Patricia A. Hrobak
Oct 24, 2015
Patricia A. Hrobak1959-2015Westfield- Patricia A. Hrobak, 56, of Westfield, passed away on October 24, 2015. Born in Springfield on March 27, 1959 she was a daughter of the late Francis and Alice (Lemieux) Hrobak. Pat was a 1977 graduate of Cathedral High School and attended STCC where she obtained an Associate's Degree. After graduation from high school she was employed...
Eugene A. Picard
Oct 20, 2015
Eugene A. Picard1928-2015Chicopee-Eugene A. Picard, 87, of Chicopee Falls passed peacefully at Baystate Medical Center. Eugene was born and raised in Chicopee and attended school there before he joined the US Navy 1945. He worked at Westover Air Force Base as a chief engineer. Eugene was avid outdoorsman who loved hunting and fishing. He had many passions in life but...
Linda J. Jefferson
Oct 17, 2015
Linda J. Jefferson1948-2015Holyoke- Linda Joan Jefferson, 67, went to be with her Lord and Savor on Saturday, October 17, 2015. She worked for Western New England College for 12 years as a housekeeper. Linda was predeceased by her husband of 44 years, Paul L. Jefferson, in 2014. She leaves two sons, Tim Jefferson and Tom Jefferson; a daughter, Meagan Jefferson;...
Victor J. Gadoury
Oct 15, 2015
Victor J. Gadoury 1942-2015 Chicopee- Victor J. Gadoury, 73, of Chicopee, passed away Thursday, October 15, 2015 at Mercy Medical Center. Born in Chicopee on August 28, 1942 he was the son of the late Victor J. and Anna M. (Freitag) Gadoury. Victor was a 1959 graduate of Chicopee Vocational High School and served in the United States Army National...
Carolyn Watson
Oct 15, 2015
Carolyn J. Watson1945-2015Chicopee- Carolyn "Lynn" J. Watson, 70, of Chicopee passed away Thursday, October 15, 2015 at Wingate at South Hadley. Born in Springfield on February 4, 1945 she was a daughter of the late John J. and Anna M. (Rice) Watson. Lynn was a member of the former St. Patrick's Church in Chicopee. She loved bowling, fishing, and cats,...
Betty A. Barry
Oct 13, 2015
Betty A. Barry1939-2015Springfield- Betty A. Barry, 76, of Westfield, passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at Mercy Medical Center. Born in Springfield on October 9, 1939, she was a daughter of the late Raymond J. and Eleanor (Kellerman) Roberts. Betty was a private daycare provider out of her own home for 23 years and helped many foster children for the...
Edward R. Mchugh
Oct 11, 2015
Edward R. McHugh1940-2015Chicopee- Edward R. McHugh, 75, of Chicopee, passed away Sunday, October 11, 2015 at home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Springfield on September 29, 1940, he was the son of Edward J. and Lillian (Geoffrion) McHugh. Edward served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War and worked as a sheet metal installer for...
Ethel J Burdick
Oct 9, 2015
Ethel J. Burdick, 90, passed peacefully on October 9, 2015 at Wingate at South Hadley, MA. Ethel was born in 1925 to Alfred Chickering and Myrtle Curtis. She grew up in Maine and Oxford, MA where she attended junior high school and later met her husband, Leonard Burdick. Ethel was a lifelong member of the American Legion Women's Auxiliary and...
Samuel Nutt
Oct 5, 2015
Samuel B. Nutt1928-2015Chicopee- Samuel B. Nutt, 86, of Chicopee passed away Monday, October 5, 2015 at Wingate at South Hadley. Born in Oregon on November 10, 1928 to the late Truman Nutt and Martha Boyer. Samuel served in the United States Air Force for 21 years obtaining the rank of staff sergeant and was a member of the American Legion...
Pearl C. Talbot
Oct 3, 2015
Pearl C. (Whitcomb) Talbot, 88, of Springfield passed away on Oct 3rd. A lifelong resident of Springfield, Pearl was the daughter of the late Harold C. and Lucia R. (Bradley) Whitcomb. She was the widow of Bertrand "Babe" Talbot who passed away in 1999 after 49 years of marriage. Upon graduating from Commerce High School in 1944, Pearl was employed...
Robert H. Buzzeo
Sep 28, 2015
Robert H. Buzzeo1948-2015Chicopee- Robert "Bobby" H. Buzzeo, 67, of Chicopee, passed away Monday, September 28, 2015 at Baystate Medical Center. Born in Springfield on November 28, 1948 he was the son of Angelo and Dorothy (Webb) Babalis. Bobby attended Evangel Assembly in Wilbraham. He was a florist for over 50 years and owned and operated Flower Dynamics in Chicopee. Bobby...
Stanley Bettgenhauser
Sep 21, 2015
Stanley Bettgenhauser1943-2015Chicopee-Stanley Bettgenhauser, 72, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, passed away on Monday, September 21, 2015 at home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Springfield on June 9, 1943 he was the son of the late Paul and Mary (Kus) Bettgenhauser. Stanley was a 1961 graduate of Chicopee High School and worked for over 40 years as a meat...
Ernest Berneche Jr.
Sep 20, 2015
Ernest Berneche, Jr.1934-2015Ernest Berneche, Jr., 80, died on Sunday, September 20, 2015 at Wingate at West Springfield. Ernie was born December 8, 1934 to the late Ernest and Loretta Berneche, and spent most of his life in Holyoke and Chicopee. Ernie worked several jobs as a youngster, including selling newspapers for 25 cents-a-week in Holyoke in his early teens. At...
Rodger L. Pelchat
Sep 15, 2015
Rodger L. Pelchat1935-2015Chicopee- Rodger L. Pelchat, 80, of Chicopee, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at the Solder's Home of Holyoke. Born in Farmington, ME on April 15, 1935 he was a son of the late Louis A. and Gertrude (Moore) Pelchat. Rodger served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and worked as a supervisor for Hamilton...
Jacqueline D. Milne
Sep 5, 2015
Jacqueline D. Milne1935-2015SPRINGFIELD- Jacqueline 'Jackie' D. (Mason) Milne, 80, of Chicopee, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, September 5, 2015 in Baystate Medical Center. She was born in Holyoke on April 12, 1935 a daughter of the late Marie (Mason) DeCasse Murray and was raised by her loving and cherished grandparents, Raymond and Margaret (Lajoie) Mason. Jackie retired in 1999...
Judith A. Gushue
Sep 5, 2015
Judith A. Gushue1943-2015Chicopee- "GOD looked around his garden and found an empty space... then He looked down upon this earth and saw your tired face... He put his arms around you and lifted you to rest... God's garden must be beautiful, he only takes the best... "Judith A. Gushue, 73, of Chicopee Mass went home to be with the Lord...
Maria C. Andre
Sep 5, 2015
Maria C. Andre1935-2015AGAWAM- Maria da Conceição Ribeiro Andre, 80, faithful servant of Christ and beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend was born into eternal life on September 5, 2015, peacefully at home in Agawam surrounded by the love of her family after a heroic battle with cancer beginning seven years ago. Born July 30, 1935, in Bairro de...
Diane R. Beach
Aug 29, 2015
Diane R. Beach1947-2015Springfield- Diane R. Beach, 68, of Springfield, passed away, Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Chapin Center Nursing Home. Diane leaves her brother Gerry Beach and his wife Maureen of Palmer; and her two sisters, Linda Brault of Chicopee and Rose Marie Brault and her husband Louis of Chicopee. She was predeceased by her sister Maryann Renias. A graveside...
Lucie A. Cormier
Aug 29, 2015
Lucie A. Cormier1912-2015Chicopee - Lucie Anne Cormier, 103, known to nearly all as "Memere," passed away Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, at Wingate at Wilbraham. Born in Windsor Mills, Quebec, on April 16, 1912, she was the middle child of 7 of Oliva and Eva (Pelletier) Lacharite. Lucie grew up in Holyoke, where her family moved when she was a young...