Jan 30, 2014

Earl O. Murray 1919-2014 Leesburg, VA-Earl Osborne Murray, 94, died Thursday January 30, 2014. He was the son of the late Percy and Mildred Murray and was born October 25th, 1919 in Springfield, MA. He married Doris Helen Westerberg on October 2, 1954 and was a dear husband for 59 years. They raised their family and lived in Springfield, MA...

Irene A. O'Connell

Irene A. O'Connell

Jan 29, 2014

Irene A. O'Connell 1925 โ€“ 2014 WEST SPRINGFIELD โ€“ Irene A. (Guidetti) O'Connell, 88, formerly of Kelso Avenue died Wednesday in Mercy Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Irene was born in Springfield and has lived in West Springfield all her life. During the war she volunteered for the U.S.O. at the Eastern States Exposition. Her husband Emmett P....

Linda M Dutton

Linda M Dutton

Jan 19, 2014

Linda M. (Guerin) Dutton, 64, died Sunday in Bethel, PA. Linda was born in Bellows Falls, Vermont, the daughter of the late Alfred and Eldrid Guerin, and has lived in West Springfield most of her life. She retired in 2009 from the Stop & Shop Pharmacy Department and was a longtime active member of the former St. Ann's Church. She...

Anthony Theodore Spryzenski

Anthony Theodore Spryzenski

Jan 19, 2014

Anthony T. Spryzenski 1947 โ€“ 2014 AGAWAM โ€“ Anthony T. Spryzenski, 66, died Sunday at home. Anthony was born in Springfield the son of Constance (Zukowski) and the late Anthony F. Spryzenski. He grew up in West Springfield and has lived in Agawam for the past 40 years. He was a retired owner of the Springfield Roofing Company and was...

Collette L. Wright

Collette L. Wright

Jan 18, 2014

Collette L. (Aschenbach) Wright 93, daughter of the late Henry and Marion (Loomis) Aschenbach passed away peacefully at home on January 18, 2014. She was born in Springfield on January 9, 1921. Collette was an accomplished painter and graduated from Massachusetts College of Art in Boston in 1944 with a BA in teaching. Her desire to travel and adventurous spirit...

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