Irene (Hanley) Asta-Ferrero
Feb 16, 2016
Agawam- Bernice �Irene� (Hanley) Asta-Ferrero, 101, passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2016, at Heritage Hall Nursing Home. Born in Beverly, March 4, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Carrie (Savage) Hanley. Irene grew up in Maine and has lived in this area since 1943. She was a lifetime member of the Agawam Golden Agers and the...
Paula M. (Ditomaso) Ditomaso
Feb 16, 2016
Paula M. DiTomaso, 62, passed away Tuesday February 16, 2016, at Baystate Medical Center. Born in Springfield, December 2, 1953, she was the daughter of the late Nicola and Mary (Delbouno) DiTomaso. Paula was a 1974 graduate of Holyoke Hospital School of Nursing. She then went on to obtain her BSN with High Honors American International College School of Nursing...
Annmarie (Gilmour) Dondi
Feb 7, 2016
West Springfield- AnnMarie (Gilmour) Dondi, 67, passed away Sunday at home. She was born in Springfield to the late Constance (Millette) Stebbins and John Gilmour. AnnMarie was a graduate of Mercy Medical School. She was a manger for Showcase Cinemas in W. Spfld. for many years and also worked at Memo's Restaurant. AnnMarie was a communicant of St. Thomas the...
Clare A. (Moriarty) Kalagher
Feb 5, 2016
West Springfield - Clare A. (Moriarty) Kalagher, 86, of Druids Lane passed away peacefully Friday evening surrounded by her loving family. Born July 13, 1929 in Southbridge, MA, she was the beloved daughter of the late Timothy J. and Esther (Laplante) Moriarty. Clare moved to West Springfield with her husband Richard and their family in 1965. She was a faithful...
Kenneth A. Rzasa
Feb 3, 2016
West Springfield � Kenneth A. Rzasa, 66, passed away, February 3, 2016 after a courageous battle with cancer, at Life Care Center of Wilbraham. He was born October 26, 1949 in Springfield, the son of the late Frederick and Lena (Mscisz) Rzasa. He was a lifelong resident of West Springfield, graduating from West Springfield High School in 1968, Springfield Technical...
Judith L. (Aronson) Dufresne
Jan 31, 2016
West Springfield � Judith Lydia (Aronson) Dufresne, 82, formerly of Woodmont Street, died Sunday surrounded by family. Judy leaves her husband of 61 years, Walter J. Dufresne, Jr., her six children, Maggie (Franco Amatori) of Milan, Italy, Walter, III �Trey� (Karen Balogh) of Brooklyn, NY, Christopher (Clare) of Kinvara, Ireland, Gabrielle �Gabby� of West Springfield, Lydia (Jefferson Lockwood) of Agawam,...
Mary F. (Collins) Buffum
Jan 31, 2016
Mary F. (Collins) Buffum, 91, passed away Sunday January 31, 2016 surrounded by her loving family. Born in Springfield, October 6, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Milton and Florence (Shay) Collins. Mary lived her entire life in West Springfield and worked as an executive secretary and chief bookkeeper for the Steiger�s Company for 10 years. She was...
Bruce A. Howe
Jan 30, 2016
West Springfield- Bruce A. Howe, 63, passed away Saturday January 30, 2016 at Baystate Medical Center. Born in Springfield on July 1, 1952, he was the son of Robert and Clarice Howe. Bruce was a graduate of Holyoke Community College and owned and operated the former Peabody Auto Auction with his father for many years. He has worked for Southern...
John J. Manning, Jr.
Jan 30, 2016
John Joseph Manning, Jr. of Feeding Hills, died at his home on January 30, 2016, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Springfield on August 16, 1942, he was the son of John and Martha (Thelen) Manning. In 2009, John retired from the Western Massachusetts Electric Co. after 44 years of dedicated service. John loved Sunday dinners with family and...
Laura (Smola) Pettazzoni
Jan 28, 2016
West Springfield, Laura M (Smola) Petazzoni, 95, passed away Thursday January 28, 2016, at Country Estates in Agawam surrounded by her loving family. Born in Springfield, March 27, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Felix and Helen (Prokova) Smola. Laura lived most of her life in West Springfield and was a communicant of St Thomas Church. She was...
C. Estelle (Wilkes) Prescott
Jan 22, 2016
C. Estelle (Wilkes) Prescott, 91, passed away Friday, January 22, 2016 at the Elaine Center in Hadley. Born in Albany, NY, November 23, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Florence (Forrester) Wilkes. She attended the Pratt Institute of Brooklyn. Estelle worked in the advertising department for the former Forbes and Wallace Store in Springfield. She also...
Theresa R. (Grimaldi) Circosta
Jan 21, 2016
West Springfield - Theresa R. Circosta, 93, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2016 at Tranquility at Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia. She was born in Westfield, MA to the late Immaculata (Scanelli) and Alfonso Grimaldi and lived most of her life in W. Spfld. Theresa worked as a manager for Zayre�s for years and later in life at a machine shop...
Gerald M. Keavany
Jan 21, 2016
West Springfield- Gerald �Doc� Michael Keavany, 85, of Rogers Avenue passed away Thursday at Baystate Medical Center. He was born in Springfield on February 28th, 1930 to the late Michael and Elizabeth (Phelan) Keavany. He was raised in the Hungry Hill section of Springfield and settled in West Springfield in 1968. For the last 20 yrs. he was a resident...
Geraldine (Fiala) Ferioli
Jan 21, 2016
Agawam - Geraldine R. (Fiala) Ferioli, 94, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2016 at Heritage Hall Nursing Home. Born in West Springfield, January 15, 1922, she was the daughter of the late August and Margaret (King) Fiala. Geraldine spent most of her life in West Springfield and Agawam and was a communicant of the former St. Anthony of Padua Church...
Lawrence G. Lemire
Jan 20, 2016
Westfield - Lawrence G. �Larry� Lemire, 92, passed away quietly at his son�s home, surrounded by his loving family on Wednesday, January 20, 2016. Born in Lowell, August 15, 1923, Larry owned and operated several restaurants in the Western Mass area including the Cloud 9 Lounge and Terrace Dining Room at Bradley Airport, the Wayside Inn in West Springfield and...
Marguerite L. (Anctil) Willett
Jan 18, 2016
West Springfield -Marguerite Lucienne (Anctil) Willett, 88, of Wolcott Avenue passed away Monday at Heritage Hall in Agawam. She was born in Quebec City, Canada on February 8th, 1927 to the late Antoine and Lucienne (Perrault) Anctil. She was brought up in Canada and settled here in 1950. She was employed as an inspector for Smith and Wesson for 12...
Prima R. (Fiorini) Fiorini
Jan 18, 2016
West Springfield- Prima R. Fiorini, 94, passed away Monday at Mount St. Vincent Care Center in Holyoke. She was born in Springfield to the late Theresa (Paganelli) and Ernest Fiorini. Prima was a graduate of American International College. She was a Teacher in the West Springfield School System for many years. Prima was a communicant of the former Immaculate Conception...
Ethel M. (Bates) Cone
Jan 16, 2016
North Pomfret, VT - Ethel May Cone, 86, of Old Kings Highway passed away peacefully Saturday at the Loomis House in Holyoke, MA surrounded by her loving family. Ethel was born in Trenton, NJ on April 22, 1929 to the late James and Jean Bates. Ethel was a travel agent for Bond Street Travel in Great Neck, NY the town...
Cathy C. (Danielson) Anderson
Jan 16, 2016
West Springfield, Cathy C. (Danielson) Anderson, 65, passed away Saturday, January 16, 2016 after a brief illness. Born in Litchfield, MN July 7, 1950, she attended Atwater Schools and moved to West Springfield in 1978. Cathy worked at the EBTEC Corporation in Agawam for 29 years. She enjoyed watching NASCAR, was an avid Patriots fan and loved gardening. She leaves...
David A. Chaput
Jan 11, 2016
West Springfield- David Allyn Chaput, 67, passed away Monday at Baystate Medical Center. He was born in Pawtucket, RI to the late William and Gladys (Zwicker) Chaput. He grew up there and settled in this area in 1985. He was employed on the grounds crew at St. Stanislaus Cemetery for over 20 years. Prior to that David worked at Olympic...
