Margaret Baker
Dec 20, 2018
Margaret Baker
1925-2018
WEST SPRINGFIELD-Margaret "Marge" (Callan) Baker, 93, of Garden Street, died Thursday at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Leominster and has lived in West Springfield for most of her life, graduating from West Springfield High School in 1943. She was a communicant of the...
The Rev. Charles Philip Blakney
Dec 18, 2018
Minister and Missionary, The Rev. Charles Philip Blakney, died in-hospice at his So. Hadley home, Dec. 18, 2018, his wife, the former Dorrie Alderman, and step-son, Jonathan Wilhelm, at his side. Blakney, age 90, was Minister Emeritus of the First Congregational Church of So. Hadley, which he served as pastor from 1970 until his formal retirement in 1993. Retiring...
Thelma "Toni" Demasi
Dec 18, 2018
Thelma "Toni" (Shinaberry) Demasi, 84, of 53 Brien Street died Tuesday peacefully at home. Toni was born in Maidsville, WV, the daughter of Leo and Jesse (Carpenter) Shinaberry. She moved to Springfield in 1952 and has lived in Agawam for 22 years. She worked as a custodian for the City of Springfield before retiring in 1996. She was an...
Frank L. Whitehead Jr.
Dec 17, 2018
Frank L. Whitehead Jr.
1948 – 2018
NORTHAMPTON – Frank L. Whitehead Jr., 70, died peacefully Monday morning in a local nursing home. Frank was born in Springfield grew up in Westfield and Agawam and had lived in West Springfield before moving to Northampton. He owned and operated F&F Plumbing &...
Judith A. Genetelli
Dec 15, 2018
Judith A. (Long) Genetelli, 77, passed away Saturday, December 15, 2018, at Wingate of South Hadley following a long illness. She was born in Holyoke the daughter of the late John E. and Adeline (Kane) Long and has lived in South Hadley most of her life. Judith was a retired switchboard operator at the Holyoke Medical Center and was...
Ceasar S. Fernandes
Dec 14, 2018
Ceasar S. Fernandes, 84, passed away peacefully at home holding hands with his wife and his son by his side, also accompanied by his grandson Ryan. He was born on August 13, 1934 in Acushnet Ma, the son of Francisco Soares and Maria Duarte Fernandes of Portugal. He was predeceased by his sister Maria Alves and her husband John,...
Bernard F. Ott
Dec 12, 2018
It Is with great sadness that the family of Bernard F. Ott Jr. announces his passing. He joins his beloved wife of 60 years, Jacqueline Dent Ott. He was born in Newark, New Jersey on August 23, 1929. Bernard served in the US Army from 1946-48 before graduating from St. Anslem College. He had a long and distinguished career...
Douglas R. Scytkowski
Dec 11, 2018
Douglas R. Scytkowski
1960 – 2018
SOUTH HADLEY –
Douglas R. Scytkowski, 58, passed away Tuesday at home. Doug was born in Springfield, MA. He has lived in South Hadley most of his life. He was a retired Plater for Fountain Plating in West Springfield and served with the...
Judith K. Collins
Dec 10, 2018
Judith "Judy" Katherine (Blackmer) Collins, 74, of Longmeadow, MA, beloved wife for 52 years of Attorney Charles A. Collins, originally from the Feeding Hills section of Agawam, passed on to immortal life at BayState Medical Center on Monday, December 10, 2018, surrounded by her family. Judy was born on April 8, 1944 in Quincy, MA. She was the only...
Ann G. Henry
Dec 8, 2018
Ann G. Patnaude Henry of First Avenue in Westfield passed away December 8, 2018. She was born in Palmer on February 23, 1926 to the late Frank Patnaude and Elsie Sheldon Patnaude. She was a resident of Springfield most of her life then lived in Chester before retiring in Westfield. Ann completed her degree as a social worker at...
Senta O. Blackman
Dec 4, 2018
Senta Olga Ernestine Blackman, 98 of Granby, MA died December 4, 2018. She was the widow of Raymond Read Blackman from Ventnor City, NJ who passed away October 1992. Senta was born October 7, 1920 in Konigsberg, Germany and was the oldest daughter of Bruno and Erna Zerull. Her parents, sister Brigitta, brother Arnem and stepbrother Ludwig preceded her...
Theresa "Terry" Gates
Dec 4, 2018
Theresa R. Gates
1929 – 2018
FEEDING HILLS – Theresa R. "Terry" (Nelson) Gates, 89, died peacefully Tuesday afternoon in Baystate Medical Center. Terry was born and raised in Springfield, was a 1946 graduate of Technical High School and moved to Feeding Hills in 1970. She worked for 43 years as...
Kathleen E. Morales
Dec 4, 2018
Kathleen E. Morales
1949 – 2018
WEST SPRINGFIELD – Kathleen E. (Tusinski) Morales, 69, of Main Street died Tuesday in Baystate Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Kathleen was born and raised in Greenfield, she lived in New York City before moving to West Springfield in 1982. She was a graduate of Greenfield High...
William V. Guiel
Dec 3, 2018
William V. Guiel, 91, of South Hadley, passed away Monday, December 3, 2018. William is survived by his wife, Sandra Guiel, children, Sharon McConnell, Joanne Deyette, William Guiel Jr., Lisa Hupfer, Jeff Guiel, Kenneth Guiel, and stepchildren, Penny Lavallee, and Robert Garrant as well as 15 grandchildren. William enlisted in the United States Navy in 1944 and held the...
Kevin P. Fitzgerald
Nov 30, 2018
Kevin Patrick Fitzgerald, 45, of Agawam, MA, beloved son of Gerald and Linda (Hartzell) Fitzgerald, passed away unexpectedly on November 30, 2018. He was born in Springfield and grew up in Sixteen Acres. He attended STCC where he was co-captain of the soccer team when they competed in the MCCAC State Soccer Championship in 1992. He graduated from UMass Amherst...
Roseanna "Sally" Franklin
Nov 29, 2018
Roseanna "Sally" Franklin passed away at Mont Marie, Holyoke, MA on Thursday, November 29 th . Roseanna was born in Lyndon, VT in 1917 as Roseanna Sarah McQueen and the daughter of Hector and Matilda (Cifolelli) Moquin. As a child, Roseanna lived in Windsor, VT until she moved to Wilbraham, MA where she met and married Charles Franklin. They...
Elijah G. Quinn
Nov 29, 2018
Elijah G. Quinn, 46 passed away suddenly at home on Thursday. Elijah was born in Springfield, MA, and graduated from East Longmeadow High school in 1990. For decades, Elijah worked at Fly By Night Futon in Northampton, MA where he worked with his best friend Paul. He was an avid adventurer, enjoyed spending time with his friends and family and...
Joseph D. Rolland
Nov 23, 2018
Joseph D. Rolland, 61, of Feeding Hills was called home after a long and courageous battle with cancer on Friday November 23, 2018 in Baystate Medical Center while in the comfort of his family. He was born in Springfield, September 19, 1957, beloved son of Lionel "Lee" and Alice (McTiernan) Rolland. Joe lived in West Springfield and then returned...
Mildred M. Gajda
Nov 20, 2018
Mildred M. Gajda, 92, longtime resident of Chicopee died on November 20, 2018 at Mt. Saint Vincent Care Center in Holyoke. Born on September 3, 1926 in Northampton, she was the youngest and sole surviving child of Joseph and Marianna (Zarzeeka) Borowski. She was preceded in death by her parents, sisters Lottie Borowski and Victoria Kozlowski, and brothers Chester, Charles,...
Robert J. Ormsby
Nov 20, 2018
Robert J. Ormsby, 92 died Tuesday at Colonial Estates in Agawam. Robert was born in a house in the Indian Orchard Section of Springfield. At an early age, the family moved to Chicopee Falls. He grew up and attended Cathedral High School. He left School to go into the family businesses. Robert played all major sports, mostly with the...