Obituaries

Oct 24, 2022

Nancy Ellen Sedlak, aged 76, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 24 th , 2022 at a nursing home in Greenfield, MA after a lengthy journey with Alzheimer's disease. She was born in Ludlow, MA on November 25, 1945 to Dwight and Blanche (Oliver) Tucker and graduated from South Hadley High School, in 1963....

Oct 22, 2022

David R. Brandt Sr., 74, died Saturday October 22 nd . He was born and raised in Lancaster, PA and graduated from McCaskey High School. After graduation David enlisted in the Air Force, beating the random draft for Viet Nam as a Munitions Specialist for the F-4's. He had several deployment tours in Thailand and Viet Nam. He met...

Oct 21, 2022

Betty ( Drasye ) Vieu , 89, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family in South Hadley, MA on October 21, 2022. She was born on September 17, 1933 in Tupperlake , NY to Eugene and Rose Drasye . She was predeceased by both her parents, her husband Victor Vieu Sr., her sisters Clara Vieu , Eileen...

Oct 20, 2022

Maureen (McKenna) Sparrow, 89, formerly of South Hadley, passed away peacefully on Oct. 20, 2022. Born in 1933 in Providence, Rhode Island, daughter of Henry and Mary (Collins) McKenna, Maureen graduated from Brown University (Pembroke) in 1956 with a BS in Nursing and then went on to complete an MS in Public Health Administration from UMass Amherst in 1978....

Oct 17, 2022

Zaneta (French) Huertas, 39, of Granby passed away at home on Monday, Oct. 17, surrounded by her loving family, after a courageous battle with cancer.

Zaneta was born Sept. 9, 1984, in Gorlice, Poland, and came to the United States at the age of 10. She was a gifted artist and craftswoman and had a lifelong love...

Oct 13, 2022

Tan Vu, 89, died Thursday. Calling hours are Sunday 2:00 to 5:00 pm at the O'Brien Family Funeral Home. Funeral Mass is Monday October 17th at 10 am in St. Patrick's Church, South Hadley followed by burial in St. Rose Cemetery in South Hadley.

Oct 7, 2022

Betty Jane (Jarvis) Quinlan, 91, died Friday October 7th at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. She was born in Burlington, VT and has lived in Granby for over 70 years. She was a graduate of the former South Hadley Regional High School in 1949 and loved knitting, sewing, camping, fishing, dancing and music. She was predeceased by her husband Francis J....

Sep 29, 2022

On Thursday evening, September 29, 2022, Betty-Ann passed peacefully with her family by her side in her home as she wanted.  Born in Chicopee Falls on July 26, 1931, she celebrated her 91 st birthday this past summer. Daughter to Ernest (Ernie) and Esther Perreault, Betty-Ann grew up on Gratton Street in Chicopee Falls to a loving French Irish...

Sep 27, 2022

Linda A. (Grzelak) Aldrich, 73, died Tuesday September 27 th at Holyoke Medical Center. She was born in Holyoke, daughter of the late Frank and Rita (Fournier) Grzelak. Linda was a graduate of South Hadley High School. She enjoyed arts-and-crafts, writing poems, watching the birds in the backyard, and always loved spending time with her grandchildren. She very much...

Sep 26, 2022

It is with profound sadness that Kimberly (Stevenson) & Jason LeBlanc announce the unexpected passing of their daughter, Sydney Lynn LeBlanc who died at home Monday, September 26, 2022 prior to her 28 th birthday. A Holyoke native, Syd was born, educated and raised in Holyoke and loved by all who met her. She was a witty, smart kind...

Sep 24, 2022

John (Jackie) McIsaac passed away peacefully on September 24, 2022.  John was born in The Bronx NY on June 1,1933 to George and Virginia (Harrison) McIsaac, the second oldest of eight children.  John resided in the New York City metropolitan area until he relocated to the gulf coast of Florida, in 1989 finally residing in Sugarmill Woods in Citrus...

Sep 18, 2022

Chicopee- John W. Tobin, 90, passed away peacefully Sunday, September 18 at home surrounded by his loving family.  He was born to William and Ruth (Cook) Tobin on January 26, 1932, raised in Jericho, VT and had lived in Chicopee since 1971.  John was a proud military service member, serving tours in Korea and Vietnam, retiring as a USAF...

Sep 16, 2022

Deidra A. Perez, 40, passed unexpectedly on Friday September 16 th , 2022. Deidra was born in the Dominican Republic and has lived in South Hadley since graduating from UMASS Amherst. Deidra worked at Berkshire Hills Music Academy for many years, and she loved all the students she had the privilege of meeting and living with. Deidra leaves behind...

Sep 10, 2022

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Former 1950's drag racer, Homecoming Queen, and member of the local South Hadley Falls gang known as the "Hotheads", Monique Curran ( née Bachand), passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 10th. She had just turned eighty-five three weeks earlier.

For more than forty years, Monique worked overnights as a switchboard operator at Providence Hospital....

Sep 7, 2022

Peter Wood DeWitt, of Southampton, NY and for more than 40 years of Carnegie Hill on the Upper East Side, died in New York City on Wednesday, September 7, at the age of 69. Born in Granby, MA to William and Gloria DeWitt, he was a graduate of Phillips Academy, Andover, where he won the Catlin Prize and the...

Sep 6, 2022

Jean T. Barrett, 92, passed away Tuesday September 6th in Holyoke. She was born in Holyoke on February 15, 1930 to the late Marguerite (Foster) and Harold Barrett. She was educated in the local public schools and was a 1947 graduate of Holyoke High School. She spent the next thirty years working for the New England Telephone Company (Now...

Sep 6, 2022

Nita L. (DeRoy) Tetrault, 90, died Tuesday September 6 th . She was born in Holyoke daughter of the late J. Oscar and Linda (DuBois) DeRoy. Nita worked for many years as a mini school bus driver.  She began her career driving for Holyoke Street Railway and ended her working years at Van Pool In Palmer, at the age...

Aug 23, 2022

Mark Francis Wiater (65) of South Hadley, MA passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Tuesday August 23, 2022, following a courageous battle with cancer.

Mark was raised in Chicopee, MA, the son of the late Francis and Elaine (Bissonnette) Wiater.

Family was everything to Mark. He leaves behind his loving wife of...

Aug 18, 2022

Margaret Joan (Morrissette) Spitzer of Smyrna, TN passed away peacefully on August 18, 2022 at age 82.

Born on August 30 th , 1939 to Gerard and Lillian Morrissette of Chicopee, Massachusetts. Margaret was the oldest of 5 siblings. She lived in Massachusetts until she retired to Florida and later moving to Tennessee.

She is...

Aug 18, 2022

Irene Agnes Labrie Bledsoe, 84, of South Hadley, passed peacefully at home on Thursday morning August 18, 2022 surrounded by the joyful sounds of two of her great-grandchildren playing. Irene was born in Holyoke Massachusetts on March 4, 1938 to her parents Dora and George Labrie and sister Lorraine who watched out for her and remained at her side,...