Edward J. Banas
Aug 23, 2012
Edward J. Banas 1919 – 2012 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Edward J. Banas, 92, of Oxford Place died Thursday in Mercy Hospital. Edward was born in Hadley, the son of Jakob and Agnes (Punska) Banas. He grew up in Hadley and lived in Northampton before moving to West Springfield in 1966. A graduate of Hopkins Academy and Northampton Commercial College he...
Augusta Louise Donatini
Aug 21, 2012
Augusta Donatini 1915-2012 AGAWAM-Augusta "Gussie" (Tonelli) Donatini died Tuesday in Country Estates of Agawam Nursing Home. She was born in Mondolfo, Italy, lived in Syracuse, NY, Springfield's South End section and West Springfield Memorial Avenue section before moving to Feeding Hills in 1956. A graduate of Commerce High School, she worked at Milton Bradley's, Sears Roebuck, ABC General Machine &...
Manfredo Cortes
Aug 18, 2012
Manfredo "Freddy" Cortes 1940-2012 Springfield- Manfredo "Freddy" Cortes, passed away Saturday surrounded by his loving family and friends. He leaves his wife of 49 years, Abigail Cortes, daughter Margarita Camacho, son Wilfredo Cortes and his wife Marisol Cruz-Cortes, four grandchildren Amanda Camacho, Victoria, Samantha, and Kimberly Cortes, all of Springfield, four great-grandchildren, Savannah, Maddisyn, Ethan, and Jacob, a brother from...
Russell Wells
Aug 18, 2012
Russell Wells 1949-2012 WEST SPRINGFIELD-Russell Wells, 62, died Saturday in Baystate Medical Center. He was born in Springfield, son of the late Russell and Rose (DeFilipi) Wells and has lived in West Springfield all his life. He was a retired custodian for the town of West Springfield school system. He leaves his significant other Mary Moore of West Springfield and...
Diane F. Foley
Aug 14, 2012
Diane F (Izzo) Foley 1951 – 2012 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Diane F. (Izzo) Foley, 60, of Monastery Avenue died Tuesday at home. Diane was born in Springfield the daughter of Frank Izzo and the late Antonetta (DiSanti) Izzo. She grew up in Springfield, attended Mt. Carmel Grammar School, graduated from Cathedral High School in 1969 and received an Associate's Degree...
Barbara M. Wright
Aug 14, 2012
Barbara Wright 1924 – 2012 AGAWAM – Barbara (Miner) Wright, 88, died Tuesday, August 14th in the East Longmeadow Skilled Nursing Home, surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Wright was born in Springfield, January 10, 1924, one of six children, born to the late Marian & Charles Miner. She graduated from Commerce High School and was employed by the former...
Robert "Skip" Adams
Aug 10, 2012
Robert "Skip" Adams 1944 – 2012 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Robert "Skip" Adams, 67, died Friday in Baystate Medical Center. Skip was born in West Springfield the son of Harry and Sarah (Waddell) Adams, attended West Springfield Schools and has lived here all his life. He worked at Kinney Shoes and Club 418 for many years. A fiercely independent man, he...
Gloria J. Racine
Aug 10, 2012
Gloria J. Racine 1929 – 2012 AGAWAM – Gloria J. (Perry) Racine, 82, of Cardinal Drive died Friday, August 10, 2012 at home surrounded by her loving family. Gloria was born in Springfield, the daughter of Anthony and Florence (Parker) Perry. She grew up in Springfield and lived in North Ft. Myers, FL for 25 years before moving back to...
Diana M. Hanson
Aug 3, 2012
WEST SPRINGFIELD-Diana M. (Porcelli) Hanson, 90, died August 3, 2012 at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. She was born in Somerville, MA, daughter of the late Louis and Antoinette (DiMilla) Porcelli and grew up in Medford. She attended the Boston Conservatory of Music. At the age of 21, Diana left home to join the Navy WAVES and served as a legal...
Nicholas A. Leondakis
Aug 1, 2012
WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA – Nicholas Alexander Leondakis, 86 of Stuart, FL and formerly of West Springfield, died Wednesday in St. Vincent Hospital, Bridgeport, CT surrounded by his family. Nick was born in Southbridge, the son of Alexandros and Kyriakoula Malaxanakis Leondakis. At the age of 2 his family moved to Crete, Greece, where he lived until the age of 17...
Donald F. Smith
Aug 1, 2012
SPRINGFIELD – Donald F. Smith, 79, of Springfield died August 1st in the Holyoke Soldier's Home. Don was born in Holyoke, graduated from Holyoke High School and attended Holyoke Junior College. He has lived in Springfield for the past 51 years. He earned the rank of Corporal in the United States Army during the Korean War and was an Honorary...
William Peter Hershowitz
Jul 25, 2012
William P. Hershowitz 1940-2012 FEEDING HILLS-William P. Hershowitz, 71, died Wednesday in Heritage Hall West. He was born in Springfield and has lived in Feeding Hills for 45 years. William worked as a correctional officer for the State of Connecticut, retiring in 1989. He later worked as a custodian for the Woodland School in Southwick. He leaves his beloved wife...
Anna June Menard
Jul 25, 2012
Anna J. Menard WEST SPRINGFIELD-Anna J. (Gasperack) Menard, 102, passed away Wednesday in Wingate of East Longmeadow. She was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia to the late Joseph and Mary Gasperack, came to this country in 1920 and has lived in West Springfield most of her life. She was employed for many years by Springfield Wire. She was predeceased by two...
James Vavolakis
Jul 25, 2012
James Vavolakis 1948 – 2012 AGAWAM – Demetrios James Vavolakis, 63 of Brookfield Lane died Wednesday, July 25, 2012 in Mercy Hospital. James was born in Southbridge on October 5, 1948 and had lived in Springfield before moving to Agawam 40 years ago. He attended Agawam Schools and graduated for L.I.U. in New York. He was the District Manager for...
Walter J. Swistak
Jul 24, 2012
Walter J. Swistak 1963 – 2012 AGAWAM – Walter J. Swistak, 49, of Feeding Hills, passed away Tuesday. He was born in Hartford the son of Maryann Swistak and the late Joseph W. Swistak. He grew up in Windsor and has been a resident of Feeding Hills for the past 17 years. A graduate of Eastern Connecticut State University, he...
Theresa A. Veneroni
Jul 22, 2012
Theresa A. (Giannetti) Veneroni 1917 – 2012 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Theresa A. (Giannetti), 94, passed away peacefully on July 22, 2012 after a brief illness. Theresa was born in Springfield, the daughter of Antonio and Angela Giannetti, and lived her whole life in West Springfield. She was a devoted member of the former St. Ann's Church until its close. In...
Ronald Edward Daniels Sr.
Jul 13, 2012
Ronald E. Daniels 1922-2012 WEST SPRINGFIELD-At 11:35pm on July 12, 2012, Ronald Edward Daniels was released from his Earthly pain and was joyously reunited with the love of his life, his precious wife Anita. Ron was born on June 30, 1922 in Bancroft MA to the late George Daniels and Hazel Webb Daniels. A child of the Depression, he worked...
Donald N. Senecal Sr.
Jul 6, 2012
Donald N. Senecal 1931 - 2012 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Donald N. Senecal , 81, died following a long battle with cancer on Friday night surrounded by his family at his summer home in Groton Long Point, CT. Don was born in Springfield on January 6, 1931 to Norman and Lillian (Barthelette) Senecal. He was a 1949 graduate of Holyoke High...
Constance Ann Niedzielski
Jul 3, 2012
Constance Ann Niedzielski 1939 - 2012 WEST SPRINGFIELD - Constance Ann Niedzielski of West Springfield died Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at home surrounded by her family. She was predeceased by her loving husband Chet in 1997. Connie was the daughter of the late Celia and Dolor Bussiere of Hadley and was a graduate of Hopkins Academy and Bay Path College....
Donna Lee Lavigne
Jul 1, 2012
Donna L. (Horsler) Lavigne 1957 – 2012 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Donna Lee (Horsler) Lavigne, 55, of Bliss Street died Sunday surrounded by family and friends. Donna was born in Springfield and has lived in West Springfield for the last 20 years. Her daughter Lisa Horsler died in 2008. She leaves a son Renaul Horsler and his wife Helen; her two...