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Ruth Owen Jones

Amherst, MA - Ruth Owen Jones died on June 11, 2025, following a brief respiratory illness. She was 81 years old. Daughter of the late Alice (Wentworth) and Roger Warren Owen, Ruth grew up on the Owen family's 100-acre poultry farm in ... Read More


John J. Dymerski

Haydenville, MA - John Joseph Dymerski was born August 1, 1937, in Haydenville, Massachusetts, the fifth of six children to Joseph and Esther (Kulash) Dymerski. John loved to play in the woods in Haydenville and fish and swim in Beaver ... Read More


Michael J. Dymerski

Haydenville, MA - Michael J. Dymerski, born November 3, 1944, son of Joseph and Esther (Kulash) Dymerski of Haydenville, MA died peacefully in Baystate Medical Center on March 13, 2025. Michael was a resident of Haydenville, MA. He was ... Read More


John Tomasetti

Shutesbury, MA - There are lots of tears in the valley, for John Tomasetti died on June 6 in Springfield, Mass. Mr. T was known by this moniker by many of his students, a reference to the burly television character on the "A Team." The ... Read More


Antonia Plehn Lake

Worthington, MA - Antonia (Toni) Plehn Lake died peacefully on June 5, 2025, a sunny summer morning, in the beautiful home she'd designed for herself in Worthington, Mass. She was 85. Toni had a rich and varied life. As a poet, she crafted ... Read More


Ted Searle

West Battleboro, VT - Ted Searle, 77, (b. Edward Cornelius Searle III) of West Brattleboro passed away quietly at his home in early February. He was born in Springfield, Mass. February 4, 1948, the son of the late Edward C. Searle Jr. a... Read More


Edward Joseph Heon

HATFIELD, MA - Edward Joseph Heon passed in the early afternoon on June 9th after almost 89 years of life at home with his family by his side. Ed leaves his children Christopher (Cindi) of Shelburne Falls, Daniel (Alison) of Casco, Main... Read More


Ruth Ann Jones

Southampton, MA - Ruth Ann Boudo Jones 82, daughter of the late Henry J. Boudo and Helen M. (LaMontagne) Boudo, passed peacefully in her sleep the morning of June 4, 2025, at Elaine Manor in Hadley, MA. Ruth was born on November 27, 19... Read More


Nancy Bachand

Nancy (Allaire) Bachand HAYDENVILLE, MA - Nancy Allaire Bachand passed away June 11, 2025, peacefully at her home in Haydenville with her husband and daughter by her side. She was born November 7, 1935, in Northampton to Wilfred and Made... Read More


William Arthur Sbrega

Goshen, MA - William Arthur Sbrega passed away at home on June 10. He leaves his wife, Linda Winkler Sbrega; two brothers: Jack (wife Jo-Anne Manijak Sbrega), and Dennis (wife Diane Mancini); and Brother-in-Law Jim Winkler (wife Deb Som... Read More


Blake David Keedy

Hadley, MA - Blake David Keedy, 74, died June 6, 2025 after a long illness. Blake was born in Norhampton April 30, 2025 to the late Victor Sr. and Itala {Grandonico} Keedy. He was a graduate of Amherst High School and the University of ... Read More


Neal B. Menard

[IMAGE]Neal B. Menard Haydenville, MA - Neal B. Menard, 81 passed away May 17, 2025, with his children by his side. Born in Pueblo CO in 1943 to Wilfred A Menard and Doris (Bartlett)Menard. He grew up in Haydenville, MA and attended Hayd... Read More


Peter Healey

RELUCTANT ADULT DIES AT 78 Ashfield, MA - Peter Wilson Healey, of Ashfield, Massachusetts and New York City, died on November 26, 2024. He was 78, though still "felt younger," specifically 12. Peter went by many names-P, Dad, Puppa... Read More


John Moran Cronin

Holyoke, MA - John "Jack" Cronin, aged 60, passed away on April 22, 2025, in Northampton. Born on July 2, 1964, Jack dedicated 27 years of his career as a Splice Technician for Verizon Communications. He was a graduate of Northampton Hi... Read More


Jennifer Ann Smith

Williamsburg , MA - Jen was yanked from this life by metastatic breast cancer far too soon, fighting ferociously to the last breath. She was surrounded by love as she fought her battle. Jennifer was the epitome of strength, kindness, g... Read More


Ronald Hodges

Florence, MA - Ronald Hodges, 78, passed away on June 7, 2025 at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. Born to the late Willard and Ruth (Jarvis) Hodges on May 6, 1947 in Northampton. He attended Holyoke Community College and Western New England ... Read More


Judith Singler

Easthampton, MA - Judith Rose Singler, 79, passed away peacefully on June 1, 2025, surrounded by her family at her home in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, on December 31, 1945, to Howard and Mary Alice Kempe,... Read More


Philip F. Duffy

Hadley, MA - On May 27th Philip Duffy passed from complications of Parkinson's Disease but was in no pain and surrounded by love. Until the end, he fought for every ounce of life and held onto his fierce independence. Philip was bor... Read More


William Cray III

Amherst, MA - William (Bill) J. Cray III (81), longtime resident of Amherst, died on June 2nd. The son of Bill and Alice Cray, he was born in Holyoke, raised in South Hadley, and graduated from UMass Amherst. He is survived by his wife ... Read More


Patrick Bolton Gregory

West Halifax, VT - Patrick Bolton Gregory, 93, of West Halifax, Vermont, died on May 27, 2025 at Grace Cottage Hospital in Townshend, Vermont. Born in New York City to Horace Gregory and Marya Zaturenska, both poets, Patrick was educate... Read More



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