Thomas TJ Bobala

December 1, 1990 - May 17, 2013

CHICOPEE- Thomas �TJ� Bobala, 22, entered into peace and eternal life on Friday, May 17, 2013 in Holyoke. TJ was born in Springfield, MA on December 1, 1990 the son of Normand LaFontaine and his wife Jessica of Chicopee and beloved son of Gabby (Bobala) Hochrein and her significant Mark Paroli of Chicopee. He was educated in Chicopee Schools, attended Chicopee Comp and was active in the Tigers A.C. playing on the baseball, soccer and basketball teams. He was an athlete, caring young man and a talented artist who could learn a skill or accomplish just about anything he tried to accomplish. TJ worked for Kappys, Odd Jobs Unlimited and also assisted his father with his moving company traveling to Florida, Niagra Falls and various other states. He will be dearly missed by his maternal great grandmother, Claire Bobala of Chicopee; paternal grandparents, Mary and Normand LaFontaine of Florida; his maternal grandfather, Max Bobala of Chicopee; his god parents, Danny Bouchard of Chicopee and Cynthia Vieu of Springfield; his brothers and sisters, Alisha Hochrein, Zachary Paroli, Maxwell Paroli, Mandy Paroli, Kyle LaFontaine, Gaige LaFontaine, Olivia LaFontaine, Madison LaFontaine and several aunts, uncles and cousins. He now joins his maternal grandmother Sharon Bobala who predeceased TJ and watched this special angel ascend into the heights of a new life and beginning. He was also predeceased by his aunts Lori and Cathy and an uncle Randy. Visiting hours will be held on Friday, May 24, 2013 from 4-7PM at Brunelle Funeral Home, 811 Chicopee St., Chicopee, MA 01013. A funeral home service will begin at 10:30AM on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Brunelle Funeral Home and be followed by the Rite of Committal and Burial in St. Rose de Lima Cemetery, Olson St., Chicopee. Memorial donations in TJ�s name can be made to the Chicopee Tiger�s A.C., 14 Montgomery St., Chicopee, MA 01020. Please visit www.brunellefuneralhome.com for more details. You are using an outdated web browser that does not support this video. Your browser does not support this video format. You should be able to view it in Chrome, Safari or Internet Explorer. $(document).ready(function(){ if ( false === supports_h264_baseline_video() ) { $("#vdfmtnt").show(); $("#vidplyr1").hide(); } });