Dorothy M. (Lapine) Carpenter, 94, of West Warren died on Saturday, May 30, 2020 at the Center for Extended Care at Amherst.   She leaves her daughter, Kathleen Delanski and her husband David of West Warren and her sons; John Carpenter of Ware, James Carpenter and his wife Rose of Beaumont, CA, and Kenneth Carpenter of West Warren. She also leaves seventeen grandchildren, twenty-seven great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren.  She was born in Chicopee, daughter of the...

West Brookfield - Richard T. Welch, 78, of West Brookfield died on Friday, May 29, 2020 at Harrington Memorial Hospital.   He leaves his wife, Linda Welch of West Brookfield; his sons, Richard and Robert Welch of CT; his daughter, Melissa Collins and her husband Richard of CT; his step-son, Scott Nichols of West Brookfield; and his step-daughters, Laurie Broman of West Brookfield and Melissa Corbett of Sturbridge; his sister, Janice Tetreault and her husband Ted of VT; his six...

West Brookfield – Elizabeth Alice Jay, 104, died Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at Quaboag Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center.  Alice as she was known for these many years was born at the current Walker Farm in New Braintree on August 20, 1915 and was from a family farm.  She was the fifth and last surviving child of Henry and Julia Bishop who for most of their lives resided in West Brookfield.  Her family moved to Wine Corner, North Brookfield where Alice completed her...

WARE – Brian D. Riggie, 50, of Ware, died on Wednesday, May 27 at his home after being suddenly stricken ill.   He was born in Ware and was a life-long resident of the town. After graduating from Ware High School and working as an on-call fire fighter for many years in Ware, Brian worked as a Terminal Operator at Construction Services in Wilbraham for 20 years. His whole working career was spent working with concrete. Brian was a member of the Local Union #98 and was a member of...

  Ware - Jennie A. (Nowakowski) Krasnecky, 87, of Ware, died on Sunday, May 24, 2020 at her home with her loving family with her.    She leaves two sons, Robert Krasnecky and his wife Anne and Paul Krasnecky and his wife Anne of Ware; one daughter, Susan Portier of Ware; two sisters, Mary Silva of Palmer, and Helen Coache of Three Rivers; four grandchildren, Kristopher, Dawn, Ryan and Joshua; one great-granddaughter, Haylee and several nieces and nephews. She was...

  Daniel T. Boivin, 64, of Ware, died on Saturday, May 23, 2020 at his home following a brief illness.   He leaves his wife of 40 years,  Diane E. Schaffner-Boivin of Ware; his children,  Amber MacIntosh and  husband Kevin and granddaughter Autumn, Heather Boivin and her boyfriend Devlin, and Forrest Boivin and girlfriend Ana and grandson, Noah. As well as his many nieces and nephews and cousins. He was born in Springfield, son of Leo and Cecile Boivin of Indian...

Ware - Mark S. Majka, 66, of Ware, went back home to be with his mom, Christine (Mayers) Majka, his dad, John Majka, his beloved brothers, Brian and Johnny, and his friends from Bridge Street – Davie, Peter, Stevie, Theresa, and all of the folks from the gang who have already gone home.    He leaves his long-time better half, Lynne Keough, her sons, Bob and Mike, his grandbaby, Aliyah and her friend Jacob, his brothers, Eric and Frank, his sisters, Lee and Lynn, his close...

  Leicester - Doris I. (Donnelly) Darling, 84, of Leicester died, on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, at the Christopher House in Worcester.   She leaves her sons; Richard H. Morrill and his wife Lucie of Oakham, Robert K. Morrill and his wife Tonya of Spencer and David A. Morrill and his wife Lucinda of Tampa, FL;  her grandchildren, Melissa Michaelides and her husband Michael, Jeremy Morrill, Jacqueline Morrill and her fiancée Kris Quercia, and Paige Legasy and her husband...

  East Brookfield/Hampden - Priscilla J. (Gaucher) Courtemanche, 90, died on Friday, May 15, 2020 at Vero Health & Rehab Center in Hampden.    She leaves her daughter, Janice Peterson and her husband Arthur of North Brookfield; two sons, Barry Courtemanche and his wife Elaine of West Brookfield, Steven Courtemanche and his wife Paula of Worcester, 9 grandchildren, as well as many great and great-great grandchildren.  She also leaves her daughter-in-law, Michelle...

  North Brookfield - William H. “Kippy” Minns, Jr. passed away peacefully at his home in North Brookfield at the age of 105, on May 9, 2020.   William was born in North Brookfield on August 13, 1914 and had lived in North Brookfield all of his life.   He leaves his daughter, Dorothy (Minns) Revene; two grandchildren, Colleen Aucoin and her husband Richard, Thomas Revene and his wife Nancy; two great-grandchildren, Casey Aucoin and Allison Aucoin; a great...