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Shirley Elona Colman

Shirley Elona Colman

Sep 8, 2024

Shirley Elona Colman, (Altorelli), age 74 of West Hatfield, MA passed away on Sunday, September 8th, 2024 at the Elaine Center of Hadley, MA from the end stages of dementia. Shirley was born in Derby, CT on February 3rd, 1950. She was the daughter of the late Alda (Ferri) and Andrew Altorelli of Derby, CT. She was the beloved sister...

Norma Frances Perez

Norma Frances Perez

Sep 6, 2024

Norma F. Perez, 82, of Ware, Massachusetts, passed away on September 6, 2024. New England Funeral & Cremation Center, 25 Mill Street, Springfield, MA has been entrusted with the arrangements. Visit www.nefcc.net

William A. Shippee

William A. Shippee

Sep 1, 2024

William Allen Shippee, 60, of South Hadley, Massachusetts, passed away on September 1, 2024. New England Funeral & Cremation Center, 25 Mill Street, Springfield, MA has been entrusted with the arrangements. Visit www.nefcc.net

Mary E. Johnson

Mary E. Johnson

Aug 24, 2024

Mary E. (Dixon) Johnson, 70, of Westfield, Ma passed peacefully on Saturday, August 24, 2024 at Baystate Medical Center surrounded by her family. She was born May 4, 1954 in Presque Isle, Maine to George T. Dixon and Phyllis (Beaulieu) Dixon. Predeceased by her parents and brothers Richard A. Dixon and Leonard T. Dixon, she leaves her daughters, Kelsey Cote...

Thupten Khetsun

Thupten Khetsun

Aug 21, 2024

Thupten Khetsun, 83, of West Springfield, Massachusetts, passed away on August 21, 2024. New England Funeral & Cremation Center, 25 Mill Street, Springfield, MA has been entrusted with the arrangements. Visit www.nefcc.net

Joseph P. Myette

Joseph P. Myette

Aug 18, 2024

Southwick - Joseph P. Myette, 60, passed away on August 18, 2024. New England Funeral & Cremation Center, 25 Mill Street, Springfield, MA has been entrusted with the arrangements. Visit www.nefcc.net

Thomas P. O'Connor

Thomas P. O'Connor

Aug 11, 2024

Wilbraham - Thomas P. O'Connor died on August 11, 2024 at Baystate Medical Center. Thomas was born on February 15,1945 and was a lifelong resident of Wilbraham, Massachusetts where he was a partner in the family business, O'Connors Goodyear Service Center on Boston Road in Wilbraham. After graduating from Cathedral High School in 1963 he served in the Army National...

Efrain "Ej" Cosme Jr.

Efrain "Ej" Cosme Jr.

Aug 11, 2024

Efrain "EJ" Cosme, Jr. passed away on August 11, 2024. The wake will be on Wednesday from 4-6PM at New England Funeral & Cremation Center, 25 Mill Street, Springfield, MA. Inurnment will follow at a date to be announced. Please visit Efrain's memorial page at www.nefcc.net for expressions of sympathy.

Edison Colon

Edison Colon

Aug 9, 2024

Springfield - Edison Colon, 66, passed away on August 9, 2024. New England Funeral & Cremation Center, 25 Mill Street, Springfield, MA has been entrusted with the arrangements. Visit www.nefcc.net

Erica P. Williams

Erica P. Williams

Aug 5, 2024

Erica P. Williams, 37, of Springfield, Massachusetts, passed away on August 5, 2024. New England Funeral & Cremation Center, 25 Mill Street, Springfield, MA has been entrusted with the arrangements. Visit www.nefcc.net

Diane J. Zagula

Diane J. Zagula

Jul 27, 2024

Chicopee - Diane J. (Merrow) Zagula, 79, passed away on July 27, 2024. She was born on May 28, 1945, in Massillon, Ohio, the daughter of the late Ordille and Madalyn (Cottrell) Merrow. She was previously a counselor for various social services agencies and in her free time enjoyed photography, hiking, golf, Broadway shows and Moody Blues music. She is...

Carlos Juan Vega

Carlos Juan Vega

Jul 26, 2024

Carlos Juan Vega, 72, of Springfield, Massachusetts, passed away on July 26, 2024. New England Funeral & Cremation Center, 25 Mill Street, Springfield, MA has been entrusted with the arrangements. Visit www.nefcc.net

David W. Bohnak

David W. Bohnak

Jul 21, 2024

Westfield - David W. Bohnak, 57, passed away on July 21, 2024. New England Funeral & Cremation Center, 25 Mill Street, Springfield, MA has been entrusted with the arrangements. Visit www.nefcc.net

Paul B. D'Angelo

Paul B. D'Angelo

Jul 18, 2024

Feeding Hills - Paul Bennett D’Angelo, beloved husband and father, passed away peacefully on July 18, 2024 in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. He was 78 years old. Paul was born in Springfield, MA on June 15, 1946 to Elizabeth (Bennett) and Frank D’Angelo. He spent his childhood in Longmeadow, MA and attended Longmeadow High School, where he played soccer, participated in...

Edward Theodore Grimaldi

Edward Theodore Grimaldi

Jul 18, 2024

Edward Theodore Grimaldi, 70, of Chicopee, Massachusetts, passed away on July 18, 2024. New England Funeral & Cremation Center, 25 Mill Street, Springfield, MA has been entrusted with the arrangements. Visit www.nefcc.net

Richard P. Diefenderfer

Richard P. Diefenderfer

Jul 18, 2024

Longmeadow - Richard P. Diefenderfer, 91, husband of the late Marilyn (Hitchcock) Diefenderfer, passed away on July 18, 2024, surrounded by his two remaining children, Glenn and Gail of Longmeadow MA. Richard was an amateur radio enthusiast from his early teens growing up in Bradford PA and moved to Agawam in 1958. He enjoyed gardening with his wife as well...

William Toby Hyry

William Toby Hyry

Jul 16, 2024

Holyoke - William Toby Hyry, 85, passed away on July 16, 2024. New England Funeral & Cremation Center, 25 Mill Street, Springfield, MA has been entrusted with the arrangements. Visit www.nefcc.net

Kathleen M. Focosi

Kathleen M. Focosi

Jul 4, 2024

Kathleen “Kathy” Focosi, daughter of Katherine (Caroll) Pond and Everett Haskell Pond, peacefully entered eternal rest on Thursday, July 4th 2024 surrounded by her family after a long battle with lung disease. She grew up in the Feeding Hills section of Agawam and loved the town and the lifelong friends she made there. A true jack-of-all trades, Kathy’s career spanned...

Jon H. Nordling

Jon H. Nordling

Jun 30, 2024

Holyoke - Jon H. Nordling, 69, passed away on June 30, 2024. New England Funeral & Cremation Center, 25 Mill Street, Springfield, MA has been entrusted with the arrangements. Visit www.nefcc.net

Gary J. Vogel

Gary J. Vogel

Jun 30, 2024

Gary J Vogel, passed away peacefully at Bear Mountain Nursing Home on June 30, 2024. He was born in Westfield, MA on June 4, 1955. He is pre-deceased by his mother, Ruth (Carter) Vogel and his daughter Patricia Vogel. He is survived by four children: Michael Vogel, Gary Vogel Jr, Colleen Chapman and Antonio Vogel and his many grandchildren. He...

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