Barbara Ann Hellstein
Aug 5, 2011
Barbara Ann Hellstein 1930 - 2011 Southwick - Barbara Ann Hellstein of 1 Saw Mill Park in Southwick, passed away Friday, August 5th at Bay State Hospital at the age of 80. Barbara was born on December 7th 1930 in Springfield, MA. She attended the University of Michigan and Westfield State College where she earned a Bachelors degree on Elementary...
Jeanne Shinners
Aug 5, 2011
Jeanne Hull Shinners 1915 – 2011 CLEARWATER, FL – Jeanne (Hull) Shinners, 96, formerly of West Springfield died August 5, 2011 in Clearwater, FL, surrounded by her loving family. Jeanne was born February 10, 1915 in Easton, MD the only child of Bertha and Joseph Hull. She attended William & Mary College, where she met her husband, the late Gordon...
Lucy Rose Smith
Aug 4, 2011
-Lucy Smith 1921- 2011 WEST SPRINGFIELD-Lucy (Onigian) Smith, 90, of Morton Street, died Thursday in Heritage Hall Nursing Home surrounded by her family. She was born in Springfield, daughter of the late George and Vartanoush Onigian, grew up in West Springfield and graduated from West Springfield High School Class of 1939. Lucy worshipped at St. Gregory Armenian Church in Indian...
Kenneth Jay Jones
Aug 3, 2011
Kenneth J. Jones 1940 – 2011 AGAWAM – Kenneth J. Jones, 71 of Doane Avenue died unexpectedly Wednesday in Baystate Medical Center. Ken was born and raised in Springfield and has lived in Agawam since 1965. He was a Broadcast Engineer for VOX Communications, and had worked for WGGB-TV, Clear Channel Communications, as well as many different radio stations along...
Gloria M. Lascala
Aug 1, 2011
Gloria M (Brown) Lascala 1930 – 2011 FEEDING HILLS – Gloria M. (Brown) Lascala, 81, of Springfield Street died Monday at home surrounded by her family. Gloria was born in West Springfield and has lived in Feeding Hills all her life. She was a communicant of Sacred Heart Church. Her husband Melvin Lascala died in 1973. She leaves a son...
Thomas A. Dillon
Jul 30, 2011
Thomas A. Dillon 1924 – 2011 GREENFIELD – Thomas A. Dillon Sr., 87 of Ferrante Avenue died Saturday in a local nursing home surrounded by his family. Tom was born and raised in Holyoke, the son of the late Dr. Thomas Dillon and Mary (Connery) Dillon, and has lived in Greenfield for the past 60 years. He served in the...
Elizabeth L. Whitaker
Jul 28, 2011
Elizabeth L. (Marsh) Whitaker 1921 – 2011 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Elizabeth L. (Marsh) Whitaker, 90 of Morgan Road died Thursday in Hartford Hospital surrounded by her family. She was born in Springfield, the daughter of the late Ralph and Lillian (Gero) Marsh. She graduated from Commerce High School in 1938 and has lived in West Springfield most of her life....
Kenneth R. Marotte
Jul 28, 2011
Kenneth R. Marotte 1930 – 2011 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Kenneth R. Marotte, 80 of Kelly Drive died Thursday in Baystate Medical Center. Kenneth was born in West Springfield and had lived in Springfield, Holyoke, and Westfield before returning to West Springfield 15 years ago. He was a retired Carpenter's Superintendent for the Carpenter's Local #108. He was with the Union...
Eleanor "Sue" Gregory
Jul 27, 2011
Eleanor May (Rich) Gregory 1924 –2011 West Springfield - Eleanor M. "Sue" (Rich) Gregory, 87, passed away on Wednesday, July 27, 2011. The only daughter of the late Howard Stanley Rich and Anna (Kastner) Rich, "Sue" was born on May 7, 1924 at home at 361 Morgan Road in West Springfield. She was predeceased by her husband Tony J. Gregory...
Mary Ellen Dunn
Jul 24, 2011
Mary Ellen Dunn 1932 - 2011 WEST SPRINGFIELD-Mary Ellen Dunn, 78, passed away at home suddenly on Sunday, July 24, 2011. Mary was born in Springfield to the late Frank and Lillian (Latour) Dunn and attended Sacred Heart School on Linden Street in Springfield. She was a long time resident of Springfield. Mary is survived by her two sons, Gerald...
Burl Coffey
Jul 21, 2011
Burl Coffey 1933 – 2011 Vineland, NJ – Burl Coffey, 78, left us on Thursday July 21, 2011 after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Canton OK, raised his family in Springfield MA before retiring to Vineland NJ. Burl served his country for 4 years in the US Air Force and then worked for 29 years for...
Carol J. Wells
Jul 21, 2011
Carol J. Wells 1949 – 2011 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Carol J. (Reynolds) Wells, 62, of Druids Lane died Thursday in Baystate Medical Center. Carol was born in Springfield and had lived in West Springfield all her life. She was a graduate of West Springfield High School and worked at Plastic Packaging and Baywest Plastics. She also worked as a School...
Arlene E. Voyik
Jul 20, 2011
Arlene E. Voyik 1930 - 2011 WEST SPRINGFIELD - Arlene E. Voyik, 80 formerly of Maple Street died Wednesday at the home of her daughters in Wilbraham. Arlene was born in Springfield and has lived in West Springfield all her life. She was a secretary for 40 years at the former K. Miller Tool Company before retiring in 1990. Her...
Julie Anna Quimet
Jul 20, 2011
Julie Anna Ouimet 1989 – 2011 AGAWAM – Julie Anna Ouimet, our beautiful, smart, funny little girl passed away suddenly at home on July 20, 2011. Julie Anna was born in Springfield and lived in West Springfield before moving to Agawam in 1996. Julie Anna graduated from Agawam High School, where she was a proud Agawam Varsity Cheerleader. Julie Anna...
Francis Sullivan
Jul 18, 2011
Francis L. Sullivan 1922-2011 WEST SPRINGFIELD-Francis L. Sullivan, 89, died Monday at the Soldier's Home in Holyoke. He was born in Springfield, son of the late Francis and Selma Sullivan. He grew up in West Springfield and graduated from the local schools. After high school he enlisted in the Air Force and enrolled in Cadet School. He was a WWII...
Marie N. Brinkmann
Jul 14, 2011
Marie (Nanck) Brinkmann 1918 – 2011 EAST LONGMEADOW – Marie (Nanck) Brinkmann, 93, of Benton Drive died Thursday at home surrounded by her family. Marie was born and raised in New York City. She lived in Longmeadow most of her adult life. She was a graduate of New York University and longtime member of First Church of Christ in Longmeadow....
Elmyra M. Hamelin
Jul 13, 2011
Elmyra M. Hamelin 1920 – 2011 AGAWAM – Elmyra M. (Powers) Hamelin, 90 of Adams Street died peacefully Wednesday at home. Elmyra was born in Springfield and has been a lifelong resident of Agawam. She retired in 2009 from Heritage Hall Nursing Home where she worked as a registered nurse. She previously worked at Springfield Hospital. She was the wife...
Lyman Paul Smith
Jul 10, 2011
Lyman Smith Sr. 1937-2011 WEST SPRINGFIELD-Lyman "Paul" Smith passed away peacefully at Baystate Medical Center on July 10, 2011, after a brave fight with illness. He served in the U.S. Navy for six years and was honorably discharged. Born in Dresden, TN he lived in West Springfield for 30 years with his beloved companion Arline Smith. He worked many years...
Thomas J. Garvey
Jul 8, 2011
Thomas J. Garvey 1946-2011 SPRINGFIELD-Thomas J. Garvey, 64, died Friday in Parkview Specialty Hospital. He was born in Springfield, son of the late Patrick Garvey and Mary (Merceri) Garvey and lived in Springfield most of his life. He served in the Army in Vietnam from 1964 to 1966 and worked as an electrician for Tom Ferris Electric. He leaves the...
Francis J. Paiva
Jul 5, 2011
Francis J. Paiva 1962 – 2011 Springfield – Francis J. Paiva, 48, died July 5, 2011. He was born August 12, 1962, son of the late Richard and Mildred Paiva. He leaves a brother of Rick Paiva of Springfield and a sister Julie Sugure of Springfield. The funeral will be Friday 11am at West Springfield Curran-Jones Funeral Home, 109 Main...