Obituaries

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,...

Aug 16, 2022

Margaret (Peggy) O'Shaughnessy Amato, 89, peacefully passed on Tuesday August 16th, surrounded by her loving family.  Peggy was the oldest of eight children born to Patrick and Catherine O'Shaughnessy. Peggy was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts and raised in Springfield. She was very proud of her Irish heritage growing up on Hungry Hill (the home of the Irish).  She graduated...

Aug 16, 2022

Ellen D. (O'Connor) Borowski, 72, died Tuesday August 16 th in Baystate Medical Center. She was born on September 27, 1949 in Springfield, MA to the late James J. and Phyllis A. (Powers) O'Connor of South Yarmouth MA. She was a graduate of St. Mary's grammar and High Schools in Claremont NH. She graduated from Our Lady of the...

Aug 11, 2022

Barbara Jean Hatch (65) of South Hadley, passed away suddenly on August 10, 2022. Barbara was born in Holyoke to Margaret and Wilfred Hatch on March 30, 1957.

With Barbara's passing, the world is a much dimmer place. Her sunny and ever kind disposition brought smiles to all she met. From an early age, Barbara met any...

Aug 8, 2022

James Cray, 67, died at home in South Hadley on Monday, August 8, 2022.

Jim was the son of William and Alice Cray. He graduated from South Hadley High School and attended UNC in Chapel Hill, No Carolina. Jim loved having a good time and playing golf. His brother Bill and sisters Betty Morris and Priscilla Hurley...