All Obituaries

Joanne A. (Malinowski) Janik, 78, passed away on January 19, 2020 at Baystate Noble Hospital. She was born in Westfield to the late Stanley F. and Helen C. (Tumidajewicz) Malinowski, was a 1959 graduate of St. Mary’s High School and IBM Business School in Springfield. She owned and operated Flowers By Joanne in Westfield for most of her life, worked as a bookkeeper and office manager for Pennock Florist and worked for over 20 years as an administrative assistant for the Human Resources...

Elinor Jean (Bourbeau) Moriarty, 91, peacefully passed into the Lord’s presence on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Holyoke Health Care Center. She was born in Springfield to the late Arthur G. and Henrietta L (Brunelle) Bourbeau and was a 1947 graduate of Holyoke High School. She was employed as a packer for Fowler Farms for many years. She truly enjoyed playing games, especially Scrabble, and loved playing the piano, even into her latter days. For years she would visit area nursing...

Catherine Lindsay (Kay) Ward, 94, passed away peacefully at the Westfield Center Nursing Facility on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. Born in East Rochester, NY, she was one of eleven children. She was a 1943 graduate of East Rochester High School and a 1947 graduate of University of Rochester F. Eastman School of Music. She married her husband Douglas and moved to Westfield in 1948. Kay taught instrumental music in the Westfield school system for many years. She was a member of the First...

Barbara Holland of Westfield passed away on Sunday, January 12th— at home surrounded by her loving family. Barbara was born on March 4, 1929 in Torrington Connecticut.  She lived a vibrant life and truly left a legacy of love and family for us to cherish. Barbara descends from the Wyman family of Blandford.  Her mother, the late Edythe Genevieve Wyman of Blandford Massachusetts, was married to Paul Wallbank of Torrington Connecticut.  Barbara’s father Paul was...

Westfield-Gregory C. C'Miel, 68, passed away on Saturday, January 11, 2020 in Baystate Medical Center from complications due to a serious head injury suffered several months ago. He was born in Westfield on April 29, 1951 to the late George and Mary (Grigalunaus) C’Miel. He grew up in Westfield and attended local schools. He enlisted in the U.S. Marines Corp in 1969 while serving 8 years. Greg was a Vietnam War Veteran serving in Southeast Asia, Africa, and Guantanamo Bay. He also...

Emil Michaliszyn, 85, passed away January 10, 2020 in Myrtle Beach, SC of natural causes. He was born March 15, 1934 in Lvov, Ukraine. Emil loved God and his family. He was outgoing about his faith and enjoyed talking to everyone he met about the goodness of God. His passions were attending church services, spending time with his family, and fishing. Emil was a survivor in life. He overcame both German and Russian occupation of his home in Poland during World War II. As a young man in 1965,...

Robert R. Keeney, 82, passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2020 at Baystate Noble Hospital. He was born in Gardner, MA to the late Ralph T. and Alice W. (Dunning) Keeney. Bob was a 1955 graduate of Arlington High School, 1960 graduate from Northeastern University with a Bachelor of Science and a 1973 graduate of Western New England University with a Master’s in Business Administration. Bob worked as a salesman for Merck Pharmaceuticals for 32 years, retiring in 1994. During College he...

A MOTHER ALWAYS THINKS TWICE,ONCE FOR HERSELF AND ONCE FOR HER CHILD....... THANK YOU MOM FOR THINKING TWICE A MILLION TIMES FOR ME.................... Nellie Grimaldi Bonnevie, 98, was a lifelong resident of Westfield, MA and devout communicant of Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church. She was married on December 1, 1945 at Blessed Sacrament to Rene Bonnevie, who died in May 1986. Nellie was also a longtime member of the Schoenstatt Catholic organization. She had a special love for...

Westfield-Nancy Jane (Gilman) Crawford, 87, passed away Sunday, January 5, 2020. She was born in Springfield on May 19, 1932 to the late Joseph and Marguerite (Carbonneau) Gilman. She grew up in Chicopee and was a 1950 graduate of Chicopee High School. She was a dental assistant/ receptionist for Dr. Irving Greenberg for 35 years and retired in 1994. She was a past member of Ladies Oriental Shrine. Nancy enjoyed ceramics, square dancing, camping in the summer, and spending winters in Myrtle...

James R. Poulin, 60, passed away on Saturday, January 4, 2020 at Baystate Wing Hospital in Palmer. He was born in Westfield to the late Constance (Smith) and Robert D. Poulin, Sr. and had attended Westfield Schools. Jimmy worked with the Work Opportunity Center and as a service clerk for Big Y Supermarket in Westfield for over 20 years.  He enjoyed reading, writing, bowling, board games, cards, old TV shows, video games and Harry Potter and other action movies, and all kinds of music,...