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
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.
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
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
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
Feb 3, 2014
R. Frank DeMassini 1936 – 2014 AGAWAM – 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
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
Jan 29, 2014
Irene A. O'Connell 1925 – 2014 WEST SPRINGFIELD – 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
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
Jan 19, 2014
Anthony T. Spryzenski 1947 – 2014 AGAWAM – 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
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...
Louise Ernestine Serra
Jan 17, 2014
Louise E. Serra 1923-2014 WEST SPRINGFIELD-Louise E. Serra, 90, died Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 at Mercy Hospital. She was born in West Springfield on Sept. 6, 1923 to the late Louis and Adelfa (Forni) Serra and was a life-long resident of that town. Louise retired from the Springfield Newspapers, now the Republican after many years of service. She was a...
Joseph A. Dubuc
Jan 17, 2014
Joseph A. Dubuc, 56, of Houston, TX died 1/17/14 at home after a courageous battle with Leukemia. Joe was born and raised in Springfield, MA on March 3, 1957 to Joseph and Mary Dubuc . Joe graduated from Cathedral H.S. in 1975 and earned his B.S. degree from Western New England College in 1979. Joe excelled in running at CHS...
Alberta Abbey
Jan 16, 2014
Alberta P. Abbey 1925-2014 AGAWAM – Alberta (Pierce) Abbey, 88 went to rest peacefully Thursday with her family by her side. Alberta was born in Russell and has lived in Feeding Hills for the past 58 years. She retired after 30 years as Phys. Ed. Teacher for the City of Westfield and was active in her retirement as a substitute...
Dorothy Shirley Devins
Jan 16, 2014
Dorothy S. Devins 1929 – 2014 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Dorothy S. (Theriaque) Devins, 84, formerly of Chapin Street died Thursday surrounded by her loving family in a Hampden Nursing Home. Dorothy was 1 of 16 children born in Chicopee to the late Louis and Frances Theriaque. Her husband Charles Devins died in 2006. She leaves five children Charles and his...
Erwin A. Steinmez
Jan 11, 2014
Erwin A. Steinmez 1951 – 2014 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Erwin A. Steinmez, 62, died Saturday at home. Erwin was a retired security officer for the University of Hartford and served as a paratrooper for the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He leaves a brother Alfons Steinmetz and four sisters Elizabeth Hays, Clara Ann Morrison, Almeda Pothier and Janice...
Anthony Cecchetelli
Jan 7, 2014
Anthony Cecchetelli 1933 – 2014 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Anthony Cecchetelli, 80, died Tuesday in Baystate Medical Center. Anthony was born in the Bronx, moved to Springfield's South End in 1943 and came to West Springfield in 1948. He graduated from West Springfield High School and worked as an Auto Body Technician for Houser Buick. He was an avid golfer and...
Lucille M. Audette
Jan 7, 2014
Lucille M. Audette 1926 – 2014 SPRINGFIELD – Lucille M. (Dufault) Audette, 87, died Tuesday in a local nursing home. Lucille was born in Springfield and has lived in Springfield most of her life. She worked at the former Sears & Roebuck and was a communicant of Mary, Mother of Hope Church. She was the wife of the late Ernest...
Aldo C. Vieceli
Jan 5, 2014
Aldo C. Vieceli 1925 – 2014 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Aldo C. "Nono" Vieceli, 88, of Pease Avenue died Sunday at the Atrium in Agawam. Aldo was born in Agawam, the son of the late Charles and Mary (Piccin) Vieceli. He has lived in West Springfield all his life. He owned and operated A. Vieceli Mason Contractors for over 50 years....
Roger A. Hocking
Jan 4, 2014
Roger A. Hocking 1953 – 2014 FEEDING HILLS – Roger A. Hocking, 60, of Feeding Hills died Saturday, with his wife by his side, at the Fisher House in Amherst. Roger was born in Wallingford, CT the son of Gloria (Germain) Hocking and the late Roger L. Hocking. He grew up in Wallingford and graduated from Central CT. State College....