Carole J. (Francis) Taylor
Sep 14, 2020
Obituary Carole J. (Francis) Taylor, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 14, 2020 at Baystate Medical Center. She is survived by her four sons; Gregory (Lisa) of Wilbraham and Michael (Linda) of East Longmeadow, Richard and family of East Longmeadow and Robert (Mary) and family of Yulee, FL, grandchildren; Austin, Jesse, Corey and David, several great grandchildren and her sister...
I. Stella (Filiault) Metzger
Sep 13, 2020
Obituary I. Stella Metzger died peacefully on Sunday September 13, 2020 at home. Born on perhaps the greatest birthdate ever (1/2/34) to Aurila and Antonia Filiault, Stella grew up in Springfield's Glenwood Circle neighborhood and lived most of her life in the Springfield/Wilbraham area. Stella graduated from Commerce High School in 1952. After high school she began working in the...
Joyce E. (Knowlton) D'Angelo
Sep 10, 2020
Obituary Joyce E. (Knowlton) D’Angelo died peacefully on Thursday, September 10, 2020. She was born in East Longmeadow to the late Phillip and Harriet (Colby) Knowlton. She was a longtime member of East Longmeadow United Methodist Church. Joyce was predeceased by her husband Louis D’Angelo in 2000. She is survived by her children: Ronald (Elaine) D’Angelo of NC, Gayle Cvengros...
Mark "Boo" Canegallo
Sep 9, 2020
Obituary Mark J. Canegallo, 69, passed away Wednesday September 9th peacefully at home with his fiancé Jennifer Flynn by his side. Born and raised in Springfield, he was the son of the late James and Stella Canegallo. Mark retired in 2008 from the City of Springfield where he worked as an electrician. He loved sports, but lived for softball. Mark...
Earle A. Hanks
Sep 8, 2020
Obituary Earle A. Hanks, 71, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 8 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. He was born in Springfield on June 25, 1949 to the late Erwin and Ruth (Dorsett) Hanks. He grew up in East Longmeadow and attended East Longmeadow High School. He settled in Wilbraham in 1976. Earle was self-employed in the car business for his...
Dorothy S. (Polak) Iellamo
Sep 8, 2020
Obituary Former longtime Wilbraham resident Dorothy S. (Polak) Iellamo, 87, died peacefully on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Born in Chicopee, she was the daughter of the late Stanislas and Tekla (Salamon) Polak. Dorothy was a faithful communicant of St. Cecilia Church in Wilbraham and was a member of the Women’s Club. She enjoyed many summers in Maine and winters in...
Edna May (Bennett) Fisher
Sep 6, 2020
Obituary Longtime Hampden resident Edna May Fisher, 86, died peacefully on Sunday, September 6, 2020 at Baystate Medical Center. Born in Springfield to the late Adrian and Fannie (Card) Bennett, she was graduate of High School of Commerce. Edna was a faithful member of the Federated Church of Hampden. Edna loved her home, antiques and sewing and was an avid...
George Michael O'Hagan
Sep 6, 2020
Obituary George Michael O’Hagan, 94, of Wilbraham, MA, passed-away on Sunday Sept 6, 2020 at Orchard Valley surrounded by his six loving children. He was a resident of Wilbraham for 50 years. George was born on July 4, 1926 to John O’Hagan and Mary (Leahy) O’Hagan of Springfield MA, a first-generation Irish American and grew up during the what was...
Joan M. (Morton) Noonan
Sep 3, 2020
Obituary Joan A. (Morton) Noonan, 80, died peacefully on September 3, 2020, at her home where she had lived almost her entire life. Born in Springfield to the late Harold “Steve” and Hazel “Peg” (Gowing) Morton, she was a lifelong East Longmeadow resident. Joan graduated from American International College and Brigham and Women’s Hospital School of Nursing, Boston. She worked...
William A. Yorzyk
Sep 2, 2020
Obituary The world lost a legend when William A. Yorzyk, a pioneering Olympic Gold Medalist, creative medical vanguard, Eagle Scout, and cherished husband, father, mentor and friend, died at home Sept. 2. He was 87. Bill embodied Springfield College’s mission to educate the “sprit, mind and body for leadership in service to others.” Bill’s life was entwined with the college...
James "Mike" Fitzgerald
Sep 2, 2020
Obituary James “Mike” Fitzgerald passed away at his home on Wednesday, September 2, 2020, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Springfield to the late John R. Sr. and Mary (Guyer) Fitzgerald. Mike is survived by his wife of 45 years, Andrée (Bordua) Fitzgerald, and two loving daughters, Moira Fitzgerald of New Haven, CT and Erin (Eric) Casper...
Michael Steven Sciarrino
Aug 29, 2020
Obituary Michael Sciarrino, 78, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 29, 2020. He was born in Buffalo, NY and moved to Springfield with his sister Joanne and her husband William Plourde in 2013. Michael loved trains and was an avid model train buff. Besides his sister Joanne, he is survived by two other sisters, a brother and numerous nieces, nephews...
Glen D. Davis
Aug 23, 2020
Obituary Glen D Davis 58, raised in Palmer MA., and lived in Springfield MA. Glen was a man of extraordinary talents, but his most beautiful talent was his capacity to love. His kind and gentle spirit touched everyone he knew. His world revolved around his wife Jane. They shared a love most people only wish for. His pride and joy...
David H. Murdoch
Aug 22, 2020
Obituary David Murdoch - A kind and gentle man who had retired from the US Postal Service passed away at Vero Health and Rehab in Wilbraham at the age of 88 on August 22nd, 2020. He is survived by one nephew. David Murdoch was born in Springfield, MA on March 19th, 1932 to Scottish-born immigrant parents. His father was a...
Frank E. Kachinski
Aug 14, 2020
Obituary Dr. Frank Edward Kachinski passed away peacefully Friday, August 14, 2020, at the age of 86, from complications due to heart surgery. He leaves his wife of 39 years, the former Susan Hannah Peck, and their beloved golden retriever Vinny as well as his son Robert, wife Diane and grandchildren Corey and Victoria of South Hadley, stepdaughter Heather Osgood...
James A. Whitehead
Aug 11, 2020
Obituary James A. Whitehead, age 49, of East Longmeadow passed away on August 11, 2020. Born in Springfield on February 9, 1971, Jim was a graduate of East Longmeadow High School, Class of 1989, and worked in the cable industry for many years, where he was fondly known as the “cable guy.” Jim loved gardening, cooking, country music, the Patriots,...
Barbara A. (Dambrauskas) Fitzgerald
Aug 10, 2020
Obituary Barbara Ann (Dambrauskas) Fitzgerald, 69, died peacefully on Monday, August 10, 2020, at Baystate Medical Center. A longtime Wilbraham resident, she was born in Piscataway, NJ to the late Albert and Helen (Sitar) Dambrauskas. She was a graduate of Middlesex Community College and worked as a Registered Nurse at Western Mass Hospital for 23 years, spending her life caring...
Patricia L. (Lynch) Mcdiarmid
Aug 6, 2020
Obituary Dr. Patricia (Lynch) McDiarmid, 68, died peacefully on Thursday, August 6, 2020 at home surrounded by her loving family, after a courageous battle fighting multiple myeloma. Born in Rye, NY to the late Marshall and Rita (Taylor) Lynch, she was a longtime Wilbraham resident. Pat was a graduate of Rye Neck High School in Mamaroneck, NY, class of 1970. ...
Joan K. (Kelly) Hale
Aug 1, 2020
Obituary Joan Kelly Hale, 85, of Springfield, formerly of Wilbraham and Canton, MA died peacefully on August 1, 2020. After graduating from Oliver Ames H.S. in N. Easton, MA she studied at the Boston Dispensary and worked in the Bacteriology Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital. Joan married Frank Hale III in 1958 and together they raised six children in Canton:...
Loredan F. St. Cyr
Jul 29, 2020
Obituary Loredan (Larry) Francis St Cyr, Jr, 92, died peacefully on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Born in Springfield, Larry was a graduate of American International College where he earned a degree in Business in 1949. He worked for Monarch Life Insurance Co. as a Senior Underwriter of Health & Accident Insurance for many years until his retirement. A member of...
