Radha Krishan Gupta
Nov 1, 2016
Radha Krishan Gupta 1946 – 2016 West Springfield – Radha Krishan Gupta, 70, passed away Tuesday, November 1st, 2016. Dr. Gupta was born in Mirzapur, India, and came to the United States in 1981. He lived in Pittsburgh, PA and Worcester, MA before settling down in West Springfield in 1986. He was trained as a cardiac surgeon in India and...
Shirley T. Cerpovicz
Oct 30, 2016
Shirley T. Cerpovicz 1936 – 2016 FEEDING HILLS – Shirley T. (Malenfant) Cerpovicz, 80, died peacefully Sunday evening at home surrounded by her loving family. Shirley was born in Caribou, ME, one of fifteen children, of the late Leon and Cecile Malenfant. She grew up in Biddeford, ME and has lived in Agawam for the past 49 years. She was...
Stephen Edward Wisniewski
Oct 28, 2016
Stephen E. Wisniewski, 66, passed away after a long and courageous battle fighting cancer on Friday, October 28, 2016. Stephen was born in Holyoke, on June 22, 1950, son of the late Joseph J. and Phyllis M. (Rae) Wisniewski, and was the youngest of four siblings. He was a 1968 graduate of Holyoke High School. He moved to Feeding Hills...
Deiby Colon
Oct 27, 2016
Deiby Colon 1961 – 2016 SPRINGFIELD – Deiby "David" Colon, 55, of Carew Street died Thursday at home surrounded by his family. David was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, son of Heriberto Colon Sr. and the late Rosa (Gonzalez) Colon, and has lived in Springfield most of his life. He worked at the former Breck Shampoo, Carando Meats and most...
Allen J. Guimond
Oct 22, 2016
Allen J. Guimond died Saturday Oct. 22, 2016, on his 80th birthday, at Wingate, West Springfield. He was a lifelong resident of South Hadley. He was born Oct. 22, 1936 to John P. and Dorothy (Knowles) Guimond. He leaves two sisters, Jacqueline Bourque (Leonard) of South Hadley and June Sulewski of Fairview and several nieces and nephews. He also leaves...
Robert F. Girard
Oct 20, 2016
Robert F. Girard, 87, died Thursday in a local nursing home. He was born in Springfield and has lived in West Springfield since 1992. He was retired from Mass Mutual and served in the Army from 1946 until 1965. He leaves his siblings James, Phillip and Ronald Girard, Florence Brittain and Alice Girard. He also leaves a dear friend Marie...
Richard A. Pike
Oct 20, 2016
Richard A. Pike, 82, died Thursday at Baystate Medical Center. He was the loving husband of Shirley (Hutchinson) Pike, who died in 2014. He leaves two sons, Kenneth and his wife Brenda of Reedsville, WI and Robert and his wife Martha of Bristol, RI, a granddaughter Lisa Pike of Two Rivers, WI, a sister Beverly Lindsay and her husband Donald...
John "Jack" Starzic
Oct 15, 2016
John "Jack" E. Starzic 1959 – 2016 West Springfield – Jack E. Starzic, 57, of Wilbert Drive died peacefully at home Saturday afternoon. Jack was born in Westfield the son of Eugene and Virginia (Burt) Starzic. He grew up in West Springfield, graduated from West Springfield High School in 1977, and has lived here all his life. He received both...
Mabel Lopes
Oct 14, 2016
Mabel (Fernandes) Lopes, 90, a longtime resident of South Hadley, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 14, 2016, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Holyoke, daughter of the late Joseph and Emilia (Duarte) Cadette, Mabel met her future husband, husband, Francisco "Frank" Lopes, at the age of six when they moved from the United States to Frank's hometown of...
Janet S. Desrosiers
Oct 13, 2016
Janet S. Desrosiers 1942 – 2016 Feeding Hills – Janet S. (Bailey) Desrosiers, 74, of Bradford Drive, died at home surrounded by her loving family. Janet was born and raised in Bedford, Indiana and lived in Springfield and Granville before moving to Feeding Hills in 2013. She worked at MassMutual Insurance Company before retiring in 1999. She was a member...
Harvey L. Fournier
Oct 12, 2016
Harvey L. Fournier, retired Army Chief Warrant Officer, died Wednesday in Baystate Medical Center, has now joined his beloved wife Shirley M.R. (Dulude) Fournier who passed into eternal peace on July 29, 2009. Harvey, the son of the late Alfred and Beatrice (Boudreau) Fournier, was born and educated in Holyoke. He was drafted into the U.S. Army and served in...
Marlene M. Gagne
Oct 10, 2016
Marlene M. Gagne, 83, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 10th, 2016, at Holyoke Medical Center with her family at her side. Marlene, the daughter of Emile and Germaine Cote, was born July 12th, 1933 in Holyoke. She was predeceased by her parents and her brothers Roger and Raymond Cote. Marlene was the loving wife of Donald A. Gagne. Marlene...
Gabriele Macleester
Oct 6, 2016
Gabriele MacLeester 1922 – 2016 WEST SPRINGFIELD – Gabriele (Schick) MacLeester, 94, died Thursday in a local nursing home. Gabriele was born in Herten, Germany, grew up in Dresden and has lived in West Springfield since 2000. She met her husband, while he was stationed in Germany. They loved to travel the world, visiting Africa, Spain and family in the...
Helen M. Ironside
Oct 5, 2016
South Hadley – Helen M. (Skowronek) Ironside of South Hadley died Wednesday at home. Helen was born in Holyoke, lived in Holyoke most of her life before moving to South Hadley 33 years ago. She worked as a Sewing Machine Operator for the former Winfield Hat Company and retired from Elco Dress Company. Helen was a communicant of Our Lady...
Gladys V. Rossmeisl
Oct 3, 2016
Gladys V. (Hohengasser) Rossmeisl, 102, died Monday in Mount St. Vincent Nursing Home. Born in Northampton on March 1, 1914, she was the daughter of Emil and Mary (Willard) Hohengasser. Gladys was raised in Greenfield and attended local schools. Gladys was a longtime resident of West Springfield. Gladys was a health department secretary for the Town of West Springfield for...
Leon E. Miracle
Oct 2, 2016
Leon E. Miracle 1945 – 2016 CHICOPEE – Leon E. Miracle, 71, of Greenpoint Circle died peacefully Sunday in Baystate Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. Leon was born and raised in Pineville, KY and has lived in South Hadley and Chicopee most of his life. He was a retired Truck Driver for the former Scott Graphics/James River Graphic...
Florence E. Berrelli
Oct 1, 2016
Florence E. Berrelli 1922 – 2016 WEST SPRINGFILED – Florence E. (Maniscalchi) Berrelli, 94, formerly of Hillcrest Avenue died Saturday in a local nursing home. Florence was born in Enfield and has lived in West Springfield most of her life. She worked for the former NYNEX for 25 years until her retirement in 1974. She was a lifetime member of...
Doris Kavanaugh
Oct 1, 2016
Doris Kavanaugh 1918 - 2016 Hampden- Doris L. (Bouchard) Kavanaugh, 98, died peacefully on Saturday, October 1, 2016 in Baystate Medical Center. She was born in West Springfield, lived in Hampden most of her life before moving to East Longmeadow 14 years ago. She worked as a seamstress for many years and also in the Hampden School System. Doris loved...
Anna R. Defloria
Oct 1, 2016
Anna R. O'Malley DeFlorio 1913 – 2016 FEEDING HILLS – Anna R. (Grimaldi) O'Malley DeFlorio, 103, entered into eternal rest on Saturday in a local nursing home. Anna was born in Feeding Hills, daughter of the late Peter and Margaret (Bruno) Grimaldi, she lived in Feeding Hills, New Jersey, California, and Housic Falls, NY before moving back to Feeding Hills...
Liberatore John Yacovone
Sep 30, 2016
Liberatore J. Yacovone, 86, passed away on Friday, September 30, 2016 surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Springfield, to the late Liberatore and Marietta (DiCarlo) Yacovone. He graduated from Springfield Technical High School and worked for Del Padre and then worked for twenty years as a police officer for the Town of West Springfield. Yac will be...