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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.

Margaret M. (Gonyer) Rousseau

Margaret M. (Gonyer) Rousseau

Feb 7, 2023

Peggy (Margaret Gonyer) Rousseau, 91, passed away on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 while surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Springfield, MA to the late Eugene and Margaret (Griffin) Gonyer. Peggy was employed as a currier at both 3M Photo Finishing and Associated Dental Laboratory. She was predeceased by her beloved husband Arthur S. Rousseau in 1993 and...

Dorothy L. (Casagrande) Boyington

Dorothy L. (Casagrande) Boyington

Feb 5, 2023

Dorothy L. Boyington of Northampton, age 95, passed away peacefully on February 5, 2023, at Linda Manor Extended Care. She was the daughter of Steven and Louise Casagrande and one of seven siblings, all of whom pre-deceased her. She is also pre-deceased by her beloved husband Roy Boyington. She is survived by her daughter, Sandra Sakowicz and husband Gene of...

Mary Anne Agon

Mary Anne Agon

Feb 3, 2023

Mary Anne Dragon, 81, of Easthampton passed away peacefully on February 3, 2023. Mary Anne was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother who always looked forward to gatherings with her family where she would spend hours in the kitchen preparing her favorite dishes, including her famous Mac & Cheese. She was honest, loving, compassionate, dependable, and witty. She...

Timothy A Barstow

Timothy A Barstow

Feb 3, 2023

Timothy A Barstow, 74, of Hadley, MA, passed away on February 3rd, 2023, surrounded by loved ones following a brief illness. Or as Tim would have put it, he is now on Eternal Patrol. Tim was born on April 9, 1948, to John and Esther Barstow. After graduating from Hopkins Academy, he attended Webster Academy. He then enrolled in the...

Phyllis ( Hayward) Flandreau

Phyllis ( Hayward) Flandreau

Feb 3, 2023

In the arms of angels, Phyllis Hayward Flandreau passed away peacefully on February 3, 2023, (2/3/23) at the age of 103. She was under care at the Hospice of the Fisher Home in Amherst, Massachusetts. Phyllis was predeceased by her husband, Alexander “Sandy” Flandreau, who died 8/8/2015, at the age of 95. They were married on April 4, 1944. Their...

Joan Cenedella

Joan Cenedella

Feb 2, 2023

Joan Cenedella died on February 2, 2023, at age 86. She died peacefully at home in the care of her partner Fran Volkmann, and a core group of loving friends. Joan loved her life and her world. From her earliest years she was the inveterate observer, of nature and of people. And she captured her world with photography and most...

Irene M. (Lebeau) Lovett

Irene M. (Lebeau) Lovett

Jan 15, 2023

Florence, MA – Irene (LeBeau) Lovett, 99, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on January 15, 2023, in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. She was born in Northampton, MA on May 18, 1923, to Peter and Flora (Paulin) LeBeau. She lived on North Farms Road in Florence, MA for sixty-three years. She leaves behind her daughter Patricia and her husband Mike...

Benjamin D. Gorman

Benjamin D. Gorman

Jan 11, 2023

Benjamin Gorman, beloved son of Marjorie Postal and Chris Gorman, died on January 11th in Somerville, MA. Born in Northampton on March 28th, 1994, Benjamin graduated from Northampton High School in 2012. He was employed as a Software Developer at Eglean Inc in Boston, MA. He enthusiastically enjoyed nature, especially the beach, fishing, mountain biking and hiking the White Mountains....

Gloria A. Silverman

Gloria A. Silverman

Jan 6, 2023

Gloria Lieberman Silverman, 91, died on January 6, 2023, in Leeds, Massachusetts. Born on April 22, 1931, in Brooklyn, New York, she was the cherished daughter of the late Philip and Rose (Kurtz) Lieberman; dear sister of the late Janet Barbara “Bobbie” (Henry) Moss and the late Judith (R. Gerald) Rothstein; devoted sister-in-law of Elizabeth Silverman and the late Carl...

Joan B. (Bachand) Kopka

Joan B. (Bachand) Kopka

Jan 6, 2023

Joan B. Kopka, 89, a longtime resident of Haydenville, passed away in Naples, Florida on January 6th. She passed peacefully surrounded by her loving family. She was born to the late Walter and Charlotte (Lentner) Bachand on March 20, 1933. She grew up in Haydenville and graduated from Williamsburg High School. Joan is survived by three of her brothers Richard...

Thomas F Ryan

Thomas F Ryan

Jan 4, 2023

Thomas Francis Ryan, 84, passed away peacefully at Holyoke Medical Center during the afternoon on January 4th, 2023. Thomas was born on July 4th, 1938, in Northampton, MA and is the son of Edward and Mildred Ryan. Thomas was a proud Air Force veteran, serving in Korea between 1958-1966. He took his service incredibly seriously and did all that he...

Dennis R. Matthews

Dennis R. Matthews

Jan 3, 2023

Dennis Matthews of Northampton, Massachusetts passed away on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023 at the age of 73. After several years of declining health battling Alzheimer, Dennis died peacefully. Dennis was born in St. Albans, Vermont on March 22, 1949, to Father Blease Matthews and Mother Frances Richards as the youngest of three sons. After marrying his wife, Susan Matthews, Dennis...

Capt. Henry C. Atwood Jr., Usn (Retired)

Capt. Henry C. Atwood Jr., Usn (Retired)

Jan 3, 2023

Captain Henry C. Atwood, Jr., USN (Ret.) Captain H.C. Atwood (Hank) died peacefully at home on January 3, surrounded by love and his family. He was born on October 10, 1932, and he grew up on Cape Cod in Wellfleet, MA, graduating from Wellfleet High School in 1950. His parents were Henry and Edith Atwood. Henry Sr. was a scallop...

Laura E. Fitch

Laura E. Fitch

Jan 1, 2023

Laura Fitch was born on March 19, 1960, in Concord, MA the youngest of six children to John and Mary Fitch. She died unexpectedly on January 1, 2023. She was 62. She is survived by her husband of 39 years, Lyons Witten; her son Eliot Witten, his wife Bethany, and their children Roger (5) and Ruth (3) of Keene, NH;...

Robert W. Perkins

Robert W. Perkins

Dec 30, 2022

Robert Wilson Perkins, 76, passed away on Friday, December 30, 2022, after a long battle with spinocerebellar ataxia and dementia. One of ten children, he was born in Worcester, MA on August 10, 1946, and raised in Barre, MA. He graduated from Barre High School and continued his education at the University of Massachusetts, where he earned his Bachelor’s degree...

Lois E. (Mollison) Bacon

Lois E. (Mollison) Bacon

Dec 23, 2022

Lois Emeline (Mollison) Bacon, 88yrs., daughter of J. Stewart and Emeline Tompkins Mollison, died peacefully in her home on December 23, 2022, surrounded by her family. She was a graduate of Williamsburg High School class of 1952. She was married to her husband for 53 years before his death in 2006. Prior to her marriage she worked for the Whale...

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,...

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