Obituaries

Jul 25, 2017

Holland-Rachel G. (Jalbert) Dusza, 88, died Tuesday, July 25, 2017 surrounded by the love of family.  Rachel was born January 12, 1929 in Southbridge to the late Josephat and Mabel E. (Benoit) Jalbert.  She attended school at Notre Dame and was a graduate of Southbridge High School and Springfield Trade School.  Rachel was a telephone operator in Southbridge.  She...

Jul 24, 2017

Monson-Elaine P. (Rogers) Nothe, 91, died Monday, July 24, 2017 surrounded by love of family.  Elaine was born February 14, 1926 to the late Wilfred E. and Lillian (Parker) Rogers in Bronx, New York.  She was a graduate of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.  Mrs. Nothe retired from Monson High School in 1988 after 18 years of teaching...

Jul 5, 2017

Joseph Arsenault 42 of Monson passed away suddenly on July 5, 2017.  Joseph was born November 21, 1974 in Ware MA and has been a life long area resident.  He was a master fiber optic specialist for over 20 years with multiple companies. He cherished his family and friends.  Joseph was a huge Miami Dolphins fan and loved heavy...

Jul 1, 2017

Monson- Judith E. (Spinn) Porth, 60, died Saturday, July 1, 2017 surrounded by the love of family.  Jude was born April, 13, 1957 in Texas City, TX,  to the late Charles W. and Thelma A. (Corn) Spinn.  She grew up in Springfield and has lived in Monson for more than 30 years. She was a graduate of Springfield Technical...

Jun 28, 2017

West Orange, New Jersey- Lynn Moore Chase, 66, of West Orange New Jersey and former resident of Easthampton, MA passed on to eternal peace in the arms of Jesus on June 28th, 2017. Lynn was born, July 26,1950 the first child of Jeanne (Swanson) Moore and Charles B. Moore. She was a 1968 graduate of Easthampton High School and...

Jun 16, 2017

Monson- Edward J. Szarlan, 61, died Friday, June 16, 2016, surrounded by the love of family.  Ed was born in Springfield, June 9, 1956 to J. Edward and Yvonne A. (Gibeau) Szarlan.  He was a graduate of Monson High School and University of Massachusetts-Amherst .  Ed was a sales manager for Altria Group, based in Richmond, VA.  He was...

Jun 12, 2017

Renee Danielle (Lecours) Bartlett, age 36, of Monson MA entered heaven's gates on Monday, June 12th, 2017 with her family by her side. She was a loving mother of Angelique Belle Cifone (15) and Zachary Phillip Bartlett (3), who were her greatest sources of pride and happiness. Renee was born in Springfield, MA on August 12th, 1980. She grew...

May 30, 2017

Somers, CT- Linda J. Croll, 71,  passed away, May 30, 2017 after a long illness.  Linda was born November 23, 1945 to the late John J. and Constance A. (Buczyniski) Croll and was a resident of Somers for many years. Linda  retired from Combustion Engineering as an administrative assistant. She was a member of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in...

May 27, 2017

Monson- Robert H. Foisy, Sr, 83, passed away Saturday, May 27, 2017, surrounded by the love of family.  Bob was born in Monson, August 13, 1933 to the late Harley J and Louise (Laverdiere) Foisy and has been a lifelong resident here.  He was a graduate of Monson High School.  Bob retired from Palmer Paving in 1995 where he...

May 15, 2017

Springfield- Renee "Gus" M. Prinz, 53, died Monday, May 15, 2017.  She was born September 11, 1963 to Charles T. Joren and Paula L. (Comer) Bednarski.  Gus grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada and moved here in 2004. She managed a Leslie's Pool Store for years before she became her own business, building and maintaining pools, on her own. ...

May 7, 2017

Monson-Kevin A. McDonald, 63, passed away Sunday May 7, 2017 surrounded by family.  Kevin was born in Milford, December 29, 1953 to the late Dennis L and Betty (Beauregard) McDonald and has been an area resident for many years.   He was a musician, luthier and a great storyteller.

Kevin leaves his wife Kerien L. (Mahoney) McDonald and...

May 5, 2017

Monson- Helen F. (Murphy) Colling, 95, died Friday, May 5, 2017. Helen was born in Monson, June 15, 1921 to the late Thomas F. and Mary A. (Hogan) Murphy.  She was a graduate of Monson High School and received her Bachelor of Science in Education from Framingham State College. Mrs. Colling has been a life long resident of Monson....

May 1, 2017

Thomas James McDonald, wonderful husband, father and grandfather passed away peacefully in his home with his family and his cat Henry on May 1, 2017.

Tommy was born on September 28, 1958 in Palmer, MA to Fred McDonald Jr. and Alma McDonald, and grew up riding horses and exploring the woods around "the hill" on Munn Rd....

Apr 28, 2017

Stanley Raymond Klisiewicz, age 63 of Monson, a beloved husband, father, grandfather died suddenly at his residence on Friday evening April 28, 2017. Stanley was born on May 13, 1953 in Palmer MA to the late Raymond and Adella (Janulewicz) Klisiewicz. He was raised and educated in Monson and was a graduate of Monson High School.  For 37 years...

Apr 28, 2017

Monson- Robert “Bobby” Chalue, age 59 of Wales Road Monson, died on April 28, 2017 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.

He was born in Wilbraham on May 31, 1957 the son of the late Arthur and Charlotte (Welch) Chalue.  Bobby was raised and educated in Monson.  He worked as a self employed drywaller in the construction...

Apr 24, 2017

Apr 22, 2017

Monson- James F. Murphy, 70, died Saturday, April 22, 2017, surrounded by the love of family.  Jim was born in Holyoke January 10, 1947 to the late James W. and Viola  (Wenig) Murphy.  He was a graduate of Springfield Trade School  and has been a longtime resident of Monson.  Jim retired from Monsanto/Solutia in 2012.   Prior to working at...

Apr 21, 2017

Monson- Joseph N. Beaudoin, 95, died Friday, April 21, 2017 surrounded by the love of family.  Joseph was born in St.Raphael, P.Q., Canada, June 9, 1921 to the late Joseph N. and Alfreda (Fecteaux) Beaudoin.  He has been a resident of Monson since 1962.  He retired from F. Schumacher & Co as a quilting engineer.  Joe was a communicant...

Apr 21, 2017

Monson-Pauline T. (Petrin) Blando, 86, died Friday April 21, 2017 surrounded by the love of family.  Pauline was born in Chicopee December 7, 1930 to the late Victor and Alexina (Picard) Petrin. She was a resident of Monson for many years.  Pauline was a communicant of St. Patrick's Church in Monson.  Her greatest joy came from spending time with...

Apr 5, 2017

Westfield- Betsy A. (Thorin) Augusta, 73, died Wednesday, April 5, 2017.  Betsy was born in Palmer, January 23, 1944 to the late Dorothy (Moore) Thorin and Harry Thorin.  She spent her childhood in Monson before moving to Springfield and graduating from  Springfield Technical High School, Class of 1962. Betsy attended and had many friends at Green River House in...