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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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
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...
