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Annette C. Tardiff

Annette C. Tardiff

Sep 26, 2022

Ludlow – Annette Constance (Couture) Tardiff, 79, passed away peacefully on Monday September 26, 2022 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Holyoke, MA to Roland G. and Lucienne A. (Auger) Couture, she was a lifelong area resident. Annette was a graduate of Chicopee High School and member of the Life Point Church in Chicopee. She worked in shipping...

Jacques J. Senecal

Jacques J. Senecal

Sep 11, 2022

Jacques Joseph Senecal, 47-year resident of Chicopee and beloved husband, of 59 years of Ann L. (Beauchemin) Senecal, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield at the age of 77. Jacques was born on November 5, 1944, in Quebec City, Canada, a son of Roger E. and Rita E. (Grenon) Senecal. At the...

Robert J. Connell Sr.

Robert J. Connell Sr.

Aug 31, 2022

Robert Joseph Connell, Sr., beloved husband of 49 years of Mary E. (White) Connell, passed away on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, at home at the age of seventy. Robert was born on March 24, 1952, in Springfield, MA, a son of James Maurice and Ruth Ganley Connell. He was raised and educated in Springfield, MA and graduated from a Springfield...

Pauline Ann Sacco

Pauline Ann Sacco

Aug 29, 2022

Pauline Ann (Harkins) Sacco, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Aug. 29, at her home in Chicopee at the age of 62. Pauline was born on July 24, 1960, in New Britain, CT, daughter of Louis Sr. and Shirley (Farrell) Harkins. She was raised and educated in New Britain and was a graduate of St. Thomas...

Irene T. Borkosky

Irene T. Borkosky

Aug 28, 2022

Irene Theresa Borkosky, 94, of Chicopee, passed away peacefully on Sunday August 28, 2022, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Springfield to George and Beatrice (LeBreux) Duprat, she resided in West Springfield for many years and was a communicant of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish. Irene was a devoted homemaker, avid Red Sox fan and loved playing bingo....

Rene' G. Dion

Rene' G. Dion

Aug 20, 2022

Rene' G. Dion, 84, died on Saturday, Aug. 20th, at his home in Belchertown surrounded by his loving family. Born on August 1, 1938, in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada, he moved to the U.S. at age 17, and lived most of his life in Chicopee. Rene' worked many of his first years here at Moore Drop Forging and later for 30+years...

Derrick Paul Savaria

Derrick Paul Savaria

Aug 13, 2022

Derrick Paul Savaria, 40, lifelong resident of East Longmeadow, and beloved husband, of nine years of Danielle N. (Borek) Savaria, who he married on August 10, 2013, passed away unexpectedly from complications of ALS on Saturday, August 13, at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield. Derrick was born on February 9, 1982, in Holyoke, MA, son of Gary and Nancy (Smith)...

Sylvia M. Gilcris

Sylvia M. Gilcris

Aug 11, 2022

Sylvia Marie (Lynch) Gilcris, of Holyoke, and loving wife of Roger E. Gilcris for 43 years, who predeceased her in 2010, passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2022, at Holyoke Medical Center, at the age of 74. Sylvia was born on September 4, 1947, in West Stewartstown, NH, to the late William “Pat” and Beatrice “Bea” (Fuller) Lynch. She was...

Lana A. Toczek

Lana A. Toczek

Aug 8, 2022

Lana A. Toczek, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, August 8, 2022, at her home in Chicopee at the age of 57. Lana was born on May 29, 1965, in Chicopee, MA daughter of Raymond and Katherine (Brennan) Duquette, she was a lifelong resident of Chicopee and a graduate of Chicopee High School. She was first employed as a certified hairdresser...

Laszlo Engel

Laszlo Engel

Aug 7, 2022

Laszlo Engel, loving husband of Linda M. (Curtis) Engel, who he married on September 18, 1965, passed away on Sunday, August 7, at Bear Mountain in West Springfield, at the age of 84. Laszlo was born in Budapest, Hungary on January 14, 1938, son of Laszlo and Maria (Huterer) Engel. Raised and educated in Budapest, he immigrated to the United...

Gregory A. Denette

Gregory A. Denette

Aug 5, 2022

On Friday, August 5, 2022, Gregory Albert Denette, 69, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away peacefully with his beloved wife, Barbara, of 35 years, at his side at Day Brook Village in Holyoke. Greg was born on May 28, 1953, in Holyoke, MA, a son of Theodore A. and Erline Ann (Pronovost) Denette. He was raised and educated in...

Eva Jean Livingston

Eva Jean Livingston

Aug 2, 2022

On Tuesday, August 2, 2022, Eva Jean (Strange) Livingston, beloved Wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great great grandmother, passed away peacefully at her home in Springfield with her loving daughter, Pamela at her side and with others who were in route to be at her side. She was eighty-six years of age. Eva was born on October 10, 1936,...

William "Bill" J. Welcome

William "Bill" J. Welcome

Aug 2, 2022

William “Bill” Joseph Welcome, forty-three-year resident of Holyoke and beloved husband of Ruth Ann (Salvas) Welcome, who predeceased him in 1995, passed away peacefully at Backus Hospital in Norwich, CT on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at the age of 76. William was born on January 2, 1946, in Springfield, MA, son of William F. and Stella (Duda) Welcome. He was...

Doris T. Bruneault

Doris T. Bruneault

Jul 12, 2022

Chicopee - Doris Theresa (Moreau) Bruneault, beloved wife of George A. Bruneault, Sr., who predeceased her in 2002, passed away on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at her home in Chicopee at the age of 94. Doris was born on June 20, 1928, in Northampton, MA, a daughter of Romeo and Almina (Cote) Moreau, she was a lifelong resident of Chicopee...

Edward James Fitzgerald Jr.

Edward James Fitzgerald Jr.

Jul 12, 2022

Edward J. Fitzgerald, Jr. 1930 - 2022 Edward James Fitzgerald, Jr., 92, was called safely home on Tuesday July 12, 2022, at Heritage Hall in Agawam, MA. He was born in the Willimansett section of Chicopee on March 5, 1930, the son of the late Beatrice M. (Terrien) and Edward James Fitzgerald, Sr. Ed was educated in the Chicopee public...

Kimberly A. Morrissette

Kimberly A. Morrissette

Jul 12, 2022

On Tuesday, July 12, 2022, Kimberly Ann (Richards) Morrissette, loving wife, mother, and grandmother passed away at Baystate Medical Center after a battle with brain cancer. Her loving family was at her side. She was fifty-two years of age. Kimberly was born on February 7, 1970 in Holyoke, MA, daughter of Bruce P. and Susan (Descoteaux) Richards. She was raised...

David J. Destromp

David J. Destromp

Jul 2, 2022

David Joseph Destromp, passed away on Saturday, July 2, 2022, at Baystate Wing Memorial Hospital in Palmer at the age of sixty-six. David was born on March 27, 1956, in Holyoke, MA, a son of Joseph and Olive (Beausoleil) Destromp, he was raised and educated in Chicopee and was a graduate of Chicopee Comprehensive High School. He was most recently...

Raymond G. Brault Sr.

Raymond G. Brault Sr.

Jun 20, 2022

Russell – Raymond George Brault, Sr., 74, of Russell, formerly of Chicopee, passed away Monday June 20, 2022, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. He was born in Holyoke on February 8, 1948, to Louis E. Sr. and Alice (Agambar) Brault. Raymond served his country honorably in the U.S. Army during Vietnam. He was a former member of the Immaculate...

Claire M. Collins

Claire M. Collins

Jun 8, 2022

Chicopee – Claire Marie (Perreault) Collins, 95, passed away peacefully on June 8, 2022 at Holyoke Medical Center in Holyoke. Born in Holyoke, to Walter and Cora (Fournier) Perreault, she spent most of her life in Chicopee. Claire was employed with the Kamket Paper Mill in Holyoke for over 25 years and was a communicant of Blessed Sacrament Church. She...

Joseph R. Tetreault

Joseph R. Tetreault

Jun 5, 2022

South Hadley – Joseph R. Tetreault, 55, passed away on June 5, 2022. He was born in Holyoke to Norman and Irene (Giroux) Lusignan on November 21, 1966. Joe attended Holyoke Schools and was last employed at Rock-Tenn in Chicopee. He is survived by his cousin, Linda Perreault and her husband Stephen and his cousin, William Guerrin of Chicopee. All...

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