Donald E. Whitehouse
Jan 22, 2018
Obituary Donald E Whitehouse, 64, passed away January 22, 2018. Born in Springfield, he was the son of Donald E. Whitehouse of West Brookfield and the late Lucille (Chechile) Whitehouse. Donnie was passionate about health, fitness and body building. He was a brown belt in karate and went on to be an instructor. Donnie married Lisa Fitzgerald-Chase on April 24,...
Douglas C. Goodman
Jan 22, 2018
Obituary Douglas Charles Goodman, 90, of Dewey Street passed away Monday at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield. He was born in Westfield on August 4th, 1927 to the late Carroll and Emily Goodman. Doug was a lifelong resident of West Springfield. He was a self-starter who, through hard work and perseverance, became a registered architect and eventually a co-owner of...
Robert Elwood Decker
Jan 21, 2018
Obituary Robert Elwood Decker, 78 years old of Westfield, MA passed away peacefully on January 21, 2018 in Agawam, MA. Bob worked for Byron Funeral Home in Springfield as a Funeral Assistant for 24 years. Prior to that he worked as an armored car driver for Wells Fargo. After his retirement he worked at Baystate Medical Center as a Respiratory...
Kenneth J. Shean, Sr.
Jan 21, 2018
Obituary Kenneth J. Shean Sr. 78, passed away Sunday surrounded by his loving family. Born in West Springfield, April 30, 1939, he was the son of the late Daniel and Mary (Baker) Shean. Ken worked for the Aetna Insurance Company in Hartford for over 27 years and was a member of the I.A.T.S.E. local 53, the Dante Club and the...
Gale Theresa (Demers) Sheridan
Jan 17, 2018
Gale Theresa (Demers) Sheridan, 82 of West Springfield passed away peacefully Wednesday morning at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Holyoke, MA on April 29th 1935 and was raised in Springfield. She has lived in West Springfield since 1961. Along with her husband Donald she was co-owner of Sheridan Trucking in West Springfield. She was a...
David P. Cronin
Jan 17, 2018
Obituary David Perritt Cronin 81 died in his sleep at Mercy Hospital on Wednesday January 17th after a brief illness. He was born in Springfield, MA on March 13, 1937, the son of Paul J. Cronin and Irene M. (Haggerty) Cronin. David grew up on Liberty Street in the Liberty Heights section of Springfield. Due to severe mental developmental disabilities...
Joan Ruth (Bombard) Garbin
Jan 13, 2018
Joan Ruth Garbin, 84, of Holy Family Road passed away Saturday at Holyoke Medical Center. She was born in Newport, NH on December 19th, 1933 to the late Roy and Mary (Ricci) Bombard. Joan worked for many years as a social worker for the Holyoke Welfare Department. She was a member of the Bible Baptist Church in West Springfield. She...
Evelyn (Kennedy) Ashley
Jan 9, 2018
F. Evelyn (Kennedy) Ashley, 87, passed away Tuesday at Heritage Hall in Agawam. .Evelyn was born in Springfield to the late Anna (Boudreau) and Francis Kennedy. She was a graduate of Cathedral High School and worked in the business office of Baystate Medical Center for many years. Evelyn was a communicant of Sacred Heart Church in Springfield. She enjoyed traveling...
Geraldine "Gerri" Frances (Emery) Martin
Jan 6, 2018
Geraldine �Gerri� Frances (Emery) Martin, 70, passed away Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 at Wingate of Hampden. She was born in Springfield on February 18, 1947 to the late Ronald and Agnes (Sullivan) Emery. She lived in Springfield most of her life. Gerri worked in accounts payable at the corporate office of Big Y and also at several local companies in...
Birgitta E. (Naumann) Gray
Jan 3, 2018
Birgitta Emy Gray (77) passed away January 3, 2018 at the Redstone Rehab Facility in East Longmeadow, with her loving son John and her Paster Rev Philip Joseph Mayher by her side.�She was born April 16, 1940 in Lund, Sweden to the late Emy Jundquest and John Naumann. Birgitta moved to New York in her early 20s, where she met...
Ann C. (Gagnon) Menard
Jan 1, 2018
Ann �Claire� (Gagnon ) Menard, lifelong resident of Chicopee passed away Monday at Heritage Hall. She was born on July 26, 1926 at 830 Chicopee Street, Chicopee, MA. She attended school in Chicopee, MA and Brooklyn, NY. Claire as she preferred to be called, was an active member of St. Peter�s Lutheran Church in Holyoke. She taught first grade Sunday...
Brian M. Kennedy Jr.
Dec 30, 2017
Brian M. Kennedy, Jr., age 39, passed away at Baystate Medical Center surrounded by his loving family on December 30, 2017. He was born in Springfield on November 4, 1978. Brian grew up in West Springfield and attended St. Thomas the Apostle School, Holyoke Catholic High School and graduated from West Springfield High School. He received his Associates Degree in...
Beverly A. (Bejune) Goodwin
Dec 30, 2017
Beverly A. (Bejune) Goodwin, 65, passed away on December 30, 2017 surrounded by her loving family and friends at Massachusetts General Hospital. She was born in Worcester on May 12, 1952 to the late Richard H. and Louise (Thyden) Bejune. Beverly worked as a teacher before retiring for the Agawam School System. She loved to travel and did travel throughout...
William F. Bennett
Dec 29, 2017
William F. Bennett joined his beloved wife Sylvia in heaven on December 29, 2017. William was born in Stoughton, MA on March 9, 1929, to the late Beatrice (Frost) and Joseph Bennett. He was brought up in Stoughton and went to St. Mary�s School. He graduated from Cathedral High School in Boston in 1948. He was a Veteran of the...
Sandra Jane (Chenoweth) Haas
Dec 26, 2017
Sandra Jane (Chenoweth) Haas passed away Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at the age of 78.�Sandy was born on November 7, 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri to the late Paul A. Chenoweth and Thalia Lavinia (Butler) Chenoweth. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Henry W. Haas of Granville. She will be greatly missed by...
Domenic Delbuono
Dec 21, 2017
West Springfield � Domenic DelBuono, 98, passed away December 21, 2017 at the Holyoke Soldiers� Home. He was born in Civitanova, Italy to the late Concetta (Silvano) and Nicola DelBuono. He passed through Ellis Island at the age of 11 with his mother, sister and brother to join his father in West Springfield. He graduated from West Springfield High School...
Michael J. D'Angelo
Dec 20, 2017
Waterford, CT, Michael J. D�Angelo, 94, passed away peacefully Wednesday December 20, 2017. Born in Hartford, February 11, 1923 the son of the late Michael A and Filomena (D�Orazio) D�Angelo. Michael worked for the US Government as an administrator in Springfield and assistant Postmaster General in Washington, DC and was head of Research and Development for the US Coast Guard....
Mary B. Powers
Dec 11, 2017
West Springfield- Mary �Tia Mary� Bernice Powers, 77, passed away Monday at Baystate Medical Center. She was born Guatemala on April 13th, 1940 to the late Patrick and Maria (Rossi) Powers. She lived most of her life in West Springfield. Mary received her BA in Education in 1962 from Our Lady of the Elms College in Chicopee. She was an...
Thomas C. Thivierge
Dec 6, 2017
West Springfield- Thomas C Thivierge, 59, of Hillside Avenue passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, December 6th, 2017 at Baystate Medical Center. Born in Springfield, April 14, 1958 and lived in West Springfield most of his life. Thomas was an avid NASCAR fan. He was the loving son of Sophie (Piligian) Thivierge of West Springfield and the late James R. Thivierge (1981),...
Alice M. Patterson
Dec 3, 2017
Westfield- Alice Mary (Bouchard) Patterson, 58, of St. Paul Street passed away Sunday at Governor�s Center in Westfield after a long courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Springfield and lived most of her life in Agawam and West Springfield. She worked at the Cutting Edge Salon in Westfield for years. She was a longtime communicant of Sacred Heart...
