IN MEMORIAM

(As of 12/15/25)

In honor and memory of Mass Retirees members who have recently passed away, we offer this tribute to them – their names, addresses and former public service.

We extend our deepest sympathy to their families.

AGURKIS, JOHN – Plantation, FL (Lynn Police Dept.)
ALLIERI, JEAN M. – Foxboro, MA (Boston School Dept.)
ALMAN, BARBARA A. – Barrington, IL (Labor Management Board)
AULT, JOHN J. – Wayland, MA (Arlington Retiree)
AURIGEMMA, PHYLLIS – Tewksbury, MA (Lottery Commission Survivor)
AUVINEN, MAURI G. – Ashburnham, MA (State Retiree)
AZZARITO, CAROLE – Haverhill, MA (Haverhill Teacher)
BARNFATHER, EVA J. – Arundel, ME (W. Springfield Teacher)
BAZINET, RUTH E. – Uxbridge, MA (Dept. Public Health)
BEAUREGARD, PAUL G. – Goffstown, NH (Mass Highway)
BELMONTE, JOSEPH, A. – Peabody, MA (Revere Teacher)
BENNETT, ARTHUR H. – Fairhaven, MA (Dartmouth Teacher)
BIANCULLI, CHRISTINE L. – Walpole, MA (Probation Dept. Survivor)
BLUHM, BARBARA – St Simons Island, GA (Silver Lake RSD Teacher)
BORGHETTI, VIRGINIA B. – Wyncote, PA (Woburn Teacher)
BOWEN, MARY L. – Longmeadow, MA (Amherst Teacher)
BRAND, CAROL C. – Alva, FL (Swampscott Retiree)
BRANDON, ROBERT – Haverhill, MA (Haverhill Teacher)
BREGOLI, JOHN R. – Braintree, MA (Braintree Teacher)
BRENNAN, BARBARA S. – Framingham, MA (Framingham Teacher)
BROWN, EDWARD L. – Natick, MA (Watertown Fire Dept.)
BROWN, LEONARD C. – Wolfeboro Falls, NH (Lynn Teacher)
BROWN, RICHARD – Stockton Springs, ME (Holyoke Teacher)
BROWN, RICHARD D. – Gloucester, MA (Melrose Teacher)
BROWN, WALTER F. – Westhampton, MA (Northampton Teacher)
BRUNO, WILLIAM S. – Mattapoisett, MA (Raynham Teacher)
BUTLER, THOMAS – Yarmouth Port, MA (Dennis Yarmouth RSD Teacher)
CAEFER, RAYMOND J. – Malden, MA (Wellesley Teacher)
CARSON, HENRY L. – Chelsea, MA (Chelsea Soldier’s Home)
CASEY, MARGARET M. – N. Chelmsford, MA (Everett Teacher)
CASTIGLIONE, MARIE R. – Woburn, MA (Lawrence Teacher)
CASTLE, JANET D. – Worcester, MA (Auburn Teacher)
CAULFIELD, RICHARD L. – E. Bridgewater, MA (Boston Police Dept.)
CAWLEY, JEFFREY M. – W. Springfield, MA (Springfield Fire Dept.)
CHAGNON, FRANCIS H. – Salem, NH (Lawrence School Dept.)
CHAURETTE, CHARLES L. – Salem, MA (Amesbury Teacher)
CHISHOLM, DORIS G. – S. Weymouth, MA (Weymouth Teacher)
COLEMAN, JO ANN B. – E. Falmouth, MA (Falmouth Teacher)
CONARD, KERRY – Plainville, MA (Registry of Motor Vehicles IT)
COOLEY, SELMA – N. Branford, CT (Longmeadow Teacher)
COSTA, JOSEPH J. – Sarasota, FL (Randolph Teacher)
COSTA, MARIA A. – Burlington, MA (Somerville Teacher)
CRESTO, ROBERT – Deerfield Beach, FL (Medfield, Teacher)
CROWLEY, HELEN – W. Roxbury, MA (Boston School Dept.)
CUNNIFF, JOHN R. – Holyoke, MA (Holyoke Teacher)
DAHILL, EDWARD A. – Huntington, MA (Chesterfield Hwy)
DEPIETRO, ADELAIDE – Frostproof, FL (Randolph Teacher)
DILEO, MARIO – E. Boston, MA (Watertown Teacher)
DIMOCK, WINIFRED D. – Fall River, MA (Fall River Teacher)
DOMENICO, JOHN J. – Bass Harbor, ME (Winthrop Teacher)
DOOLEY, DONNABETH – Andover, MA (Lawrence Teacher)
DOWD, JOHN E. – W. Springfield, MA (Chicopee Teacher)
DUFFY, KATHLEEN V. – Stoneham, MA (Revere Teacher)
DUFORT, RAYMOND O. – Athol, MA (Quabbin RSD Teacher)
DZIEWISZ, KATHY J. – Braintree, MA (Braintree Teacher)
ELLIOTT, COLLEEN L. – Templeton, MA (State Retiree)
ELLIS, NANCY – Laconia, NH (Saugus Teacher Survivor)
ENGLEHARDT, DAVID J. – N. Hatfield, MA (Dept. Mental Health)
ENOS, STEVEN E. – Ashland, MA (Dover Sherborn Teacher)
EVANS, ALFRED C. – Homosassa, FL (Mass Water Resource Authority)
FAUCHER, KATHLEEN P. – Fairview, TX (Southbridge Teacher)
FEELEY, WARREN C. – St. Petersburg, FL (Dept. of Education)
FLYNN, EILEEN M. – N. Chelmsford, MA (Tyngsboro Teacher)
FORD, JOSEPH W. – N. Andover, MA (Chelmsford Teacher)
FRASER, ROBERT H. – N. Grafton, MA (UMass Dartmouth)
GAGE, ALAN – Clinton, MA (Clinton Teacher)
GAROFALO, JOHN J. – Middleboro, MA 02346 (Quincy Police Dept.)
GAWRYS Jr., JOHN – Alpine, UT (Westfield Teacher)
GATH, RICHARD A. – Tewksbury, MA (Tewksbury Fire Dept.)
GERMAIN, ROBERTA A. – Ocala, FL (Dudley Teacher)
GODDEN, PATRICIA F. – N. Andover, MA (N. Andover Teacher)
GOLDMAN, PATRICIA L. – Randolph, MA (Boston Police Survivor)
GOUDREAU, LUCIA G. – Hudson, NH (Salem Shaughnessey Hospital)
GRACIA, ROBERT A. – Roslindale, MA (Brookline Teacher)
GRASSANOVICH, JANET – S. Dartmouth, MA (Dartmouth Teacher)
GRILLO, JOHN A. – Ft. Lauderdale, FL (Stoneham Teacher)
GUARINO, ALICE L. – Orleans, MA (Ayer Teacher)
HALBARDIER, RONALD A. – Westport, MA (Fall River Teacher)
HALLETT, DONALD – S. Dennis, MA (Swampscott Teacher)
HARRIS, RUSSELL F. – Auburn, MA (Northboro Southboro RSD Teacher)
HASSETT, RICHARD J. – Salem, NH (Woburn Teacher)
HATCHER, HENRY E. – Chepachet, RI (Attleboro Teacher)
HERLIHY, BARBARA – Hudson, NH (Dept. Mental Health)
HERLIHY, EILEEN – Waltham, MA (Waltham Teacher)
HIGGINS, ELIZABETH – Chicago, IL (Lowell Teacher)
HORRIGAN, HELEN M. – Marshfield, MA (Norwood Teacher)
HOUSE, MICHAEL A. – E. Taunton, MA (Taunton Veteran Services)
HOWE, WALLACE A. – Abington, MA (Abington Fire Dept.)
HUFF, ROBERT P. – Westport, MA (Dept. Employment & Training)
INNIS, WALTER F. – Danvers, MA (Danvers State Hospital)
JENKS, RICHARD E. – Panama City, FL (Amherst Fire Dept.)
JONES, WARREN D. – Florence, MA (Northampton Housing Authority)
KAMERIK, CHARLES H. – North Port, FL (UMass Worcester)
KARAGOSIAN, MICHAEL – Plymouth, MA (Dept. of Revenue)
KEEFE, JOSEPH A. – Natick, MA (Natick Teacher)
KEEGAN, JAMES H. – Belmont, MA (Cambridge Fire Dept.)
KEITH, CAROL M. – Harwich Port, MA (Bridgewater Raynham RSD Teacher)
KENNEDY, FRANCIS W. – Hampton, NH (Andover Teacher)
KENNISTON, ARNOLD F. – Norton, MA (Norton Teacher)
KERXHALLI, VALERIE A. – Holden, MA (Natick Teacher)
KING, EDWARD F. – Holden, MA (Worcester Teacher)
KINNEY, PETER A. – Holyoke, MA (Holyoke Teacher)
KNAPP, PATSY – Worthington, MA (Gateway RSD)
KUNITZ, DANIEL P. – Skokie, IL (Newton Teacher)
LALLY, JOHN J. – Brockton, MA (Shawsheen VTHS Teacher)
LANDRY, ROBERT N. – Tiverton, RI (Fall River School Dept. Survivor)
LAROSE, RAYMOND P. – Rutland, MA (Wachusett RSD Teacher)
LEDUC, NEILL K. – N. Dartmouth, MA (Dartmouth Police Dept.)
LEPINE, BERNARD – Troy, NH (Winchendon Teacher)
LIMEBURNER, BURKE R. – Arapahoe, NC (Dept. Natural Resources)
LONGTO, ROGER A. – Amherst, MA (Amherst School Dept. Custodian)
MacDONALD, ANITA B. – Manchester, NH (Tewksbury Teacher)
MADDEN, MARY J.– Beverly Farms, MA (Seekonk Teacher)
MARTEL, FLORINE E. – N. Brookfield, MA (Brookfield Teacher)
MARTIN, THOMAS J. – Chicopee, MA (Holyoke Fire Dept.)
McCANN, JAMES D. – Lynnfield, MA (Reading Teacher)
McCARTHY, HELEN, T. – Medford, MA (Medford Teacher)
McCLINTON, LOMAN C. – Murfreesboro, TN (Boston Police Sargeant)
McDONOUGH, WILLIAM – Burlington, MA (Revere Teacher)
McGARR, JOYCE W. – Hampton, NH (Wellesley Teacher)
McGRATH, VINCENT F. – Marblehead, MA (State Retiree)
McMAHON, PHILIP P. – Bluffton SC (Boston Housing Auth.)
McQUAID, PAUL T. – N. Brookfield, MA (N. Brookfield School Dept.)
McQUEEN, GERALDINE – Hingham, MA (Shirley Teacher)
MERANTI, DONNA L. – Clarksburg, MA (N. Adams Teacher)
MESSIER, CHARLES F. – Westport, MA (New Bedford Teacher)
MOONEY, ELLEN F. – E. Falmouth, MA (Boston Traffic Dept.)
MOORE, ADRIENNE A. – Bible Hill, Nova Scotia (Auburn Teacher)
MORELLA, WILLIAM – Lynn, MA (Lynn Teacher)
MORIN, GEORGE A. – Southport, NC (UMass)
MORSE, EMERY T. – Rolling Meadows, IL (Needham Teacher)
MUELLER, JOANNE – Sarasota, FL (Wilmington Teacher)
NANNINI, JUDITH A. – Eastham, MA (W. Springfield Teacher)
NASH, THOMAS E. – Scituate, MA (Brockton Teacher)
NISHAN, ALFREDA M. – Merrimac, MA (Lynn Teacher)
NORTON, MARIETTA J. – Peabody, MA (Lemuel Shattuck Hospital)
O’BRIEN, JOAN – Orange, MA (Orange Teacher)
O’CONNELL, Edward F. – Cape Coral, FL (Worcester Police Dept)
O’CONNOR, MICHAEL – E. Bridgewater, MA (Rockland, Plymouth, Carver Teacher)
O’LOUGHLIN, MARY R. – Worcester, MA (Worcester Teacher)
O’REGAN, JULIA – Hampton, MA (Dept. of Revenue)
OHMAN, LEONARD P. – S. Egremont, MA (Southern Berkshire RSD)
OLKEN, ELINOR – Belmont, MA (Stoneham Teacher)
OSTROWSKI, BARBARA A. – Tucson, AZ (W. Springfield Teacher)
OTREMBA, ROBERTA A. – Dracut, MA (Dracut Teacher)
PAIST, GERALD – Westfield, MA (Pathfinder RSD Teacher)
PARKER, JOHN B. – Falmouth, MA (Bridgewater Raynham RSD Teacher)
PEABODY, MARGARET – Tewksbury, MA (Tyngsborough Teacher)
PRATTE, MAUREEN F. – E. Longmeadow, MA (Springfield Teacher Guidance Dept.)
PRICE, DONALD P. – S. Boston, MA (Boston Fire Dept.)
PRIORE, RITA S. – Revere, MA (Revere Teacher)
PUZZO, BRIAN – Revere, MA (Boston Police Dept.)
RAINVILLE, JOHN R. – Fitchburg, MA (Gardner Teacher)
ROBINSON, WILLIAM E. – Essex, MA (UMass Boston School for the Environment)
ROCHE, EDWARD C. – Brockton, MA (Stoughton Teacher)
ROCHE, JAMES – Landrum, SC (Boston Housing Auth.)
ROSENFELD, ROBERTA – New York, NY (Dept. Social Services)
ROWE, KATHLEEN A. – Ashburnham, MA (Fitchburg Teacher)
RYAN, JAMES G. – Wilbraham, MA (Springfield Teacher)
St. GEORGE, RICHARD O. – Ware, MA (Ware Retiree)
SANTORO, FELIX – Newmarket, NH (State Lottery)
SARAVELAS, SOPHIA N. – Peabody, MA (Springfield Teacher)
SEARS, JEROME T. – Palmer, MA (Monson Teacher)
SELIGMAN, EDWARD – Swampscott, MA (Swampscott Fire Dept.)
SHEEHAN, DANIEL J. – Naples, FL (State District Court)
SPECTOR, FREDERICK L. – Raymond, ME (Attleboro Teacher)
STOUT, JOSEPHINE I. – Lincoln, MA (Newton Teacher)
SULLIVAN, EDWARD M. – S. Boston, MA (Boston Public Library)
SULLIVAN-IANNITELLI, MAUREEN – The Villages, FL (Chicopee Teacher)
TAYLOR, NEIL F. – Lake Suzy, FL (Leominster Forestry Dept.)
TEIXEIRA, HENRIQUE – S. Dartmouth, MA (New Bedford Retiree)
THOMAS, RICHARD N. – Marlboro, MA (Rockport Teacher)
VITO, FLOR B. – Lorton, VA (Westfield Teacher)
WALZ, RICHARD R. – Swansea, MA (Dept. of Correction Manager)
WASHBURN, THERESA A. – Middleboro, MA (State Retiree)
WHIDDEN, KENNETH M. – Millbury, MA (Keefe VTHS Teacher)
WHITEHOUSE, NANCY L. – Plymouth, MA (Plymouth Teacher)
WINECOUR, ALLEN – Revere, MA (Arlington Teacher)
WINOKAR, BONNIE – Maynard, MA (Ashland Teacher WORDEN, MARY M. – Pinehurst, NC (New Bedford Teacher)
WRONSKI, MARIE F. – Germantown, WI (Blackstone Millville Teacher)
YASI, MARIE B. – Peabody, MA (Billerica Shawsheen Valley VTHS Teacher)
YOUNGBERG, M. TIMOTHEA – Holliston, MA (Gloucester Teacher)