West Warren - Peter R. Hastings, 76, of West Warren, died on Sunday, September 17, 2023 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.   He leaves his wife of 35 years, Barbara J. (Sablack) Hastings; his daughter, Michelle Beauchemin, and her husband Matthew of Spencer; two grandsons, Robert and Ryan; as well as his sister, Carolyn Hastings.  He also leaves behind several nieces and nephews, as well as his many friends.  He was born in Westfield, the son of the late Robert and...

West Brookfield - Richard W. Riberdy, 88, of West Brookfield passed away on Saturday, September 16, 2023 at home with the love of his life of 61 years.   Richard was born in Providence, RI, the son of the late Azellus A. and Marie (Krisco) Riberdy.   He leaves his wife, Barbara M. (Krebser) of West Brookfield, his sons Richard J. Riberdy of Orange and Christopher E. Riberdy of Medway; four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.  Richard was...

West Brookfield - Robert E. Giguere, aged 94, of West Brookfield, died on September 14, 2023, at his home surrounded by his loving family.   He is survived by his children, Brian Giguere and his family of Montreal, Canada, and Sharon Jones and husband Keith of Palmer; his grandchildren, Matthew Jones and wife Akiko of Nagoya, Japan, Curtis Jones of Wilbraham, and Daniel Jones of South Hadley. He was predeceased by his wife, Jeanne in 2017, and by his siblings, Claire, Paul, Lucille,...

Ware - Gerald R. “Gerry” Ledoux, 68, of Ware, died on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at his home.   He leaves his long-time friend and former wife, Susan L. (Rees) Ledoux of Palmer; his step-sons, William H. Isch, and Jason N. Isch; his sisters, Carol-Ann Nelson and her husband David of Enfield, CT, and Rachel P. King and her husband Edward of Springfield; his brother, Charles Ledoux and his wife Karen of Winsted, CT, and his step-mother, Dora Ledoux. He also leaves his...

West Brookfield - John C. Emerson, Jr., 83, of West Brookfield, died on Saturday, September 9, 2023 at his home.   He leaves his two caring grandsons, John C. Emerson, IV, and Thomas Emerson and his girlfriend, Skye, both of West Brookfield; one brother, Russell Emerson and his wife Rita of North Brookfield; a sister, Elizabeth Ducharme of Warren, as well as several nieces and nephews.  He was predeceased by his wife, Vivian E. (Gagnon) Emerson and his son, John C. Emerson,...

  Doris M. Duval, 95 New Braintree - Doris M. (Pelkey) Duval, 95, of New Braintree, died on Thursday, September 7, 2023 at Wachusett Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Gardner. She leaves her son, Daniel A. Duval and his wife Ann of New Braintree; her daughters, Annette Morris and Yvonne Reynolds of Florida and Bernice Miller of Arizona, as well as two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Roland G. Duval and her daughter, Sue Duval. ...

West Brookfield - Dolores Rose (Blomberg) Vasil, 93, of West Brookfield, died on Sunday, September 3, 2023, at UMass Memorial Medical Center - University Campus. She leaves her son, John Craig Vasil and his wife Jennifer of West Brookfield; four daughters, Charlotte Margaret Vasil, Lydia Vasil Lapierre and Eileen Vasil Sykes and her husband Daniel, all of West Brookfield, as well as Priscilla Vasil Larchian and her husband William of Cleveland, OH; eleven grandchildren, Michael Lapierre and...

Warren - Donald G. “Nick” Nickerson, 90, of Warren, died peacefully on Sunday, September 3, 2023, surrounded by his loving family at Quaboag Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center after a brief illness. He leaves his wife of 70 years, Claire A. (Wirf) Nickerson of Warren; a daughter, Deborah Tonelli and her husband Norman of Westerly, Rhode Island; two sons, Timothy Nickerson of Warren and Jeff Nickerson and his wife Sharon of North Brookfield; four grandchildren, Melissa...

Warren - Lisa A. Rozzen, 58, of Warren, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, August 30, 2023 at Baystate Wing Hospital. She leaves her husband, Michael J. Rozzen; her daughters, Danielle Rossignol of Ware, and Karly Rossignol of Warren, as well as her step-daughter, Alycia Rozzen.  She also leaves her sisters, Lori Jo (DeFelice) Regan and her husband Jim Regan, Debbie (DeFelice) Goldaper and her husband Perry Goldaper; her brothers, Butch DeFelice, and William DeFelice, as well as many...

Warren - Kerri L. (Locke) Tinker, 49, of Warren, died on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at home. She leaves her two loving sons, Christian Tinker of Sturbridge, and Brian Tinker of West Brookfield, as well as nine siblings, Anita Bermudez of Ware, Jesse Locke of ME, Frederick Locke of Bangor, ME, Shari Jones and her husband, James, of Lubec, ME, John Locke and his wife, Paula of Ware, Marla Lyons of Ware, Rebecca L. Mason and her husband Raymond of West Brookfield, Lisa Gilman and her husband...