Mary Theresa Bovat
Jan 15, 2017
Mary T. (O'Neil) Bovat, 89, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, January 15, 2017 at home. Born in Springfield, daughter of the late James and Dora (Wilson) O'Neil, she grew up in West Springfield, and moved to Feeding Hills in 1947. Mary loved the Red Sox, Bingo, playing cards and her dogs, Layla and Rhodes. She was a communicant...
Jane B. Buchanan
Jan 15, 2017
Jane B. (Sroczyk) Buchanan, passed away Sunday at the age of 92 at the East Longmeadow Skilled Nursing Home after a long illness. She was born Feb. 2, 1924 in Poland to Marya (Augustyn) and Thomas Sroczyk. She immigrated to the US in 1925. She resided in Chicopee most of her life. She served in the US Navy as a...
Barbara L. Stanley
Jan 15, 2017
BARBARA SILK STANLEY, beloved wife and companion of 66 years to her husband Rev. Arthur Stanley, mother of three wonderful children Bruce, Mark, and Kathleen, Grandmother to eight cherished Grandchildren, and Great-grandmother to her first Great- grand son, Nicolas, died peacefully Sunday morning January 15, 2017 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, after a struggle with a weakened heart. Barbara was...
Mary K. Massey
Jan 15, 2017
Mary K. (Unger) Massey, 81, died Sunday at Wingate South Hadley. She was born in Pottsville, PA and has lived in Granby since 1960. She was predeceased by her husband Raymond Massey. She leaves three daughters, Darlene Guerin of Belchertown and Virginia Weiner and Mary Massey both of Granby, a sister Marie Curtier of CA, six grandchildren Raymond, Christopher,...
Antoni Denis Veilleux
Jan 14, 2017
Antoni Veilleux, 75, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, January 14, 2017 in Baystate Medical Center. Born in St. George De'Beauce, Province of Quebec, Canada, son of the late Joseph Charles and Marie Ann (Giroux) Veilleux, he came to the United States in 1960. Antoni worked for the Sweet Life Corporation for thirty-three years before he retired and was...
Harold F. Nelson
Jan 9, 2017
Harold F. Nelson
1940 – 2017
West Springfield – Harold F. Nelson, 76, of Oxford Place died Monday in Baystate Medical Center. Harold was born in Salem, NY and has lived in Southwick and West Springfield most of his life. He worked as a security guard most recently for the Auto...
Giovanni P. Veneroni
Jan 9, 2017
Giovanni P. Veneroni
1913-2017
WEST SPRINGFIELD – Giovanni P. Veneroni, son of Carlo and Angela (Marli) Veneroni of Dorno, Italy, sadly passed away at the age of 103. John immigrated to America in 1929, living in New York City before marrying Theresa Gianetti in 1941, settling in West Springfield....
Julia Margaret Skowera
Jan 8, 2017
Julia M. (Dursa) Skowera, 92, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 in Baystate Medical Center. Born in Windsor Locks, daughter of the late Martin and Margaret (Serva) Dursa, she was a 1941 cum laude graduate of Windsor Locks High School. Married to George J. Skowera, Sr. in 1948 she moved with him to Feeding Hills in...
Lynn T. Elkas
Jan 8, 2017
Lynn T. Elkas
1955 – 2017
West Springfield – Lynn T. Elkas, 61, passed away Sunday at home surrounded by her loving family. Lynn was born in Springfield, grew up in West Springfield and lived in Agawam for 20 years before moving to...
Paul Camile Robillard
Jan 7, 2017
Paul C. Robillard, 94, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2017 surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Holyoke and was the son of the late Zenon and Camilla (Plouffe) Robillard; he was a lifelong resident of South Hadley, and a 1941 graduate of South Hadley High School. He was a World War II Army Air Force...
Theodore Tsiskakis
Jan 4, 2017
Theodore I. Tsiskakis
1941 – 2017
Springfield – Theodore I. Tsiskakis, 75, beloved husband of Chrysoula(Theodorakis) for 46 years, entered into eternal peace on January 4, 2017 surrounded by his loving family and the Rev. Father Chris Stamas. Teddy was born and raised in Blithias, Crete, Greece where at an early...
Janet Cecile Whittaker
Jan 2, 2017
Janet C. (Benard) Whittaker passed away peacefully at home attended by her family on January 2, 2017. She was born in Chicopee to Albert and Loretta (Viens) Benard and graduated from Chicopee High School in 1957. She married Jay R. Whittaker on July 26, 1958 and had three sons - Michael, David and Steven. She began her 21 years...
Laurinda Grace Connors
Jan 1, 2017
Laurinda G. (Santos) Connors, 81, of Gooseberry Road died Sunday at home. Laurinda was born and raised in North Easton and has lived in West Springfield for the past 55 years. She was a longtime communicant of St. Thomas the Apostle Church. Her husband, Edward Connors died in 1996. She leaves a son Patrick and his wife Sharon of...
John J. Shea Iii
Dec 31, 2016
John J Shea III
1952 – 2017
FEEDING HILLS – John J. Shea III, 64, son of the late John J. and Ann (O'Donnell) Shea, died at home. John was born in Springfield and has lived in Agawam all his life. He leaves his sister Bridget Dworken, her husband Jay, brother-in-law...
Paul Michael Hegedus
Dec 30, 2016
Paul M. Hegedus, 66, died peacefully, Friday December 30, 2016 at Wingate West Springfield, surrounded by his family. He was born in Springfield, lived in West Springfield most of his life and was a communicant of St. Thomas Church. Paul was a retired truck driver who loved hunting and fishing. He was a long time, forever Patriots fan. He is...
Alfred Richard Goyette
Dec 29, 2016
Alfred R. Goyette, 88, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, December 29, 2016. Born in Agawam, he was one of nine children born to the late Melvin and Hermine (Crepeau) Goyette and was a 1946 graduate of Agawam High School. Alfred worked in the receiving and distribution area for Sears Roebuck & Company for thirty-nine and a half years...
Lesley D. Holt
Dec 28, 2016
Lesley D. (King) Holt
1950 – 2016
TOLLAND – Lesley D. (King) Holt, 66, died Wednesday morning in Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Lesley was born in Waterbury, CT and has lived in Tolland for the past 12 years. She worked as a nurse at Elliot Hospital and...
Deborah G. Houlberg
Dec 27, 2016
Deborah G. (Roach) Houlberg, 66, died Tuesday in Mercy Medical Center surrounded by her family. She was born in El Paso, TX and has lived in South Hadley for 16 years. She was an amazing mother of six children Vince Houlberg and wife Lisa of Sunderland, Christina Campillo of Las Vegas, NV, Serin Houlberg and wife Chrissy of Gibsonville,...
Marilyn Dorothea Loomis
Dec 25, 2016
Marilyn D. (Wilder) Loomis, 87, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, December 25, 2016 at Noble Hospital. Born in Montague, daughter of the late Frank and Rosa (Gerharz) Wilder, she moved to Agawam in 1956. Marilyn was a graduate of the Baystate Medical Center's nurse program and was a licensed practical nurse for twenty years at Baystate Medical Center. ...
Joyce Ann Vezina
Dec 23, 2016
Joyce Ann Vezina
1954-2016
West Springfield – Joyce Ann Vezina, 62, passed away peacefully Friday morning surrounded by her loving family. Joyce was born in Springfield and has lived in West Springfield most of her life. She worked as a nurses' aide in local nursing homes, helping patients with Alzheimer's Disease. ...