Vera Savenko
Feb 24, 2011
Vera V. Savenko 1924 – 2011 Shrewsbury – Vera V. (Stepankowsky) Savenko, 86, of Main Street died Thursday in the UMASS Medical Center in Worcester. Vera was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia and immigrated to the United States in 1954. She lived in West Springfield most of her life and was a longtime member of the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church....
Jeannette Michon
Feb 23, 2011
Jeannette M. Michon 1924 – 2011 SPRINGFIELD – Jeannette M. (St. Jean) Michon, 86 of Chestnut Street died Thursday in Mercy Hospital. Jeannette was born in Gardner and lived in Canada before moving to Springfield in 1977. She worked out of her home as a hairdresser and was a longtime member of the Hobby Club. Her husband Jean Michon died...
Madeleine Graham
Feb 23, 2011
Madeleine Graham 1927-2011 WEST SPRINGFIELD-Madeleine (Pinard) Graham, 84, died Wednesday in Heritage Hall Nursing Home. She was born in Ste. Clotilde, Canada and has lived in West Springfield many years. She was a communicant of the former St. Louis de France Church. She leaves her husband Thomas Graham, a son Dennis Lesieur of Canaan, NY, a daughter Diane Fumo of...
John A. Labranche
Feb 22, 2011
John A. LaBranche 1961 – 2011 WEST SPRINGFIELD – John A. LaBranche, 49, of Bridle Path Road died Tuesday in Baystate Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. John was born in Chicopee, the son of Joyce (Hervieux) and the late Norman LaBranche, and has lived in West Springfield all his life. He was a 1979 graduate of West Springfield...
Angelo "Sam" Pompei
Feb 20, 2011
Angelo "Sam" Pompei 1918 – 2011 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Angelo "Sam" Pompei, 92, died Sunday in a local nursing home. He was born, to his Italian immigrant parents Sabino and Maria (Rufini) Pompei, at 37 Heywood Avenue in the Deadline Section of West Springfield, and still lived at the same address. He was educated in the public schools of West...
William Michaud
Feb 19, 2011
W ILLIAM C. MICHAUD 1931-2011 Chicopee - William Charles Michaud, 79, of Chicopee, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on February 19, 2011. He was born March 15, 1931 in Springfield, Mass., son of the late Lucien and Josephine (Delosh) Michaud. He was raised in Springfield and was a 1949 graduate of Technical High School and a life-long New...
Stanley Stefanowich
Feb 15, 2011
Stanley Stefanowich 1921-2011 WEST SPRINGFIELD-Stanley Stefanowich, 89, died Tuesday in Heritage Hall Nursing Home. He was born in Springfield and lived in West Springfield most of his life. He was a retired self-employed truck driver and served in the US Army during WWII. He was predeceased by his wife Iris (Johnson) Stefanowich in 1995. He leaves two sons, Stanley and...
Robert A. Methe
Feb 14, 2011
Robert A. Methe 1929 – 2011 WEST SPRINGFIELD Robert A. Methe, 81, of East Gooseberry Road died Monday at home with his loving family by his side. He was born in Chicopee, the son of the late Adelard and Anna (Martin) Methe. He was a graduate of Springfield Technical High School and has lived in West Springfield most of his...
Peter R. Platanitis
Feb 14, 2011
Peter R. Platanitis 1936 – 2011 FEEDING HILLS – Peter R. Platanitis, 74, of Clover Hill Drive died Monday, February 14, 2011 in Baystate Medical Center. Peter was born in Holyoke, the son of the late Peter and Lydia (Sikorski) Platanitis, and has lived in Feeding Hills most of his life. He served 28 years with the Army and Air...
Robin T. Quick-Laverdure
Feb 11, 2011
Robin T. Quick-Laverdure 1969 – 2011 FEEDING HILLS – Robin T. Quick-Laverdure, 41, of Line Street died Friday in Baystate Medical Center after a long illness and two double lung transplants, surrounded by her loving family. Robin was born in the Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany, the daughter of Donna M. (Alouise) Quick and the late Donald K. Quick...
Aaron B. Coville
Feb 6, 2011
Aaron B. Coville 1928 – 2011 FRAMINGHAM – Aaron B. Coville, 82, formerly of the Springfield area, died Sunday in Westborough Health Care Center surrounded by his family. He was born in Lynn, at the age of 12 moved to Springfield where he was a 1946 graduate of Cathedral High School. After being drafted in the United States Army, where...
Lillian I. Wallenius
Feb 6, 2011
Lillian I. Wallenius 1915-2011 SPRINGFIELD-Lillian I. (Brown) Wallenius, 95, died Sunday in Heritage Hall. She was born in East Longmeadow, daughter of the late Edwin and Lillian (Hennessey) Brown. She grew up in West Springfield and New York City and has lived in Springfield since getting married in 1938. She was employed at several area retailers including Forbes and Wallace...
Elisabeth Bengston
Feb 6, 2011
WEST SPRINGFIELD-Elisabeth R. Bengston, 90, died Sunday at home. She was born in Holyoke and has lived in West Springfield all her life. She worked at the Springfield Armory for 32 years as a procurement assistant for the US Army. She retired in 1973. She was a 76 year member of the First Congregational Church. She leaves her brother N....
Lynn Marie Carnike Sikoski
Jan 28, 2011
Lynn Marie Carnrike Sikoski 1964 - 2011 Laconia, N.H. - Lynn Sikoski, 46, of Laconia, NH entered into her rest in Jesus Christ January 28, 2011 in Heritage Hall East, Agawam, MA after battling cancer. Born in the town of Barton, NY on October 22, 1964, she graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelors of Science degree in Communications. She...
Dorothy L. Hegeman
Jan 26, 2011
Dorothy L. Hegeman 1925-2011 Dorothy L. (Jankins) Hegeman, 85, died peacefully at home surrounded by her family. Born in Springfield, her childhood was spent in Enfield, Ma., one of the historical towns that was flooded to create what is now Quabbin Resorvoir. Dorothy was an avid reader, a joy that began as a child and lasted her entire life. Dorothy's...
Theresa R. Gunger
Jan 26, 2011
Theresa R. Gunger 1924 – 2011 Huntington, CT – Theresa R. (DeLowery) Gunger, 86, of Mohegan Road died Wednesday at the home of her daughter in West Springfield surrounded by her family. She was born in Black Rock, AZ the daughter of the late Arthur and Margaret (Vinson) DeLowery. She lived in Colorado before moving to Huntington, CT where she...
Lillian Bonomi
Jan 26, 2011
Lillian (Wysocki) Bonomi 1917 – 2011 AGAWAM – Lillian (Wysocki) Bonomi, 93 of Agawam died Wednesday in Heritage Hall Nursing Home. She was born in Springfield and has lived in Agawam all her life. She and her late husband August along with his brother Angelo co-owned Twin Brook Dairy Farm in Agawam. In addition, Lillian was a hostess at Chez...
Edmund M. Luzgauskas
Jan 26, 2011
Edmund M. Luzgauskas 1926 – 2011 AGAWAM – Edmund M. Luzgauskas, 84, of Suffield Street died Wednesday at the Baystate Medical Center after a brief illness. Edmund was born in Worcester and had lived in Agawam for most of his life. He served as a Sergeant in the United States Army during World War II with the field artillery 77th...
Victor E. Thomas
Jan 24, 2011
Victor E. Thomas Sr. 1925 – 2011 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Victor E. Thomas Sr., 85, of Riverview Ave and Osprey, Florida died Monday in Baystate Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. Victor was born in Springfield and has lived in West Springfield all his life. He was a 50-year faculty member of Holyoke Community College retiring in 2003. He...
Michael J. Mckenna
Jan 22, 2011
Michael J. McKenna 1914-2011 SPRINGFIELD-Michael J. McKenna, 96, of Springfield and Dunedin, FL died Saturday at the Atrium in Agawam. He was born in Springfield, son of the late James M. and Catherine (Leahy) McKenna and lived most of his life in Springfield. He graduated from Sacred Heart Grammar School and Cathedral High School. Michael retired from the US Postal...