Obituaries

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...

Aug 6, 2022

Ruth C. (Menard) Germain, 85, died Saturday August 6, 2022 at Holyoke Medical Center. She was born in Holyoke, daughter of the late Olive and Clara Menard. Ruth lived in South Hadley all of her life and loved cats, golf and crocheting. She was predeceased by her husband Leroy G. Germain. She leaves her son Jeffery Germain of Springfield,...

Aug 1, 2022

There is a saying: That you are a part of a puzzle in someone's life- you may never know where you fit, but someone's life may never be complete without you in it. Dottie Sikes was that puzzle piece for everyone that crossed her path. For some, she was a corner piece but for her family- she was the...

Aug 1, 2022

Mark MacDonald, 62, died Monday August 1, 2022 in South Hadley. He was born in Holyoke February 24, 1960, grew up in South Hadley and lived in Chicopee for 34 years before moving back to South Hadley. He leaves his two children Marcus MacDonald and his wife Kyra of Chicopee and Chantel MacDonald of Chicopee, his mother Martha MacDonald...

Jul 31, 2022

Gretchen W. (Ritchie) Soucy, 50 died suddenly on Sunday July 31 st at Baystate Medical Center. She was born in Northampton, daughter of Robert and Jean Ritchie and grew up in Amherst. She graduated from Darrow School in New York State and later from UMASS. She leaves her son Cameron Soucy, age14, her step-daughter Ashley Towne of Epping, New...

Jul 27, 2022

Amber Marie Couture, 30, died Wednesday July 27, 2022. She was born in Holyoke but lived in South Hadley most of her life where she attended public schools.  She most recently resided in Agawam for the past two years. She was predeceased by her mother Karen Gaouette in 2013. She leaves behind her father Brendon Couture of South Hadley,...

Jul 17, 2022

Chicopee – Gerald J. Kervian Jr, 77, passed away peacefully on Sunday July 17, 2022 surrounded by his loving family. Gerald was born in Holyoke and lived in Chicopee where he attended Chicopee High. After graduation, Gerald joined the Marines where he served in Vietnam. He worked as a Purchasing Manager for Rexam Graphics in South Hadley and retired...

Jul 10, 2022

William R. "Billy" Meara, Jr. born September 7, 1940, passed away in his sleep at home on July 10, 2022. Billy graduated from Chicopee High School in 1959 and married his high school sweetheart, Elaine Dumont Meara in February 1964. Billy worked most of his life as an Insulator in the Asbestos Trade leaving to venture out into business...

Jul 10, 2022

Clairbell M. Isgro "Grams" 93, passed away peacefully into eternal life on July 10, 2022.  Born on April 8, 1929 in South Hadley, MA., she was raised and attended South Hadley Public schools.  She was born the daughter of late Isabell Chamberlain and Ernest Dietner.  She is now reunited with her brother George Dietner, her nephews Edward, Fredrick, George...

Jul 7, 2022

Retired West Springfield Police Chief, Thomas Edward Burke Sr., 77, lost a long and hard-fought battle when he passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 7, 2022, surrounded by his loving wife and children. He was predeceased by his parents Edward and Doris (Binns) Burke, as well as his late siblings Timothy and Margaret. Thomas was born in Buffalo, NY...