All Obituaries

Raymond (Ray) Roger Gagnon, 75, of Southampton, MA passed away suddenly on Sunday, November 15th 2020 near his home in Southampton.   A beloved husband and devoted father, he leaves his wife of 53 years and love of his life, Joan Gagnon. Ray and Joan met at the A&W Root Beer in Chicopee in 1963. Joan drove her new car into the parking lot and needed “help” parking, and that’s where their story began and the rest is history.   He is survived by his seven...

Judith P. Gibson 85, of Southampton passed away on Thursday November 5 after a brief illness.  She was born July 17, 1935 in Cambridge MA, daughter of the late Edward and Marguerite Blanchard Pierce.   Judy is predeceased by her loving husband Frederick P Gibson and two brothers Harry and Winslow Pierce.    Judy’s love affair with Fred began at Wellesley High School, with both graduating in 1953.  Married over 56 years, they raised their family in...

Jane P. Harrington 87, of Easthampton  passed away peacefully on November 1, 2020 at One Care of Northampton. She was born in Chicopee on June 19, 1933 the daughter of Stanley and Lena Szetella Suleski. Jane attended Chicopee Schools and graduated from Holyoke High  School. She worked for many years in the accounting department at Stanley Home Products of Easthampton. Jane enjoyed vacationing with her family. She was an avid seamstress, and incredible at solving crossword...

Mary Lee (nee Sullivan) Emrick, 72, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at her home in Leeds, Massachusetts. Mary Lee was born in Northampton and resided here all her life. She was educated in local schools, graduating from Northampton High School and Northampton Commercial College. She worked as a Medical Transcriptionist in the Medical Records Department at Northampton State Hospital and later at Western Mass Hospital in Westfield before her...

Olive Hanscom of Westfield passed away Oct 23 2020 in Westfield.  Mitchell Funeral Home is handling the  arrangements.

Mabel Estabrooks Campbell Ray was born February 5, 1915 to Cora Helen Estabrooks Campbell Bianchi and Stanley Farrar Campbell (Stanley Robert Forrester) in Everett, MA.  She spent many of her early years split between New York City and staying with her mother’s family in Sackville, NB, Canada.  She lived much of her adulthood in the Boston, Massachusetts area before retiring to Easthampton, Massachusetts.  In the summer of 2018, she moved to Grayson House in Springfield...

Daniel Grant Webster, of Westhampton, died at Linda Manor Extended Care Facility on Sunday October 18, 2020 after a short illness. Dan was born  April 4, 1940 in Newton, MA to Thelma (Gorse) and Gordon Webster and raised in  Framingham, MA on Edgell Road with his brother, Gordon, Jr.-aka Don. Dan’s dad owned the Texaco Gas Station and Webster Oil Business where Dan worked after school. Dan graduated from Framingham High School in 1958 and went on to Worcester Poly Tec- Class...

David E. Bock, 69, son of Elwyn Herman Bock and Nancy Ellen Tilton passed to heaven on Saturday, October 3rd.  Born on October 12, 1950 in Ware, Mass. he was predeceased by his parents and his infant son David Elwyn Bock Jr.  David leaves behind a son Phillip (Lauren), granddaughter Lenna, sisters Gretchen (Leo) and Heather; brothers Garry and Max; nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends too numerous to count.      As a veteran, Dave served in the Air Force...

Eleanor D  Gugenberger of Westhampton passed away on Sept 29, 2020 in Holyoke Eleanor was born on Aug 6, 1935 in Long Island, NY, the daughter of Daniel and Eleanor (Burysz) Sheehan .   She made her home in Westhampton since 1961.   Eleanor married Martin Gugenberger in 1956.  Martin predeceased her in 1989. Her daughter, Elaine predeceased her in 2015.   Eleanor worked throughout the area as a CNA in local medical facilities.   She retired...

.Suzanne Brita Schecker Sometime during the night of September sixteenth, 2020, Suzanne Brita Schecker, sister, aunt, dear friend slipped away from this life she loved and enjoyed. She leaves behind a host of bereaved who may take solace in the fact that even in the face of great suffering, she found a way to savor life, nurture hope and above all honor the divine love. Originally named Brita, she was born in a bomb shelter in 1944 in Darmstadt, Germany, and as a toddler wandered the toxic...