Harold O. ""Jim"" Graves
May 23, 2015
Ware Ma---Harold O. "Jim" Graves, 91, passed away on May 23, after a brief illness. Beloved husband, father, grandfather, teacher, coach, banker, and woodworker extraordinaire, he was born on May 8, 1924 son of  Harold and Ethel Holmes Graves, in Worcester. A native  of West Boylston, he graduated from Wilbraham Academy and attended Wesleyan University. He was a US Army...
Wayne A. Kennen
May 21, 2015
Wayne A. Kennen, 65 Warren - Wayne A. Kennen, 65, of Bemis Rd., died Thursday May 21, 2015 at his home in Warren. He leaves his loving wife of 37 years, Joanne M. (Wyngowski) Kennen; three daughters, Sarah, Rachel and Rebecca Kennen; his mother, Ruth (Latendresse) Kennen of Auburn; one brother, James Kennen and his wife Vy of Quincy; three...
Raymond Clough
May 20, 2015
H. Raymond Clough, 99 North Brookfield - H. Raymond Clough, 99, of Mad Brook Rd., died Wednesday, May 20, 2015 in UMASS Medical Center. He leaves his son, Thomas R. Clough of New Braintree; his daughter-in-law, Diane Clough of New Braintree; four grandchildren, Eric Clough, Jeremy Clough, Cassandra Guzman and Greg Caricchio and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased...
Norman A. Vigneault
May 19, 2015
Norman A. Vigneault, 88 West Brookfield - Norman A. Vigneault, 88, of Chapman Ave., formerly of North Brookfield died Tuesday, May 19, 2015. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Domenica A. (Sottile) Vigneault; three children, Norman R. and his fiancé Diana of Spencer, Leonard J. and his wife Cara of Southbridge and Paulette of North Brookfield; two...
Deborah A. Olearcek
May 15, 2015
Deborah A. Olearcek, 53 West Warren - Deborah A. (Perron) Olearcek, 53, of North St., passed away unexpectedly on Friday, May 15, 2015 in Baystate Mary Lane Hospital. She leaves her husband of 25 years, Robert S. Olearcek; her parents, John and Judith Perron of Warren; one brother, John Perron of Warren; two sisters, Michelle Mues and her husband Chris...
Pearl A. Beland
May 15, 2015
Pearl A. Beland, 96 Spencer - Pearl A. (Gelineau) Beland, 96 of Franklin St., died Friday, May 15, 2015 in Quaboag Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center in West Brookfield. She leaves her daughter-in-law, Stephanie Beland of West Brookfield; four grandchildren, Jason Beland and his wife Melissa and Justin Beland and his wife Taryn of Virginia, Stacie Beland and her husband...
Bella M.J. Harnois
May 13, 2015
Warren---Bella M.J. (Chevrette)Â Â Harnois, 93, passed away on May 13th in West Brookfield. She was the wife of the late Avila Harnois who passed away in 1990. She leaves her sons Joseph and his wife Jean and Robert of Ware, her daughters Janet Lyons and Patricia Church both in Virginia, Pamela Ellithorpe and her husband Ron of Brimfield, Roberta Harnois,...
Arlene M. Norman
May 10, 2015
Arlene M. Norman, 82 Warren - Arlene M. (Goldspring) Norman, 82, of Nelligan Terrace died Sunday, May 10, 2015 in Quaboag Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center. She leaves three daughters, Anna Mae Hibbard and her husband Bradley of West Brookfield, Elaine Gittens and her husband Hector of Warren and Diana Lennon and her husband Terence of Ossining, NY; two sisters,...
Dorothy May King
May 9, 2015
Ware---Dorothy  May (Cavanaugh) King, 69, passed away on May 9th in Wing Memorial Hospital. She leaves her son Kevin Cavanaugh of Bondsville, her daughters Tina Cavanaugh of Bondsville, and Elizabeth  R. Lemon and her husband Raymond III  of Ware, a brother Peter Cavanaugh, a sister Rose Cavanaugh, as well as her grandchildren, Alyssa and Raymond IV Lemon. She was born...
Mildred Ruth Dendor
May 5, 2015
Ware---Mildred  Ruth (Lavallee)  Dendor, passed away on May 5th  at home with her family by her side. She was born on Nov. 2, 1922. Mildred was predeceased by her husband of 52 years Joseph Dendor. She leaves behind her loving daughters Susan Finocchio of Ware and Paula Majocha and her husband Gerald of Byfield. She also leaves behind her 7...
Ralph L. Wood
May 1, 2015
Ralph L. Wood, 70 Ware - Ralph L. Wood, 70, died Friday, May 1, 2015 in Baystate Medical Center. He leaves his loving wife of 32 years, Margaret B. (Brodersen) Wood; two sons, Ralph L. Wood, Jr. of Illinois and Aaron Wood and his wife Stephanie of Pittsfield; four daughters, Diane Wood of Ware, Sharon Ostiguy and her husband Kenneth...
Malcolm Lewis Prescott
Apr 30, 2015
Ware---Malcolm  L.  Prescott,74, passed away on  Wed. April 29th at his home. He was born in Farmington ME, son of John and Evelyn (Stevens) Prescott. He leaves his wife of 46 years Donna (Soltys) Prescott, his son Todd and his wife Kelli of Gilbertville, his grandchildren Brooke Gorman and Matthew Prescott, sister Iona Minch of Clayton, Delaware, a brother Clark...
Joseph Walter Szlosek
Apr 28, 2015
Joseph Walter Szlosek, former Marine and long-time resident of Ware, MA, passed away peacefully on the evening of April 28, 2015. Born on May 22, 1931 and raised in Thorndike, MA, he was the youngest of a family of nine born to Walter and Catherine Szlosek, who had each traveled from Poland to the U.S. in the early 1900's. He...
Homer M. Mongeau
Apr 23, 2015
Ware-Homer  M.  Mongeau, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family on April 23, 2015. He leaves his wife of 57 years Doris, his three children, Beverly Zwirecki and her husband Edward, Gail Taft and her life partner Tito Median, and Gerry Mongeau and his wife Debra and a sister Lorrainne Mailman. He also leaves 5 grandchildren and 4 great...
John Thomas Casey Jr.
Apr 21, 2015
Ware-John  T.  Casey Jr., 96, of Ware passed away on Tuesday April 21, 2015 in Holyoke Medical Center. He was born in Ware on Sept. 22, 1918 where he was raised and lived all his life. He was the son of John Thomas Casey Sr. and Victoria (Deslaurier) Casey. John studied mechanical drawing at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology...
Wilbrod ""Willy"" Tuttle
Apr 19, 2015
Ware-Wilbrod  B. "Willy" Tuttle, 67, passed away at home on April 19th . He was born in Ware April 20, 1947 to Virgil  and  Evelyn (Dansereau) Tuttle. He was one of seventeen children. He leaves his wife Martha (Waugh) Tuttle, his son Robert, his step-children Rachael St.Cyr, Heather Malin and Jared  Danitis and their families, including 13 grandchildren and 3...
Anita Riel
Apr 19, 2015
Gilbertville---Anita  Riel, 60, passed away on April 19th  at her home. She was born in Ware on August 22, 1954 to Oliver and  Marilyn (Bombriant) Riel and was a lifelong resident. A calling hour will be held on Wednesday April 22nd  at the Charbonneau Funeral Home, 30 Pleasant St in Ware from 6:30 to 7:30 pm with a service at...
Eleanor L. Pratt
Apr 4, 2015
West Warren - Eleanor L. (Starzyk) Pratt, 89, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2015 in Baystate Mary Lane Hospital after being stricken ill at home. She leaves her loving husband of 65 years, William K. Pratt; one son, Kenneth Pratt and his wife Laurette of Ware; one daughter, Nancy Pratt-Hellwig and her husband Mark of Marstons Mills; five grandchildren, Michael,...
John F. Bessette Jr.
Apr 3, 2015
Gilbertville-John  F.  Bessette  Jr.,26, son of John and Mary Bessette, passed away on April 3, 2015. He also leaves his sister Melissa Juda Bessette,his grandparents Ernest and Helen Bessette and Wilbert  Shover, his nephews Kyle and Benjamin  a niece Carly, as well as many beloved aunts, uncles and cousins. He was born in Ware March 12, 1989, and resided in...
Francis C. Shonio
Mar 26, 2015
Francis C. Shonio, 82 West Brookfield - Francis C. Shonio, 82, of Chapman Ave., died Thursday, March 26, 2015 in St. Vincent Hospital. He leaves three sons, Scott Shonio of West Brookfield, Mark Shonio of Ware and Darwin Shonio and his wife Doranne of Southbridge; one daughter, Taunya Neilsen and her husband Jamie of Warren; his former wife, Elaine Shonio...
