Mary T. Strempek
Feb 4, 2012
Mary T. (Krewalk) Strempek 1926-2012 CHICOPEE - Mary T. Strempek, 85, of Chicopee, died Saturday February 4, 2012 in South Hadley. Born in Hartford, CT, March 8, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Katherine Krewalk. Mary lived in Hartford for 26 years and was a graduate of St. Michael High School in Hartford. She later was...
Anna Marie Murdza
Feb 3, 2012
Anna M. (Lavriuk) Murdza 1923-2012 CHICOPEE - Anna M. Murdza, 88, formerly of 165 East Main St., Chicopee, died Friday, February 3, at Heritage Hall in Agawam. Born in Adeleide, PA on May 13, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Mary (Harabchik) Lavriuk. She lived in PA for 35 years before moving to Chicopee. Anna worked...
Gerard R. Asselin
Jan 29, 2012
Gerard R. Asselin 1921-2012 SPRINGFIELD- Gerard "Butch" R. Asselin, 90, formerly of Waverly St., Springfield, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, January 29, 2012 at home. He was born in Saint-Raphael, Bellechasse, PQ, Canada, on March 24, 1921, a son of the late Theodore and Marie (Boucher) Asselin. Gerard was a U.S. Army WWII veteran, obtaining the rank of Private...
Alice Y. Bradlinski
Jan 26, 2012
Alice Y. Bradlinski 1920-2012 CHICOPEE- Alice Bradlinski, 91, of Chicopee, died Thursday 1/26 after a brief illness. She was born in Chicopee on July 16, 1920 and lived most of her life in Chicopee. Alice was the daughter of the late Adelard and Mary (Goulet) Venne. Her husband of over 53 years, Walter "Brad" Bradlinski died in 2002. She was...
Elizabeth A. Wescott
Jan 25, 2012
Elizabeth A. Wescott 1928-2012 SPRINGFIELD- Elizabeth Ann (Leavitt) Wescott, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and aunt passed away peacefully on Wednesday January 25, 2012 at Baystate Medical Center. Born in Hartford, CT on April 29, 1928 the only daughter of Melvin and Violet (Shannon) Leavitt. Betty moved to Springfield in her youth attending Brookings Elementary and Cathedral High. In the sixth...
Barbara A. Carraturo
Jan 17, 2012
Barbara A. Carraturo 1941 - 2012 CHICOPEE - Barbara A. (Heroux Desmarais) Carraturo, 70, of Chicopee, died Tuesday, January 17 in Sebastien, Florida. Born in Chicopee December 9, 1941, daughter of the late Edmund and Juliette (Frigon) Heroux. She was employed at Buxton in Agawam, Super Brush in Chicopee and Springfield Wire in Springfield where she retired in 2001. She...
Marvene Kay Bryant-Taft
Jan 7, 2012
Kay (Brundige) Taft 1953-2012 CHICOPEE- Kay (Brundige) Taft age 58 of 17 Factory Place, Chicopee died January 7, 2012 at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield. Born in Circleville, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Wayne E. and Marian M. (Coffland) Brundige. Kay lived there 7 years before moving to South Carolina where she lived until moving to Chicopee 15...
Katherine Sourdiffe
Jan 3, 2012
Katherine M. Sourdiffe 1950-2012 CHICOPEE- Katherine "Meme" (Strycharz) Sourdiffe, 61, passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at home embraced by her children and surrounded by beloved family and friends. Kathy was born on December 31, 1950, a daughter of the late Theodore and Dorothy (Rainville) Strycharz. She was "Employee of the Month" for many years at the Windsor Café...
Dorothy B. Moran
Dec 31, 2011
Dorothy B. Moran 1918-2011 AGAWAM- Dorothy "Dottie" B. (Gunnison) Moran, 93, of Chicopee, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, December 31, 2011, in Heritage Hall Nursing Home-West. She was born on September 18, 1918, in Hartford, South Dakota, a daughter of the late Percy and Ethel (Keating) Gunnison. Dottie was employed for 30 years as a teller at the former...
Joseph R. Bernier
Dec 28, 2011
Joseph "Roger" Bernier 1928-2011 In South Hadley, Joseph "Roger" Bernier, age 83, died Wednesday December 28, 2011 at Baystate Medical Center. Born in Bristol, CT, January 31, 1928, he was raised in Hartford and moved to West Hartford in 1959 and later to South Hadley in 2003. He was the son of the late Wilfred and Marie (Poulin) Bernier. Roger...
Peter L. Parenteau
Dec 23, 2011
Peter Lawrence Parenteau 1963 - 2011 FLORENCE - Peter L. Parenteau, 48 of Florence entered into eternal rest after a long battle with cancer on Friday, December 23, 2011. Born February 27, 1963 in Southbridge, MA. Peter was an area contractor for over 15 years and was part-owner of the Tastebuds Restaurant & Catering in Springfield, as well as an...
Marjorie A. Turek
Nov 25, 2011
Marjorie A. Turek 1945-2011 CHICOPEE- Marjorie "Marge" A. (Sutcliffe) Turek, 66, passed away on Friday, November 25, 2011 at home. She was born in Springfield on January 13, 1945, a daughter of the late George and Winifred (Sears) Sutcliffe. Marge is survived by three daughters, Anne M. Pinel and her husband Steve, Lori A. Turek, and Mary B. DeFilippe and...
Adrienne I. Roy
Nov 21, 2011
Adrienne I. Roy 1914-2011 Adrienne I. (Labrie) Roy of Chicopee, died peacefully in her sleep at the Willimansett Center West Nursing Home on November 21, 2011. She was 97 years old. She was born in Blacklake, Quebec on July 21, 1914 and was the daughter of the late Adelard & Leontine (Marcoux) Labrie. She lived in Chicopee most of her...
Paul J. Demears
Nov 14, 2011
Paul J. Demears, Sr. 1925 - 2011 Chicopee, Paul J. Demears, Sr., 86, formerly of Grape Street, died in Florida on Monday Nov. 14th, in the West Palm Beach Veterans Hospital. Born in Chicopee, son of the late Paul and Margaret (Robitaille) Demears, he lived in Chicopee most of his life until moving to Florida. Paul was a WWII U.S....
Violet Sylvia Robert
Nov 12, 2011
Violet S. Robert 1924 - 2011 Chicopee- Violet S. (Lajeunesse) Robert, 87, died November 12, 2011 in the Willimansett Center in Chicopee. Born the daughter of Arsene and Alma (Rivest) Lajeunesse, she lived in Chicopee most of her life and in Chesterfield, VA for 18 years. Violet attended St. George Elementary School and was a communicant of St. George Church...
Andrew Walter Matson
Nov 7, 2011
Andrew W. Matson 1919-2011 CHICOPEE- Andrew W. Matson, of 82 Riverview Terrace in Chicopee, died Monday, November 7th, at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield. Born in Lexington on July 4th he lived in Chicopee most of his life. He was a graduate of Chicopee High School in 1936 and of Bentley College in 1940. He served in the Army during WWII...
Annette F. Dulude Kislus
Oct 28, 2011
Annette F. Dulude Kislus 1925 - 2011 Chicopee, Annette F. (Morgan) Dulude Kislus, age 86, died October 28, 2011 in Port St Lucie, FL. Born on March 12, 1925, she was the daughter of the late James and Florence (Constant) Morgan and lived in Chicopee almost all of her life until moving to Florida in 1994. Annette was a member...
Edna May Stefanik
Oct 27, 2011
Edna M. Stefanik 1915-2011 CHICOPEE- Edna M. (Brown-Parent) Stefanik, 96, passed away Thursday, October 27th at Mercy Hospital. She was born on February 13th, 1915, the daughter of the late Perlie Brown and Josephine Brown (Kubik), sister to the late Irene Barnet (Brown). She grew up in West Springfield and graduated from West Springfield High School; she then moved to...
Helen M. Calabrese
Oct 24, 2011
Helen M. Calabrese 1922-2011 CHICOPEE- Helen Mary (Peskovitz) Calabrese of Chicopee, MA passed away Monday, October 24, 2011. She was born to Anthony and Mary Peskovitz on November 15, 1922. Helen is survived by her husband of 67 years, Rocco J. Calabrese, Sr., and two devoted children, Robert P. Calabrese and his wife Kathy of Georgia and Rocco J. Calabrese,...