The Republican from Springfield, Massachusetts (2024)

July 2, 1983

Publication:

The Republicani

Location:

Springfield, Massachusetts

Issue Date:

Saturday, July 2, 1983

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13

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William Boyer 60 UMass Professor 1 AMHERST William Boyer QO of 16 Berkshire Terrace 29 year professor of civil engineering for University of Massachusetts Amherst and former member of the Zoning Board of Appeals died Thursday in Cooley Dickinson Hos pital Northampton Born in Washington DC he attended schools in Arlington Va dnd graduated from Washington and Lee High School Arlington In World War II he served with the Corps of Engineers 26th (Yan kee) Division in the European The ater of Operations Northern france the Ardennes Rhineland and Central Europe and was dis charged at the rank of sergeant He was awarded the Purple Heart tyledal and Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster After the war he received his degree in civil engi neering in 1947 and in civil engineering in 1950 from North Carolina State College I He taught seven years at North Carolina State and joined the civil engineering department at UMass in 1954 He was promoted to professor in 1967 and received the guished teacher of the year" award in 1968 and awards for his out standing work in 1978 and He served on many university committees and was the faculty adviser to the student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers 25 years He was a member of Sigma I Tau Beta Pi American Society of Civil Engineers Institute of Traffic Engineers and an associate member of Transportation Research group A traffic engineer consultant for Amherst Chicopee and West Stock bridge and several private firms he was a registered professional engi neer in this state and North Carolina A former town meeting member he was a member of North Amherst Congregational Church and chair man of its board of managers and the parish hall building committee He leaves his wife the former Margaret Phillip and a brother Charles of Chatham NJ The funeral will be Sunday in the church with burial in Gate of Heaven Cemetery Silver Spring Md Douglass uneral Home is in charge Donations may be made to William Boyer Scholarship und in care of Thomas A Grow Civil Engineering Department Marston Hall lAlass 01003 Albert Howe Greene at 69 ormer Boston Life Official Albert Howe Greene 69 of 111 Sunrise Terrace Springfield died riday in Baystate Medical Center Springfield Unit An assistant staff manager of Boston Life Insurance Co West Springfield office he worked for the Company 25 years and retired in 1979 His great great uncle was Elias Howe inventor of the sewing machine Born in Bridgeport Conn he lived in Longmeadow 22 years and Jean McIntosh HOLYOKE Jean (Home) McIntosh 94 of 138 Sergeant St former domestic for local families died Thursday in Holyoke Hospital Born in Bank head Scotland she lived in South Hadley then in Holyoke 65 years She was a member of Grace United Church the Ladies Auxiliary of Caledonians and Jackson Parkway Ceramic Club Her husband orbes McIntosh died in 1918 and her son orbes A McIntosh in 1977 She leaves two daughters Rose Kuchta With whom she lived and Gladys Werbiskis of Holyoke a brother William of Holyoke five grandchil dren 11 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren The funeral will be this morning at Edward Day uneral Home Chestnut Street with burial in or estdale Cemetery iHubert Scott WESTIELD Hubert Scott 55 of 404 Southwick Road retired custodian for West field High School died riday in Providence Hospital after a long ill ness Bom in Randolph he lived in Springfield and then in this city 25 years He graduated from Spring field Technical High School He was a member of Episcopal Church of Atonement the original Springfield Cadets Squadron Civil Air Patrol and Parents Without Partners Chapter 990 He leaves his fiancee Alva Machado of Westfield a son Brian of Holyoke three daugh ters Beverly London of West Springfield Linda Baines of Bland ford and Carol Ann Scott of Spring field two brothers Arthur of Poughkeepsie NY and Robert of East Longmeadow and seven grandchildren The funeral will be Tuesday morning at irtion Hollis ter uneral Home with burial in Hillcrest Park Cemetery Spring field Donations may be made to the American Cancer Society or Voice Club of Greater Springfield Louis Naylor Louis Naylor '74 of 35 Mapledell St Springfield former 24 year employee of1 the Jewish Nursing Home of Western Massachusetts died Thursday in Baystate Medical Center Springfield Unit Born in Kemper County Miss he lived in Springfield 28 years He was a member of the Black Water Baptist Church of Kemper County and the True Light No125 Lodge of Mason PHA of Meridian Miss He leaves his wife the former Alberta Cole four sons Louis Jr Johnnie Harvey Lee and LeMar all of Springfield two daughters Pearlie Green of Springfield and Leola Wooten of Missouri two brothers Willie Naylor and red Birge and a sister Betty Ballfield all of Merld ian 18 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren The funeral will be Wednesday morning at Henderson uneral Home with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Springfield 43 years He attended Springfield schools and graduated from Williston Acad emy Easthampton in 1934 He was an Army veteran of World War II A communicant of St Catherine of Siena Church he was an extra ordinary minister of the church representative on the parish council and member of Parents and riends of Monson Developmental Center He leaves his wife the former Alice Zielinski two daughters Mary Ellen Kornacki of Ludlow and Theresa Greene at home a brother Richard of Lebanon NY and three grandchildren The funeral will be Tuesday morning at Ratell uneral Home and in the church with burial in Gate of Heaven Cemetery Anna Mullins HATIELD Anna (Dopp mann) Mullins 97 of 134 West St West Hatfield retired cook in the Hatfield school lunch program died Thursday in Cooley Dickinson Hos pital Northampton She was a life long resident of this area She leaves two sons Charles of Greenfield and James of West Hatfield six daugh ters Catherine Shea and Anna Smeraldi both of Northampton Margaret Pfersich of Montague Dorothy Packard of Shelburne alls Gladys Grant of Sudbury and Janet Mulliris of West Hatfield a sister Maria Buck of Warren 21 grand children 27 great grandchildren and a great great grandson The funeral will be today at George Reynolds uneral Home and in St Church with burial in St Cemetery Harold A Moore Harold A Moore 87 of Bowdoin Street Springfield retired machin ist for the old Westinghouse Electric Mfg Co died Thursday in a local nursing home Born in Belchertown he lived in Springfield most of his life and retired in 1961 He was an Army veteran of World War I and a member of American Legion Post 21 His wife the former Hilda Stuart died in 1975 He leaves a brother Roscoe of Cherry Valley section of Worcester four sisters Ruby Andrews of Belchertown Alice Wildly of Mount Horeb Wis lorence Moore of Ware and Jennie Moore of Worcester The funeral will be Tuesday afternoon at State Street uneral Home with burial in Hillcrest Park Cemetery Gloria Anderson Gloria Anderson 50 of 74 Clifton Ave died riday in the Springfield Unit of Bay State Medical Center Born in Rockaway Beach NY she was a resident of Springfield for the past 16 years She formerly was employed as a bus monitor for the Springfield School Department and was a member of Third Baptist Church She leaves her mother Sarah Washington of ar Rockaway NY four sons Albert Kelvin Wil liam and George all of Springfield two daughters Roselyn Mitchell of Atwater Calif and Charlene Anderson of Springfield and three grandchildren The funeral will be Tuesday evening from Harrell uneral Home followed by crema tion in Springfield Crematory i Marcel Laramee Daily News Saturday July 2 1983 13 Mary Whitcher at 9 1 Helped Health Agencies CHICOPEE Marcel Laramee 63 of 34 Boileau Terrace retired heavy equipment operator for the city Highway Department died riday at home Born in Can ada he lived here 60 years He was a Navy veteran of World War II and member of Aldenville American Legion Post 337 He leaves his wife the former Almerina Mary Brunetti and four brothers Emile and Lionel both of Connecticut Gerard of Chi copee and Roland of Sturbridge The funeral will be Tuesday morn ing at Robert uneral Home and in St Church with burial in St Rose Cemetery Helen Mosher Memorial services will be con ducted Tuesday for Helen (Brigham) Mosher 83 formerly of 156 Maple St Bom in Hartford Conn she was a longtime resident of Longmeadow and lived in Spring field for the past 10 years She died Jan 22 in a local nursing home She was a member of South Congrega tional Church Springfield Club and Springfield Garden Club The widow of Walter Mosher she leaves a niece Arietta Van Arsdale of Annandale NJ and two neph ews Dr George Kempton of Sac ramento Calif and Colby A Brigham of Hopkinsville Ky Memorial services will be at 3 pm in South Congregational Church chapel Memorial contributions may be made to the church HOUSTON (AP) At least two robbers repeatedly stabbed four employees of a miniature race track and video game center say police basing the conclusion on the bloody murder scene no way only one person could have done police depart ment spokesman Raul Correa said riday Anil Varughese an 18 year old pre med student at Houston Baptist University and night manager at Malibu Grand Prix was found dead riday morning in the business office said John Brite of the Harris County Medical Office The office had been ransacked a safe opened two cash trays emptied and video game tokens spilled on the floor A knife blade was found under body and a bloody foot print had been made on a sheet of paper police said Two employees were found CHESTER Mary (Stannard) Whitcher 91 of Huntington Street died Thursday in a Westfield nursing home She was a volunteer foi Chester Community Health Service Born in Chester she lived here most of her life She was past treasurer of Chester Chapter American Cancer Society and past great Pocahontas of Mas sachusetts Degree of Pocahontas an auxiliary of Improved Order of Red Men and a member of Order of the Eastern Star Liberty Chapter and United Church of Chester BOSTON (AP) State officials have declined to comment on charges that the state is stalling in a lawsuit brought by a state welfare worker who wants her co workers to stop smoking are disappointed by the Dukakis apparent indifference to a major health prob Rita Addison president of the Group Against Smoking Pollution said at a news conference riday outside the Statehpuse have tried to reach him but the fact that slumped in restroom stalls and the other victim was lying nearby on his back Brite said Officers estimated that less than $5000 had been taken The three other victims who worked as track attendants and ser viced the machines were identified by police as Arnold Pequeno 19 and his brother Joe 18 and Rod Harris 23 a Houston Baptist music student who had worked only two nights at the center Varughese and two victims who were not identified had their throats slashed Brite said All had multiple stab wounds to the chest head face arms and torso he said amazed me was the amount of Brite said was more than your average 'Hey gonna and stab There were no signs of forced entry and police said they had no suspects in the killings they called the worst mass slaying She was the widow of Alexander Whitcher She leaves two daughters Win nifred Wilpsie of Westfield and Guida Tatro of Hinsdale four grandchildren six great grandchil dren and four great great grandchildren A memorial service will be the afternoon of July 10 in the church with burial at the convenience of the family Healy Pease uneral Home Westfield is in charge Donations may be made to Chester Community Health Service he has not responded leads us to believe that he does not Rich Gureghian a spokesman for Gov Michael Dukakis said would serve no purpose to discuss a case under The state attorney office which is defending the Welfare Department would not comment either accord ing to spokesman Meg Reynolds At issue is a lawsuit now pending before Judge George Hurd in Bristol Superior Court in which Marie Lee a worker in the Attle boro office of the state Department of Public Welfare is suing her employer for the right to work in a smoke free office Mrs Lee 56 of Attleboro claims that the smoke she is exposed to in her office makes her and ill with headaches stinging throat altered Her attorney in the case Edward Greer of Cambridge accused the Dukakis administration of trying to crush the other side with a drawing on the resources of the Tobacco Institute lost on the merits they are now trying to outspend us before there can ever be a he said am puzzled amazed I would have thought the Dukakis administration would consider workers health a sympathetic William Toohey Jr a spokesman for the Tobacco Institute the Wash ington based trade association of the cigarette industry said idea that the Tobacco Institute is funding the state of Massachusetts in this is He said the institute had provided help to lawyers representing Judith Caron a welfare worker in Mrs office who smokes and who has joined the suit AIC Will Host Workshop on Juvenile Justice Right to be a juvenile justice work shop sponsored by American Inter national College and Downey Side Adoption Agency will begin Tues day at the campus center The workshop which runs through July 22 is comprised of lecture? from 4 to 6 pm and group discus sions from 7 9:30 pm It will deal with children who are under the care of the state Several guest speakers will be featured including Kojo Odo a sin gle parent who has received national attention for his adoption of 26 children Hampden County Sher iff Michael Ashe and Glen Hester author of of the story of his life spent in foster homes Participants may take the work shop for Continuing Education cred its Registrations will be accepted through Tuesday or more infor mation contact Dr Theodore Belsky of College of Continu ing Education and Graduate Studies Cops Nab Pair Oh ireworks SOUTH HADLEY Two men were arrested early today and charged with possession of fireworks Don Jones 22 of 48 Mt View St? and James Watson 20 of 22 Acorrf Road East Dennis are scheduled to be arraigned riday in District They were arrested at about 1:05 am in the parking lot of the Polish American Club on Granby Road Police said they confiscated some skyrockets and other fireworks from the suspects Both men were released on their own recognizance pending their arraignments Cyclist Injured SOUTHWICK A motorcyclist was injured early today when he lost control of his bike at the intersec tion of oster and South Longyafd Roads Police said John Wadsworth 20 of 392 College Highway South wick was taken by ire Department ambulance to Noble Hospital for treatment of arm lacerations motorcycle left the road at the intersection shortly before 1:30 am police said Buckminster uller 4 ound Stabbed to Death In Houston Games Center Dukakis Stalls Suit on Smoking Backers of State Worker Claim Lance LOS ANGELES (AP) Buck uller a recipient of the Presi minster uller the lance dential Medal of reedom began his DEATHS 1 who coined the term and designed the geodesic dome died of a heart attack he suffered at the bedside of his unconscious wife a hospital spokesman said The 87 year old inventor philoso pher was visiting his wife of 66 years at 2:45 pm riday when he suffered the seizure said Ruth Scott a spokesman for Good Samaritan Hospital He died about two hours later she said Anne uller remained in critical condition today hospital officials said uneral arrangements for uller were pending said Jeff Milch of the riends of Buckminster uller oundation in San rancisco Expelled from Harvard and a failure as a businessman uller found success as an author and wide ranging intellect writing 25 books including Chains to the and Manual for Spaceship He amassed a loyal following on college campuses and kept a vigor ous lecture schedule well into his 80s spending most of his time traveling uller designed a house that hung from a mast a map of the world that showed all the continents with out distortion a three wheeled car that could turn in its own length and a molded bathroom unit with a fog gun that used only a quart of water for a 10 minute bath Over the years uller gave countless people enlarged sense of belonging to the said Norman Cousins a writer and phi losopher who was among admirers uller has a way of making peo pie feel better about wanting to be with their own Cousins told The Los Angeles Times last month might not understand pre cisely what saying but he dem onstrates you can communicate without precise The geodesic dome a linking of triangles into a strong and light weight half sphere is most famous construction Like the rest of his inventions it grew out of his conviction that technology could give a means for providing all its inhabitants and more of career as a lance genius" in the words of an aide after a series of personal disasters He was born in Milton Mass the son of a Boston merchant and the descendant of a long line of cler gymen and lawyers His great aunt was the transcendentalist Margaret uller His father died when he was 12 but he continued a five generation family tradition by attending Har vard which expelled him for sponsibility and lack of in 1915 In 1917 uller married Anne Hewlett daughter of a prominent New York architect Despite poor eyesight uller enlisted in the Navy in World War I and was sent to the Naval Academy to study After the war he and his wife moved to Chicago where he worked for a company marketing building materials invented by his father in law Bertha Konicki SOUTH HADLEY Bertha (Kle: packi) Konicki 56 of 41 Kendrick St died riday at Holyoke Hospital Born in Holyoke she lived in South Hadley for the past 30 years She was a communicant of Mater Dolorosa Church in Holyoke a member of Mater Dolorosa Society Group 141 of the Polish National Alliance a member of the Polish American Citizens Club of South Hadley and the Society of Polish American Culture of Western Mas sachusetts She was the daughter of the late Walter and Mary (Czaskey) Klepacki She leaves her husband Edward two daughters Diane Bailey of West Palm Beach la and Karlene Cloutier of Ware a son Edward of Easthampton two brothers Edward Klepacki of South Hadley and Chester Klepacki of Holyoke six grandchildren and sev eral nieces and nephews In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Mater Dolorosa building fund or the Joslin Clinic for diabetic research in Brookline uneral will be held at Czelusniak uneral Home 145 Maple St Holyoke at 8:15 am Monday with a liturgy of Christian burial at Mater Dolorosa Church at 9 and burial at Mater Dolorosa Cemetery in South Hadley 4 ADAMS In Greenfield June 30 Mrs Dorothy (rench) Adams 89 of Route 2 East Charlemont Wife of Army Col Carroll Adams Ref uneral Tuesday at 1 1 am In St James Episcopal Church Greenfield with Rev William Lutz officiating Burial In Swan Point Cemetery Providence I with Rev Peter Chase of St James Church In Greenfield officiating There are no calling hours In lieu of flowers dona tlons may be made in her mem ory to St James Episcopal Church Endowment und Greenfield MA01301 BOYER In Northampton June 30 1983 William Boyor 60 of 16 Berkshire Terrace Amherst uneral 2 pm Sunday at the North Amherst Congregational Church Burial in tne Gate of Heaven Cemetery Silver Springs Md The Douglass uneral Home Amherst Is In charge No calling hours Dona tlons may bo made to the Wil Ham Boyer Scholarship und in care of Thomas A Grow Civil Engineering Department Marston Hall Uni varsity of Massachusetts Amherst 01003 BROCKETT in East Longmeadow June 30 1983 Alma (Spalding) Brockett 92 formerly of 393 Union St Spfid Widow of Ralph Brockett uneral Tuesday 10 am at the Dickinson Streeter uneral hom*o 305 State St Spfid There are no calling hours ipterment in Spfid Cem etery In Hou of flowers memo rial contributions may be made to the Spfid Hobby Club or the charity of ones choice BRUSO Of Springfield June 30 Leonard Bruso Sr of 41 Betterway Son of Ida (Laplanto) Bruso Husband of Rita Bruso father of Leonard Jr Richard Don ald Goorge and Geraldine Landers Norma Hamel Anita Levesque Madeline Co mor brother of William Robert George Donald Bruso and Ear line Mansfield Dorothy Hen nessey Lorraine Lavelle Rita Clefe Madeline McCollum and twenty three grand children two great grandchildren uneral will bo Saturday 9AM at Curran Jones uneral Home 109 Main St West Springfield followed by a liturgy of Chris tian burial at 10AM In St Cath erine of Sienna Church Burial in St Michaels Cemtery Springfield Visiting hours ri day 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 i CUTTING in Greenfield July 1 Daniel Cutting 36 of Heath Road Colraln Husband of Barbara (Ryan) Cutting uneral will be Sunday at 2:30 pm at Smith and Kelleher uneral Home In Shelburne alls Burial In North River Cemetery Colraln 'Memorial donations may bo made to Colraln Ambulance und co Colraln ire Depart ment 01340 GODIN in Ludlow June 30 Mr Edward A Godin 67 of 1087 Center St Beloved husband of Jane (Howes) Godin ather of Edward and Arthur Grandfather of 2 uneral Ser vices Sunday at 11:30 AM at the Ludlow unerl Home Burial In island Pond Cemetery Visiting hours Saturday 24 and 7 9 GREENE in Baystate Medical Center Springfield Unit July 1 Albert Howe Greene 69 of ill Sunrise Ter Husband of Alice (Zie linski) Greene ather Mary Ellon Kornacki and Theresa Greene Brother of Richard Howe Greene Grandfather of throe uneral Tuesday at Ratell uneral Home 9 am with liturgy of Christian burial at 10 in St Catherine of Siena Church Burial in Gate of Heaven Cemetery Visiting hours Sunday evening 7 9 and Monday 24 and 79 pm JACKSON In Ludlow June 30 1983 George Jackson Jr 78 of 36 Gillette Circle Spfid Husband cf Ade laide (Hadlock) Jackson Com mittal service Saturday 11 am at Hillcrest Park Cemetery Memorial service Saturday 2 at South Church Chapel here are no calling hours Memorial contributions may be made to the Trinity College Alumni und Hartford CT or South Church Memorial und A Dickinson Streeter service LaOUNTAIN in Springfield June 30 Mrs Gwendolene (Campbell) Laountaln 48 of 204 Pondvlew Drive Ludlow wife of Thomas Laountaln Services will be held Saturday at 10AM at the Tylunas uneral Home 159 Broadway Chicopee alls Cre mation to follow Calling hours are riday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 LARAMEE Died July 1 1983 Chicopee Marcel (Hooper) Laramee 63 of 34 Boileau Terraco Chico pee The husband of Almerina Manr Blunettl The funeral will be Tuesday morning 9:15 from the Robert uneral Home Chi copee followed by a liturgy of Christian Burial 10:00 In St Georges Church Chicopee Burial In St Rose Cemetery Chicopee Calling hours Sunday 79 and Monday 2 4 and 7 9 NAYLOR In Springfield June 30 Louis Naylor or 35 Maplodell St Hus dan of Alborta (Cole) Naylor ather of Louis Jr Johnnie Harvey Loe LeMar Peartle Green Leola Wooten Brother of Willie Naylor red Birge and Betty Ballfield uneral Wednesday at 11 am from Henderson uneral hom*o Bur ial In Oak Grove Cemetery Calling hours Tuesday 7 9 pm PARKER Of West Springfield June'30' Helen (Plokarskl) Parker of 27 Kent St Mother of Howard Parker and Margaret Wrights Sister of rank Plokarskl Grandmother of five groat randmother of three uneral unday at 3 pm at the Bethany Assembly of God Church Agawam Visiting hours are Saturday 2 4 and 7 9 pm at the Curran Jones uneral Home 4 109 Main St with burial In Pau catuck Cemetery both In West Springfield 4 POWELL In Buckland July 1 John Powell 82 of Lower St Hus band of Clara (Strohekor) Powell Graveside services will be Sunday at 1:30 pm in Center Cemetery Buckland There are no calling hours Smith and Kel lohor uneral Home Shelburne alls In charge In lieu of flow ers donations may be made to American Cancer society Mas sachusetts Division 1111 Elm St West Springfield 01089 4 SCOTT Of Westfield July 1 Hubert "Scotty" Scott 55 of 404 South wick Road iance of Alva Machado ather of Brian of Holyoke Beverly London of West Springfield Linda Baines of Blanford and Carol Ann Scott of Springfield Brother of Arthur of Poughkeepsie 4 NY and Robert of East 4 Longmeadow Grandfather of 4 seven uneral Tuesday at 11 am at tho irtion Hoillstor 4 uneral Home Burial in Hill crest Park Cometary Spring field Calling hours are Monday A 2 4 and 7 9 pm Memorial dona tlons may be made to the A American Cancer Society or to the Voice Club of Greater Springfield A WALSH MOORE Of Springfield June 30 1983 Harold A Moore 87 formerly of 31 Bowdoin St Sprlnfleld Hus band of the lato Hilda (Stuart) Moore uneral Tuesday 1:30 at Byrons uneral Home 684 State St Burial Hillcrest Park Ceme tery VISITING HOURS SUN DAY 2 to 4 PM ONLY MOSHER In Springfield January 22 1983 Helen (Brigham) Mosher 83 Widow of Walter Mosher ormerly of 156 Maple Street Memorial Service Tuesday July 5 at 3 pm at South Con gregational Church Chapel Memorial contributions may be made to South Church MULLINS in Northampton June 30 1983 Anna (Doppmann) Mullins 97 of 134 West St West Hat field uneral 9:15 am Satur day at the George Reynolds uneral Home Northampton followed by a liturgy of Chris tian burial at 10 In st Joseph's Church Hatflold Burial In St Mary's Cemetery Northamp ton In Tarpon Springs LA June 26 William Walsh age 70 of 4412 Holiday Drive Holiday LA Brother of Alfred Walsh of Tarpon Springs The uneral will be Sunday at 2pm at Leete uneral Home 125 Pearl St Enfield Burial will bo In Enfield Street Cemetery Vlst Ing hours Saturday 2 4 and 7 9pm Memorial donations may bo made to The Enfield Community Ambulance und PO Box 220 Enfield Ct 06082 JnMemoriam ALANO In loving memory of ALPHONSE ALANO who passed away on July 2 1981 To one we will never forget His absence to us Is a sorrow His loss wo will always regret Sadly missed by his wife Eve line and children DEPALO In Loving Memory of NICHOLAS DEPALO who passed away July) 1975 Gone is the face wo loved so dear Silent Is the voice wo loved to hoar Too far away for sight or speech Bui not too far for thought to reach Sweet to remember him who was here Who gone away Is lust os dear Sadly missed by mother and father Jf.

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