William Benerakis
Sep 24, 2011
William Benerakis 1923 – 2011 FEEDING HILLS – William Benerakis, 88, of Shoemaker Lane died Saturday at home. William was born in Springfield, grew up in West Springfield and Springfield before moving to Feeding Hills in 1961. He was a Machine Tool Designer for Smith & Wesson, Hamilton Standard, Colt Firearm, and Spaulding before retiring in 1990 from the former...
Irene A. Kwiatkowski
Sep 20, 2011
Irene A. Kwiatkowski 1925 – 2011 West Springfield – Irene A. Kwiatkowski, 86, died Tuesday surrounded by her family in Baystate Medical Center. Irene was born in Springfield May 1, 1925 daughter of the late Arthur and Laura (Deraleau) Dubour. A homemaker most of her life, Irene was a school bus driver for the West Springfield School System in the...
Margaret Marie Girotti
Sep 15, 2011
Margaret M. Girotti 1937-2011 WILBRAHAM-Margaret Marie (Donohue) Girotti died Thursday at home. She was born in New York City, daughter of the late Frank and Mary Donohue and was raised in the Forest Park section of Springfield. Margaret was educated at Holy Name School, Cathedral High School and Bay Path College graduating with a degree in Medical Assisting and Secretary....
Sheila M. Fiala
Sep 13, 2011
Sheila M. Fiala 1961-2011 WEST SPRINGFIELD-Sheila M. (Aubrey) Fiala, 50, passed away Tuesday in Mercy Hospital surrounded by her family and friends after a courageous battle with breast cancer. She was born in Northampton and lived in West Springfield for most of her life. She graduated from Smith College in 1994 where she was an Ada Comstock Scholar. She worked...
Douglas L. Liquori
Sep 9, 2011
Douglas L. Liquori 1917 – 2011 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Douglas L. Liquori, 94, died Friday in a local nursing home. Doug was born in Springfield and has lived in West Springfield all his life. He was a 1935 graduate of West Springfield High School and served with the United States Army Infantry during World War II, earning a Bronze Star....
Mary M. Skrabely
Sep 6, 2011
Mary M. Skrabely 1931 – 2011 SPRINGFIELD – Mary M. (Stewart) Skrabely, 80, died Tuesday at home surrounded by her loving family. Mary was born in Springfield, the daughter of David and Elizabeth (Boyle) Stewart, and has lived in Springfield all her life. Mary was the caregiver of the family. She expressed her love of family by taking care of...
Patricia Schumacher
Aug 31, 2011
Patricia A. Schumacher 1926-2011 Northboro, Mass- Patricia A. (Reardon) Schumacher 85, a former 72 year resident of her beloved Garden Street of West Springfield, passed away Wednesday, August 31 at the Beaumont Rehab and Skilled Nursing Center in Northboro, Mass. She was born and raised as the ninth child of twelve to the late Christopher and Olivette (Sexton) Reardon. Educated...
Leona R. Lander
Aug 27, 2011
Leona R. Lander 1920 - 2011 WINDSOR, CT-Leona R. (Rush) Lander, 91, died Saturday in a local nursing home. She was born and raised in Enfield, lived in Springfield, before settling in Windsor, CT in 1960. She worked at the former Swift & Son in Hartford and later worked for KMART in Windsor from 1985 to 2003. She was a...
Marlene Drewski
Aug 27, 2011
Marlene Drewski 1923 – 2011 WESTFIELD – Marlene (Eickelberg) Drewski, 87 passed away at home Saturday August 27, 2011. She was born in Remscheid, Germany the daughter of Otto and Lydia Eickelberg. At the age of 18 she met her husband Paul and after World War II she immigrated to the United States with her family. She was a devoted...
Jeannette Leblanc Bergeron
Aug 26, 2011
Jeannette (Cote) LeBlanc 1913-2011 NEWPORT, RI -Jeannette (Cote) Bergeron, 97 formerly of Lewiston, ME died Friday at the Village House Nursing Home in Newport RI. She was born in Weedon, Canada the daughter of the late Willie and Tharcile (Hebert) Cote. She was predeceased by her husband Ovila LeBlanc and second husband Arthur Bergeron. She leaves two daughters, Vivian Labbe...
Matthew W. Kochanowski
Aug 24, 2011
Matthew W. Kochanowski 1960 – 2011 STOCKBRIDGE – Matthew W. Kochanowski, 51, of Lukeman Lane died Wednesday in Berkshire Medical Center. Matt was born in Springfield, grew up in Longmeadow and had lived in Belchertown before moving to Stockbridge a few years ago. In 1989 he and his brother opened O.K. Pet Supply in Indian Orchard. Matt ran the business...
Sylvia M. Graziano
Aug 24, 2011
Sylvia M. Graziano 1923 – 2011 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Sylvia M. (Souliere) Graziano, 88 formerly of Norman Street died Wednesday in an East Longmeadow Nursing Home. Sylvia was born in Springfield, resided in Agawam for a few years and has spent most of her life in West Springfield. She worked in the cafeteria at Memorial School for many years, belonged...
Mary M. Shean
Aug 23, 2011
Mary M. Shean 1959 – 2011 AGAWAM – Mary M. (Seriva) Shean, 52, of Royal Lane died Tuesday in Baystate Medical Center. Mary was born in Springfield the daughter of Christy J. Seriva and the late Martha M. (Stanwell) Seriva, and has lived in Agawam most of her life. Beside her father she leaves her children Michelle Herbert and her...
Joann L. Fenton
Aug 20, 2011
Joann L. Fenton 1930-2011 SPRINGFIELD-Joann L. (Mullin) Fenton, 81, died Saturday in Baystate Medical Center. She was born March 12, 1930 in Springfield, daughter of the late Catherine Haggerty Mullin and Edward J. Mullin. She was a graduate of Sacred Heart High School class of 1947 and was employed by New England Telephone Company and the H.L. Handy Company. Mrs....
Thomas J. Murray
Aug 20, 2011
Thomas Murray 1949-2011 WEST SPRINGFIELD-Thomas J. Murray, 62, died Saturday at home. He was born in Springfield and lived in West Springfield all his life. He worked for the West Springfield Water Department and was a member of the VFW and a life member of the DAV. He was a Lance Corporal in the United States Marine Corps for four...
William John Porter
Aug 18, 2011
William J. Porter 1954-2011 WEST SPRINGFIELD-William J. Porter, 57, passed away on August 18, 2011. He was born on July 28, 1954 to Delmo and Elinor (Greenwood) Porter. He had worked in the sheet metal industry in both Massachusetts and Connecticut for the last 34 years. He had been working recently in North Carolina soon to take up permanent residency...
Robert F. Crowson
Aug 16, 2011
Robert F. Crowson 1927-2011 Westfield – Robert F. Crowson, 84, was called upon by God on Tuesday August 16, 2011. He was born August 18, 1927 in Holyoke, son of the late Elora Collins and Elmer Crowson. He lived in Holyoke for 35 years moving to Agawam and subsequently to his final home in Westfield where he lived for 37...
Grayce H. Landry
Aug 13, 2011
Grayce H. Landry 1937 – 2011 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Grayce H. (Clem) Landry, 74 of Elm Circle died peacefully Saturday, surrounded by her family. She was born in Worcester, grew up in Auburn and lived in West Springfield most of her life. Many will remember her as the Switchboard Operator at the West Springfield Town Hall. She also worked in...
Arlene J. Luce
Aug 13, 2011
Arlene J. Luce 1932 – 2011 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Arlene J. (Morando) Luce, 78, of Kings Highway died Saturday in a local nursing home surrounded by her family. Arlene was born in West Springfield, graduated from West Springfield High School and has lived here all her life. She leaves her husband of 57 years Paul R. Luce; a daughter Darci...
Eleanor M. Casey
Aug 11, 2011
Eleanor M. Casey 1918 – 2011 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Eleanor M. Casey, 93, of Monastery Avenue and formerly of Worcester Street died Thursday August 11, 2011 at Baystate Medical Center. Eleanor was born in West Springfield, graduated from Cathedral High School and has lived in West Springfield her entire life. She worked as an executive secretary for the former Westinghouse...