Obituaries

Ronald Hall

May 19, 2009

Ronald J. Hall, 74, a former longtime resident of Wales, passed away May 19, 2009. Born March 25, 1935 in Stafford Springs, CT to the late Buster and Loretta (Paul) Hall he has been a longtime area resident of Palmer, Monson and Wales before living with his son in Sturbridge. He served his country with the Airforce during the Korean...

William William Sr

May 16, 2009

William H. Ingalls, Sr., 85, of Lower Hampden Road, died Saturday May 16, 2009. Born in Newton, MA to the late Herbert E. and Abbie A. (Furbush) Ingalls. He was a 1941 graduate of Swampscott High School, and a 1949 graduate of Boston University. Bill was a direct descendent of Edmund and Francis Ingalls who were the original settlers of...

Joanne Sanborn

May 3, 2009

Monson-[Josephine] Joanne Sanborn, 100, of Brimfield Road, died Sunday, May 3, 2009, at the East Longmeadow Skilled Nursing Center. Born September 30, 1908, in Chicago, Illinois, she was educated in Chicago Schools and Northwestern University. She married Walter W. Sanborn on August 13, 1938, in Washington, DC. Joanne was employed as a research assistant on staff for Harold L....

Alice Richardson

May 3, 2009

Alice "Betty" Richardson, 85, of Carpenter Road died Sunday May 3, 2009. Born in Palmer to the late Everett and Lois (Pease) Wood, she has been a life long resident of Monson. For many years she worked at the former Springfield Molders in Monson and prior to that she worked at A.D. Ellis Mills. Betty was a member of the...

Wayne Cook

Apr 26, 2009

Monson- Wayne W. Cook, 33, of Elm Street died April 26, 2009. Born in Springfield to Malcolm Cook of New Hampshire and Judith (Mason) Cook of Monson, he has been a life long area resident. Wayne worked in retail management for area stores for many years and for a period of time he was a DJ. He enjoyed photography,...

Janet Hatch

Apr 25, 2009

Richard Marcotte

Apr 23, 2009

Monson-Richard A. Marcotte, 67, of Moulton Hill Rd, passed away Thursday April 23, 2009 at Baystate Medical Center with his family at his side. Born in Lewiston, Maine to the late Albert E. and Edna (Phoenix) Marcotte he has been a Monson resident for many years. Before his retirement he worked as a controller for hotel chains. He then worked...

Richard Drake

Apr 21, 2009

Skilled Care Center, Hampden, in the presence of his daughter, Rebecca A.

Drake, and son and daughter-in-law, Richard M. and Elizabeth

(Popielarczyk) Drake, all of Monson. He was the widower of Irma P.

(Scussel) Drake, who predeceased him on May 27, 2001; and the grandfather

of two grandsons, Gregory and Evan Drake, also...

Glenn Schwetz

Apr 9, 2009

Conway-Glenn M. Schwetz, age 59, of Conway, MA passed away peacefully April 9, 2009. Scholar, poet, athlete, carpenter. Glenn attended Taft Prep School in Watertown CT. He was a varsity hockey player, active in theater, and graduated second in his class. He graduated from Harvard in 1973 Magna Cum Laude/ Phi Beta Kappa. During the 70’s Glenn owned a restaurant...

Palmer Santucci

Mar 27, 2009

Palmer/Southbridge-Palmer N. Santucci, 66, of Southbridge, MA died tragically on Friday, March 27, 2009 at U-Mass Memorial hospital in Worcester, from a brain hemorrhage. Born in Milford, MA on January 23, 1943 he was the son of the late Palmer Sr. and Anna (DiCrescentis) Santucci. He moved to the...

Lynn Murray

Mar 21, 2009

Holland-Lynn A. Murray, 51, of Halfway Lane died Saturday March 21, 2009. Born in Springfield to the late Harold T. and Eleanor I. Murray, Sr., she lived in Wales, and Vermont for many years before moving to Holland. Lynn previously worked at Herlihy Barrel Co. in Holyoke. She also...

Howard Dart

Mar 10, 2009

Springfield/Monson-Howard J. Dart, 55, of Reynolds Ave, died Tuesday March 10, 2009 at Wing Memorial Hospital in Palmer. Born in Springfield to the late Edison and Grace Dart , he grew up in Springfield and lived in Monson for a period of time before moving to Maine and returning to Monson a short time ago. Howard was self-employed, operating...

Sean Lawrence

Mar 7, 2009

Monson-29 year-old Sean C. Lawrence of Main St., Monson died after an automobile accident on March 7, 2009, at Baystate Medial Center.

He leaves a daughter, Olivia L. Lawrence, dear friend Alyssa A Bouchard and their mother Christie J Finlay, parents John M. and Mary...

Pauline Hatch

Feb 23, 2009

Monson-Pauline J. Hatch, 92, died Monday, February 23, 2009. Born in Palmer to the late Herbert E. and Anna (Hopfe) Johnson, she was a graduate of Palmer High School and has been a resident of Monson for 60 years. Pauline was a member of the First Church of Monson, Congregational, a former member of the Mr. and...

Richard Barry

Feb 21, 2009

Dick graduated from Monson High School and the University of Massachusetts. Most of his career was spent in Washington, D.C., where he was employed in the Human Resources Division of the United States Navy Department. During the time20he was in Washington, Dick met his life partner of fifty years, Marion Gibbons, who passed away two years ago. His experience in...

John John Sr

Feb 21, 2009

Monson-John G. Robert, Sr., 73, of Crow Hill Rd. died Saturday, February 21, 2009 surrounded by the love of his family. Born in St. Albans, VT to the late Albany and Yvette(Gamache) Robert, he grew up in Palmer and has resided in Monson since 1963. John was an avid outdoorsman and...

Cecelia Colling

Feb 15, 2009

Monson-Cecelia “Ceceâ€? M. Colling, 54, of Ely Road, died Sunday, February 15, 2009 surrounded by the love of her family. Born in Oakland, California to the late Patrick and Julia (McGovern) McGoldrick, she was raised in Pinole California and has been a resident of Monson for 30 years. Cece was a...

George Tucker

Feb 10, 2009

Monson-George A. Tucker, 88, of Palmer Road died Tuesday February 10, 2009. Born in Palmer, MA to the late George and Myrtie (Ravlin) Tucker he has been a life long resident of Monson. George retired from Armco Steel in Palmer after 27 years. He was a Sergeant in the Army Air-Corp during WWII. George was a member of the...

Janice Griffin

Feb 5, 2009

Monson-Janice A. (McClosky) Griffin, 58, of Gates St., died Thursday February 5, 2009 surrounded by her family. Born in Monson to Joseph W. and Yvonne M. (Yandow) McClosky, Janice grew up in Monson and was a graduate of Monson High School class of 1969. She then lived in Douglas, MA for many years before returning to Monson in 2006....

E Wallace

Jan 31, 2009

E. Roland Wallace, 49, of Betterway in Springfield died Saturday, January 31, 2009 after a long illness, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Toronto Canada to Everett L and Carol A (Vacheresse) Wallace he lived in Albany New York before serving with the US Army. Roland then lived in Monson for many years before...