Wednesday, October 21, 1998 OBITUARIES, STATE D7 Anne M. Foley, 87, city school teacher SPRINGFIELD Anne M. Foley, 87, of this city, died Monday in West She was a school teacher for 30 years, and taught at the Hooker Street Elementary School and the former Chestnut Street Junior High School. She retired in 1972. She was born here, was graduI ated from the former Sacred Heart High School, and received a degree from Fitchburg State College.
She was a lifelong resident. She was a communicant of the Sacred Heart Church, a member of its Holy Name Society, a former parish councilor, and a member of the parish's Over-60 Club. She also belonged to the Springfield Municipal Hospital Auxiliary, the Massachusetts Retired Teachers Association, and the Springfield Roman Catholic Diocesan Coun- Reta B. Leclair SOUTH HADLEY Reta B. (Blain) Leclair, 81, of 18 Ludlow Road, died Tuesday at home.
She was a sales clerk at the former W.T. Grant Department Store in Holyoke. She was previously a bus driver for the former Baggs Bros. here, and worked for Livingston Mills and A.G. Spalding Co.
A lifelong resident, she attended local schools, and was a graduate of Holyoke High School. She was a communicant of St. Patrick's Church. Her husband, Philias A. Leclair, died in 1990.
She leaves three sons, Gerard A. and Charles R. of South Hadley, and Francis P. of a daughter, Mary Leclair of SouthHadley: three brothers, Edgar of Jacksonville, Francis of West Palm Beach, and Leo of South Hadley; two sisters, Florina Duval of Holyoke and Jane Menard of West Palm Beach, six grandchildren; and two, greatgrandchildren. The funeral will be Friday morning at Ryder Funeral Home and the church, with the burial at St.
Rose Cemetery. The calling hours are Thursday afternoon and evening, and memorial contributions may be made to the Holyoke Visiting Nurse Association, 330 Whitney Holyoke, 01040, or the St. Patrick's Church building fund at 30 Main South Hadley, 01075. Doris M. Poirier WEST SPRINGFIELD Doris M.
(Owens) Poirier, 86, formerly of 19 Bonair died Monday at her daughter's home in Hinsdale, N.H. She worked at Edson's Department Store in Dennisport for. 10 years, and was a longtime employee of the former Albert E. Steiger Department Store in Longmeadow. She was born in Brockton, and moved here many years ago.
Her husband, Joseph R. Poirier, died in 1981. She leaves seven sons, Ronald of Kissimmee, Joseph of Elliot, Maine, Richard of Brockton, Edward of Hyannis, David of Salem, Paul of Portland, and John of Fort Myers, three daughters, Claire Poirier of Portland, Marie Poirier of South Hadley, and Ann Costello of Hinssdale, N.H.; a sister, Evelyn Owens of Brockton; 29 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. Another daughter, Jean Mooney, died in 1968, and a son, Robert, died in 1983. The funeral will be Thursday morning at Toomey-O'Brien Funeral Home and the Immaculate Conception Church, with the burial at the convenience of the family.
A calling hour will precede the Mass at the funeral home. Alfred M. Foisey ENFIELD Alfred M. Foisey, 75, of Connecticut Avenue, died Monday at home. He was born in Worcester, and lived here from 1953.
He was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II, a communicant of St. Patrick's Church, and a member of the Mount Carmel Society, the Veterans of Foreign Wars in West Springfield, and the AMVETS in Malone, N.Y. He leaves his wife, Theresa A. (Gentile) Foisey; two sons, Allan M. of North Carolina and Kevin of Enfield; three brothers, Robert of Arizona, Kenneth of West Springfield, and Roy of Southwick, seven sisters.
Dorothy Poisson of Southwick, Eleanor Trumbull of Feeding Hills, Agawam, Dolores Pearson of Malone, and Elaine Rolandini, Beatrice Shirley Lascala and Gladys Rolandini of West Springfield; and three grandchildren. The funeral will be Thursday morning at Browne Memorial Funeral Chapels and the church. The calling hours will be this afternoon and evening, and memorial contributions may be made to the Home Health and Community Services Hospice Fund, PO Box 906, Enfield, 06083-0906. Obituaries cil. She leaves a -law, Dorothy R.
Foley of Springfield; three nephews, Police Capt. Gerald M. Foley of Springfield, City Councilor William T. Foley of Springfield, and Paul A. Foley of Louisville, and a niece, Mary Ellen Struck of Providence, R.I.
The funeral will be Friday morning at St. Pierre Springfield Funeral Chapels and the church, with the burial in St. Michael's Cemetery, The calling hours will be Thursday afternoon through the evening, and memorial contributions may be made to the church renovation fund at 395 Chestnut Springfield, 01104. Edna Bates EAST LONGMEADOW Edna (Beard) Bates, 74, of this town, died at St. Joseph's Trauma Center in Nashua, N.H., on Monday.
She was the owner and operator of the former East Longmeadow Music Co. for 25 years, and retired in 1985. She was born in Manchester, N.H., and lived here from 1946. She was active with the Enfield Food Shelf. Her husband, Paul C.
"Cookie" Bates, died in 1982. She leaves a son, Richard of Wilbraham; a daughter, Linda Thorn of Enfield; two brothers, Bill Beard of Westford, and Jay Beard of Elma, and four grandchildren. The funeral will be Saturday morning at ForastiereSmith Funeral Home, with the burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. The calling hours will be Friday afternoon and evening, and memorial contributions may be made to the Food Shelf, 47 North Main Box 699, Enfield. 06082, or the American Cancer Society, 53 Capital Drive, West Springfield, 01089.
Bronislaw Gadek AGAWAM Bronislaw Gadek, 74, of this city, and a longtime Holyoke resident, died Sunday at a local nursing home. He was a machinist for Easco Hand Tools, and retired in 1987. Born in Poland, he was a communicant of the Mater Dolorosa Church in Holyoke, and belonged to Polish National Alliance Group 141. He leaves his wife, Rozalia (Czygier) Gadek; three sons. Alvin Szulc of California, and William Szulc and John Gadek of Holyoke; a sister, Adela Kubik in Kracow, Poland; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
He was predeceased by two sons, Walter Szulc in 1993, and Stanley Gadek in 1996. The funeral will be Friday morning at Starzyk Funeral Home of Holyoke, and the church, with the burial in the parish cemetery. The calling hours are Thursday afternoon and evening, and memorial, the contributions American may Diabetes be Association, 813 Williams Longmeadow, 01106. Dorothy M. Strumski CANTON Dorothy M.
Strumski, 72, of this town, died Monday at home. She was a physical education teacher in Tucson, before becoming a teacher in the Canton schools. She taught the fifth grade at the Hemingway and physical education at Canton High School for many years. She also coached field hockey and basketball there. She retired in 1985.
She leaves her husband, Leo W. Strumski; a son, William of Canton; a daughter, Sandra Bruso of Longmeadow; a brother, Walter H. Lewis of Brockton; and a sister, Lillian Simmons of Arlington, Va. The funeral will be Friday morning at Dockray Thomas Funeral Home, with the burial in Canton Corner Cemetery. The calling hours will be Thursday afternoon and evening, and memorial contributions may be made to the Caritas Good Samaritan Hospice, 3 Edgewater Drive, Norwood, 02062.
June Loiselle WATERBURY, Vt. June Loiselle, 51, of this town, died Oct. 11. She was a massage therapist and Reiki master. She was born in Springfield, and lived in Ludlow, for 11 years before moving to Vermont.
She leaves her longtime partner. Frank Walters of Waterbury; a son, James Circosta of New York state: two daughters, Rachelle Circosta Manewich of Ludlow and Krystina Circosta Agudelo of Chicopee, five sisters; and a brother. There will be a memorial Mass on Friday at St. John the Baptist Church in Ludlow. Ludlow Funeral Home is handling arrangements, and memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 111 Elm West Springfield, 01089.
Jeanne M. Cloutier EAST LONGMEADOW Jeanne M. Cloutier, 74, of this town, and formerly of Enfield, died Tuesday in the Chestnut Hill Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born in Lewiston. Maine.
Her husband, Laurier "Larry" Cloutier, died in 1985, and her son, George in 1962. She leaves her other son, Paul G. of East Longmeadow; two brothers, Marcel Girardin of Auburn, Maine, and Robert Girardin of South Windsor, five sisters, Cecile Girardin of Auburn, Lucy Prince, Rita Culliton and Georgette Belanger Lewiston. and Kate Berube of Rockport, Maine. The funeral will be Friday morning at Browne Memorial Funeral Chapels in Enfield, and St.
Michael's Church. The calling hours will be Thursday afternoon and evening, and memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 5 Brookside Drive, Wallingford, 06450, or the Chestnut Hill Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 32 Chestnut East Longmeadow, 01028. Joseph Labrecque SPRINGFIELD Joseph Labrecque, 90, of this city, died Sunday at Baystate Medical Center. He was the co-owner of the former Casa Buona Restaurant in West Springfield for 26 years, and retired in 1968. He was born in St.Gervais, Quebec, and lived here from 1942.
He was a communicant of St. Joseph's Church, and a member of its League of the Sacred Heart, Home City Council 63 of the Knights of Columbus, and the Archbishop Williams Assembly of the Fourth-Degree Knights. His wife, Yvonne M. (Blais) Labrecque, died in 1995. He leaves two daughters, Annette L.
Plante and Elaine J. Nadeau of Springfield: two brothers, Wilfred of Springfield and Emile of Torrington, and two grandchildren. The funeral will be Thursday morning at St. Pierre Springfield Funeral Chapels a and the church, with the burial in St. Michael's Cemetery.
The calling hours will be this afternoon and evening. Harold E. Albee SPRINGFIELD Harold E. Albee. 71, of this city, and formerly of Hartford, died Tuesday at a local nursing home.
He was a machinist at Chandler Evans Co. of West Hartford, and worked formerly at Smyth Inc. in Bloomfield, Conn. Born in New Brunswick, Canada, he was a World War II U. S.
Navy veteran. He lived here most of his life. His wife, Gertrude (Brunell) Albee, died in 1979. He leaves four sons, John H. of Torrington, Robert H.
of Kennsington, Thomas W. of Hartford, and Lucien G. of Groton, three daughters, Susan A. Jones of Mancos, Lucille C. Picard of Winchester, and Tina Marie P.
Burnham of West Granby, a brother, William of Bristol, two sisters, Margaret Holmes of Wolcott, and Dorothy Valentino of Bristol; and seven grandchildren. A calling hour will precede the funeral Thursday morning at Byron's Funeral Home on State Street. The burial will be that afternoon at Mount St. Benedict Cemetery in Bloomfield. Aurore B.
Bourque HOLYOKE Aurore B. (Desormier) Bourque, 87, formerly of 70 Walnut died Tuesday at Holyoke Hospital. She was a paper cutter at Hampden Paper Co. for many years. Born here, she was a communicant of St.
Jerome's Church, and a lifelong resident. She was predeceased by her husband, William Bourque, in 1953, and two sons, Wilfred in 1939, and Raymond in 1970. She leaves two daughters, Lorraine M. Andras of South Hadley, and Irene C. Mayo of West Springfield; a brother, Leo Desormier of Aldenville; four grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren.
The funeral will be Friday morning at Arthur J. Brunelle Funeral Home in Willimansett and St. Patrick's Chapel, with the burial in St. Jerome's Cemetery. The calling hours are Thursday afternoon and evening, and memorial contributions may be made to the Diabetes Association, 377 Elliot Newton, 02164.
Robert L. Collester SPRINGFIELD There will be a private funeral and burial for Robert L. Collester, 91, of Cunningham who died Oct. 17 in an East Longmeadow nursing home. He was the area's only farm broker for a time, and retired several years ago.
He was a member of the Springfield Board of Realtors. His wife, Verba Collester, died in 1997. He leaves a daughter, Verba C. Miller of Springfield: a brother, George W. of Springfield; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Byron Funeral Home is handling, arrangements. There are no calling hours, and memorial contributions may be made to the Chestnut Hill Nursing Home activities fund at 32 Chestnut East Longmeadow, 01028. Lawrence Alexander SPRINGFIELD Lawrence Rex Alexander, 87, of this city died Monday. He was a teacher at McKinley High School in Canton, Ohio, and later a salesman for West Chemical Co. of Ohio.
He was born in Canton, and was a graduate of Denison University in Granville, Ohio. He was a Navy veteran of World War II, and retired with the rank of first lieutenant. He was a member of Sigma Chi. His wife, Gwendolyn M. (Light) Alexander, died in 1997.
He leaves a son, Larry L. of Montpelier, a daughter, Lynne A. Knodler of Springfield; and two grandchildren. The funeral will be Friday, morning at Sampson's Chapel of the Acres, with the burial in Hillcrest Park Cemetery. The calling hours will be Thursday evening, and memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Foundation, in care of the Western Massachusetts Visiting Nurses Association and Hospice of Western Massachusetts, 50 Maple PO Box 9058, Springfield, 01102-9058, or the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Laughing Brook.
Hampden, 01036. Marinda R. McGowan SPRINGFIELD Marinda "Linda" Ree McGowan, 39, of 348 Berkshire died on Oct. 17 at Baystate Medical Center. She worked at the Springfield Sheraton Hotel and Taco Bell.
She was born in Greenville, S.C., and lived here for 30 years. She was schooled in South Carolina 'and here, and attended Technical High School. She belonged to the Salvation Army. She leaves two sons, Anthony K. and Tony J.
of Springfield; a daughter, Crystal R. McGowan of Springrield; five sisters, Gail McGowan Green, Almand Alexander, Betty Robbins, Kim Brown and Regina R. Copper of Springfield; her mother, Mary Patterson, and father, Rufus Mcgowan, of Springfield; her stepmother, Gwen McGowan of Springfield; her stepfather, Alex Patterson of Springfield; two grandchildren; her friend, Rhea Scruggs of Springfield. The funeral will be Friday morning at Harrell Funeral Home, with the burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. A calling hour will precede the funeral.
Contributions may be made to the Salvation Army, 855 Asylum Hartford, 06105. State's rare species; in peril, says report Associated Press Half of all reptile PLYMOUTH The state needs species and 16 :16 to take: a closer look at the land it is protecting in order to ensure the percent of plants 01 survival of most endangered plants and animals, according to a and vertebrate 10. new study. Almost 70 percent of the endan- animals could be el gered species in the state live on unprotected land, even though al- wiped out because, a most a quarter of all land in Mas- their habitat is 191 sachusetts is protected from development, according to the re- bi port, released yesterday. unprotected.
"Despite the relatively large quantity of protected land in Mas- taintops, water supplies. farms, sachusetts, there is a false sense of and recreation areas. And many of security that the state's bio-diver- the swamps, flood plains, mealsity has been well protected," said ows, and sand barrens where the Henry Barbour of the private Na- rare plants and animals live were ture Conservancy, which con- ignored. ducted the study with the state's The study said 12 species on the Natural Heritage and Endangered endangered list live on the top of Species Program. mountains in Berkshire County, "It's a very urgent situation," he and the peaks are protected.
But said. only 15 percent of land at the feet Half of all reptile species in the of the mountains is protected, and state and 16 percent of plants and 112 rare species live there. vertebrate animals could be wiped The report urges the out because their habitat is unpro- protect an additional 90,000 acres tected, the report warned. in order. to ensure the survival of The study found that over the the endangered species.
past century, government and pri- Much of the property is on Cape vate groups have preserved 1.3 Cod and the islands of Martha's million acres in Massachusetts, in- Vineyard and Nantucket, but it cluding 100,000 acres in the last 10 also includes stretches of the Conyears. necticut River and Housatonic However, much of the land was River valleys in the western part of chosen to protect scenic moun- the state and Plymouth. 08 la D9 Heinz Braunschweig, company president: HOLYOKE Heinz A. his wife, Jutta (Hering) BraunsthBraunschweig, 71, of 40 Bray Park weig at home; a son and daughter- Drive, died Monday. He was the president and treasurer of the former Braun's Welding Service and the manager of Industrial Steel Boiler Co.
Born and educated in Germany, he was graduated from the Handelsschule and Hoehere Textilfachschule Greiz. He came here in 1955, and received a diploma from the Holyoke High School evening division. He attended the First Lutheran Church, and was a former member of the Springfield Turnverein. He leaves in-law, Jack and Cindy of Holyoke and two grandsons. The memorial service will be Friday the hours, church.
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