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View Ahearn Funeral Home's local obituaries for the following Massachusetts areas: Northampton, Hadley, Hatfield, Easthampton, Southampton, Westhampton, Williamsburg, Goshen, Worthington, Cummington, Plainfield, Chesterfield, & Amherst, as well as the Hilltowns Region.

William E. Childs

William E. Childs

Dec 20, 2022

William E. “Bill” Childs, 90, of Haydenville Road Leeds, passed away peacefully at home on December 20,2022 with his loving wife by his side. Born in Northampton on July 21,1932, he was the son of the late Kenneth and Rachel (Smith) Childs. Bill had owned and operated Childs Driveway & Excavating until his retirement. After his retirement he worked for...

Howard J. Moriarty

Howard J. Moriarty

Dec 11, 2022

Howard Moriarty, also fondly called Dad, Grandpa, Howie, Mo, and Patches by his family and friends, left our Earth to be with our Heavenly Father after a courageous battle with metastatic esophageal cancer at the age of 81. Born in Holyoke to the late Mary (McKenna) and Howard Moriarty, when his mother remarried, Howard was raised by his mother and...

Barbara (Dutcher) Resnik

Barbara (Dutcher) Resnik

Dec 11, 2022

Barbara Dutcher Kimball Resnik of Northampton and Monterey, Massachusetts passed away peacefully (but unexpectedly) on Sunday, Dec. 11. Born on May Day 1940 in Columbus, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Francis Edward and Nancy (Callander) Dutcher. She graduated in 1958 from Nicolet High School in Glendale, Wisconsin. Barbara was a force — a political activist, an accomplished...

Gerald "Gerry" E. Clark

Gerald "Gerry" E. Clark

Dec 4, 2022

On Dec. 4th, with his beloved wife Pam by his side, Gerry Clark, known to many as “Clarkie”, left this world peacefully after a hard fought battle against several recent illnesses. Gerald Evans Clark was born on November 23, 1945 in Northampton to Robert E. And Marjorie A. (Goddard) Clark, the fourth of five children. A lifelong resident of Northampton,...

Jean Louis Macary

Jean Louis Macary

Dec 3, 2022

Doctor Jean Louis Macary, age 91, died December 3, 2022, after a brief battle with cancer. Born and raised in Paris, France, his education culminated in 1972 with a doctorate from the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1959, he married the love of his life, Monique Germaine Croise, and they began their life together in France. In 1968, they relocated with...

Ann M. (Sorensen) Lamontagne

Ann M. (Sorensen) Lamontagne

Dec 1, 2022

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Jennifer Anne (Warren) Corbin

Jennifer Anne (Warren) Corbin

Nov 30, 2022

Jennifer Corbin (nee, Warren) died November 30th, 2022, at her sister’s home. She was 64 years old; she gave way to her broken heart. She leaves behind her beloved sister Abigail, her nephew Jacob and his wife Elizabeth and their daughter Emeline, and her brothers Mark and Kenneth. Jennifer grew up in Virginia, the daughter of an Irish immigrant mother...

Beverly E. (Thornton) Sanderson

Beverly E. (Thornton) Sanderson

Nov 30, 2022

Beverly (Thornton) Sanderson, 81, of North Street in Whately, passed away peacefully on November 30th at Hospice of the Fisher Home after a period of declining health. Bev was born on July 17, 1941 in Amherst, the third of seven children to Reginald and Dorothy (Robinson) Thornton. She attended Amherst schools where she excelled in sports and was a badminton...

Lester W. Booth Jr

Lester W. Booth Jr

Nov 29, 2022

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John I. Clapp

John I. Clapp

Nov 28, 2022

John Clapp, son of the late Irving and Ella (Judd) Clapp died unexpectedly on Nov. 28, 2022, at his home in Northampton. He is survived by his wife, Dee Boyle-Clapp, son Jarred Clapp, and sisters Lorraine (Kevin) O’Keefe and Joanne (Ted) Brooks, and many in-laws, nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by sisters Miriam Clapp, Christine Guyette and Elizabeth Anderson....

Dennis P Harkawik

Dennis P Harkawik

Nov 17, 2022

Retired environmental lawyer, expert gardener, avid reader, religious free-thinker, attentive family man and gentle soul, Dennis Harkawik of Northampton, Massachusetts and lately of Buffalo, New York, has died after a short but fierce battle with abdominal sarcoma. Growing up in Flushing, Queens, Dennis along with all of his peers was nurtured in families of recent immigrants. In his case, his...

Ellen K Wittlinger

Ellen K Wittlinger

Nov 17, 2022

Ellen Kay Wittlinger, 74, of Haydenville, died on November 17, 2022, after developing Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease two months earlier. She died peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones. Ellen is survived by her husband of 44 years, David Pritchard; by her children, Kate Pritchard (Mark Doyle) and Morgan Pritchard; by her grandchildren, Rose Doyle and Jane Doyle; by her many...

Marianne Goldscheider

Marianne Goldscheider

Nov 14, 2022

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Joyce M. (Shea) Dennison

Joyce M. (Shea) Dennison

Nov 13, 2022

Joyce Margaret (Shea) Dennison, age 65, of Evans, GA, peacefully passed away on November 12, 2022, in her home from natural causes. Joyce Dennison was born on April 14, 1957, in Hidalgo, Texas to her parents Bernard Earl Shea and Elizabeth Mary (Joyce) Shea. She graduated from Fort Fairfield High School in Maine. She was married to her husband, Joseph...

Lynn R. (Tornow) Goodhue

Lynn R. (Tornow) Goodhue

Nov 12, 2022

On November 12, 2022 Lynn R. Goodhue (nee Tornow), 73, passed away after a long struggle with Primary Progressive Aphasia and Alzheimer’s Disease. She leaves behind her beloved husband of 53 years, Frederick K. Goodhue of Williamsburg, MA, and two daughters Catherine (Cathy) Savage of Chapel Hill, NC, and Emily Goodhue of Ipswich, MA. Lynn and Fred met in 1965...

Brett Andrew Treganowan

Brett Andrew Treganowan

Nov 12, 2022

On Saturday afternoon, November 12, 2022, Brett Andrew Treganowan died surrounded by his family. It was a beautiful, crisp autumn day. He was 53. Brett was born on February 13, 1969, in Springfield, MA to Richard J. Treganowan and Carol (Bradway) Treganowan. He was the light of their lives. He grew up in Agawam, attending Agawam High School, then Westfield...

Jacqueline Coral (Tacy) Daley

Jacqueline Coral (Tacy) Daley

Nov 10, 2022

Jacqueline C. (Tacy) Daley, 78, passed away peacefully on November 10th 2022 at Linda Manor in Leeds MA, after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s. Jackie was born June 28th 1944 in Northampton MA, the daughter of Edward and Coral Tacy. She was raised along with her siblings, on Vernon Street in the Baystate Village section of Northampton. It was a...

Marilyn Linda (Kemp) Connor

Marilyn Linda (Kemp) Connor

Nov 9, 2022

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Kevin R. Boyle

Kevin R. Boyle

Nov 1, 2022

Kevin R. Boyle,74 of 35 Fruit St. Northampton MA. passed away peacefully on November 1, 2022. Kevin was born October 14, 1948, in Northampton MA, a son of Alfred H. Boyle and Catherine V. (Bates) of Florence, MA. Kevin grew up in Northampton and began his career with D.A. Sullivan and received his union carpenter's license. Kevin embraced all of...

Marion "Mae" D. Lococo

Marion "Mae" D. Lococo

Nov 1, 2022

It is with a heavy heart that we say our final goodbyes to Marion “Mae” (McCarthy) Lococo, 98, who passed away on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at Bear Mountain at West Springfield. She was born in Northampton on September 7, 1924, the daughter of the late Jack and Anne McCarthy. She was a lifelong resident of Northampton, Florence area, and...

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