IN MEMORIAM

(As of 5/13/25)

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.

ABROMOVITCH, JOHN J. – Haverhill, MA
(Haverhill Teacher)
ABOOD, MADELINE C. – Boynton Beach, FL
(Worcester School Dept)
ABOOD, NORMAN M. – Boynton Beach, FL
(Worcester Teacher)
AGOSTINI, HECTOR – Lowell, MA
(Middlesex Community College)
ALBERTI, PHYLLIS – Monument Beach, MA
(Wareham Retiree)
AMATO, ROBERT B. – Georgetown, MA
(Middlesex Sheriff’s Dept)
APANELL, EUNICE M. – S. Deerfield, MA
(S. Deerfield Water Supply)
ARNO, RICHARD – Salem, MA
(Salem Fire Dept)
ATCHISON, MARGARET A. – W. Roxbury, MA
(Boston Traffic Dept.)
AVERELL, JOHN P. – Mt. Airy, MD
(Mass Rehabilitation Commission)
BAGGS, PAMELA N. – Newburyport, MA
(Reading School Dept.)
BASTILLE, ROBERT W. J. – Hyannis, MA
(Falmouth Teacher)
BEATON, RICHARD J. – Quincy, MA
(State Auditor’s Office)
BELLOTTI, FRANCIS X. – Hingham, MA
(Attorney General’s Office)
BENJAMIN, ROBERT – Warwick, RI
(Bristol Community College)
BIANCULLI, JOSEPH M. – Walpole, MA
(State Probation Officer – Brighton)
BOUCHILLON, MARGARET – Winsted, CT
(Dept. Mental Retardation)
BOULANGER, MATHILDA M. – Turners Falls, MA
(UMass Amherst)
BRAGGA, GEORGE W. – Acushnet, MA
(Fairhaven DPW)
BRENNAN, WILLIAM P. – Marshfield, MA
(Marshfield Fire Dept.)
BROWNE, JAMES R. – Bridgewater, MA
(Dept. of Correction – Bridgewater)
CACACE, SALVATORE G. – Weston, MA
(Weston Police Dept.)
CAFFONE, WILLIAM A. – Millbury, MA
(Worcester County Corrections)
CANANE, WILLIAM E. – Andover, MA
(Andover Police Dept.)
CANNIFF, MARIE – S. Yarmouth, MA
(Boston School Dept.)
CAPADANNO, JOAN – Malden, MA
(Boston Health and Hospitals)
CARR, JOHN W. – Beverly, MA
(Danvers Health Dept.)
CARVALHO, PHILIP – Berkley, MA
(Dept. of Correction Cedar Junction)
CAVALLARI, EDWARD A. – Plainville, MA
(Dept. Public Health)
CHAFFEE, GAIL H. – Norwell, MA
(Dept. Public Health)
CHRUSCIEL, JOAN M. – Hanover, MA
(Quincy Teacher Math Dept.)
CICIA, JEFFERSON G. – Reading, MA
(Lynnfield Teacher)
CIGANOVIC, DMITAR C. – Mt. Pleasant, SC
(Bridgewater State College)
CLAPP, PETER A. – Norton, MA
(Norfolk County Retiree)
CLEMENS, KATHLEEN M. – Uxbridge, MA
(State – Board of Bar Examiners)
COBB, MARY S. – Milton, MA
(Milton Teacher)
COLLINS, NEIL F. – Buzzards Bay, MA
(Worcester Teacher)
CONNELLY, JOHN T. – Somerville, MA
(Dept. Public Health Cushing Hospital)
CONSTAS, PERRY A. – Medfield, MA
(UMass Medical Center)
COURTEMANCHES, MARY ANN – Uxbridge, MA
(Sudbury Retiree)
COZZENS, DOROTHY M. – Milford, MA
(Dept. of Revenue)
COZZOLINO, FAYE A. – Onset, MA
(UMass Medical Center)
CRAFFEY, PATRICIA – Jamaica Plain, MA
(Boston Police Dept.)
CUNNINGHAM, JAMES M. – Weymouth, MA
(Mass Rehabilitation Commission)
CUSACK, MURIEL E. – Taunton, MA
(Dept. Social Services)
DALY, BEVERLY F. – Phillips, ME
(State Community College Counsel)
DALY, TIMOTHY F. – Weymouth, MA
(Weymouth Teacher)
DAMON, WILLIAM H. – Abington, MA
(Whitman Fire Dept.)
DAUPHIN, BERNARD T. – Fitchburg, MA
(Worcester County Jail)
DAVIS, PHILLIP O. – Plymouth, MA
(Dept. Mental Health)
DECOSTA, ELAINE M. – N. Weymouth, MA
(Weymouth Teacher)
DEICHERT, GRETCHEN – Centerville, MA
(Framingham Teacher)
DEMOLE, GARY D. – Weymouth, MA
(State Retiree)
DILL, RICHARD A. – Brockton, MA
(Dept. of Correction)
DINDIO, ROSS B. – The Villages, FL
(Turnpike Authority)
DITMORE, DAN A. – St. Augustine, FL
(Survivor Dept. Mental Health)
DITULLIO, PHILIP – Naples, FL
(Mass Turnpike Authority)
DOBKOWSKI, RICHARD – Auburn, MA
(Worcester County Sheriff’s Dept.)
DOLAN, WILLIAM T. – Worcester, MA
(State MID)
DOMINGOS, ANTONIO – New Bedford, MA
(New Bedford School Dept. Custodian)
DONOVAN, PATRICIA A. – Springfield, MA
(Lower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborative)
DOWD, MARGARET C. – Westfield, MA
(Westfield Athenaeum)
DREW, ROBERT A. – Stoughton, MA
(Norfolk County School Dept.)
DUQUETTE, MARGARET A. – Northborough, MA
(Mass Rehabilitation Commission)
EGA, KATHLEEN, M. – Brighton, MA
(Boston Retiree)
EDWARDS, ROBERTA J. – N. Dartmouth, MA
(Dept. Environmental Protection)
EVERETT, NORMAN P. – Morrisville, VT
(Stoughton Teacher)
FANARA, NANCY C. – Westfield, MA
(Middlesex Community College)
FARLEY, PAUL J. – Ayer, MA
(Ayer Teacher)
FAZZINA, PAUL F. – Stoneham, MA
(MWRA Sewer)
FINKEL, DAVID A. – Worcester, MA
(Dept. Mental Health, Worcester State Hospital)
FLANAGAN, GAIL C. – Holyoke, MA
(Holyoke Teacher)
FLORES, NORBERT – Swansea, MA
(Dept. of Correction MCI Norfolk)
FORD, RUTH E. – Boston, MA
(Dept. Public Health Substance Abuse Services)
FOSTER, JOHN F. – Lynnfield, MA
(State Retiree)
FURLONG, JANICE E. – Freeport, ME
(Essex Agricultural Teacher)
GALLAGER, DANIEL J.
(Melrose Teacher)
GARCIA, JOHN A. – Litchfield, NH
(Middlesex County Retiree)
GAUDET, PAUL B. – Attleboro, MA
(Attleboro Highway Dept.)
GAUGHAN, MICHAEL F. – Medford, MA
(Somerville Police Dept.)
GAUMOND, JOHN F. – Worcester, MA
(Fitchburg State College)
GEMMELLARO, LOUIS R. – Clearwater, MA
(Beverly Teacher)
GEOFFROY, RITA A. – Holyoke, MA
(State Retiree)
GIFFORD, GEORGE E. – Sugarland, TX
(Westfield Airport Dept.)
GMEINER, MARIAN P. – Sandwich, MA
(Concord Teacher)
GODDEN, PATRICIA F. – N. Andover, MA
(N. Andover Teacher)
GREENLAW, ROBERT D. – Danvers, MA
(Peabody Fire Dept.)
GREENWOOD, STANLEY – Boston, MA
(Exec. Office of Health & Human Services)
GREGORCHIK, ROBERTA M. – Port Charlotte, FL
(Triton Regional School District Teacher)
GRENIER, RAYMOND O. – Lecanto, FL
(Lowell Fire Dept.)
GRIFFITH, JAMES D. – Milford, MA
(State Highway Dept.)
HALUNEN, OTTO L. – N. Carver, MA
(Duxbury School Dept.)
HAMBLETT, BLAIR – Rehoboth, MA
(Dept. Mental Health – Westboro)
HAMEL, EDWARD R. – Swansea, MA
(Swansea Police Dept.)
HANNON, CAROLE F. – Auburn, MA
(Auburn Teacher)
HARPER, HOWARD L. – Naples, FL
(Natick Police Dept.)
HARRIGAN, JOHN K. – Lynnfield, MA
(Dept. of Correction)
HARTMAN, MARJORIE F. – Waltham, MA
(Framingham Retiree)
HAVERTY, JAMES T. – Gardner, MA
(Teacher)
HEINZ, KARL P. – Needham, MA
(Sherborn Retiree)
HEM, PHON – E. Boston, MA
(Revere Teacher)
HIGSON, ELEANOR J. – E. Freetown, MA
(Survivor Food & Drug Inspector)
HINOTE, DIANA B. – Somerset, MA
(Division of Employment Security)
HOWELL, PETER S. – Yarmouth Port, MA
(Needham Teacher)
HUDSON, ALFRED B. – Pelham, MA
(State Retiree)
HUNKLER, STEWART V. – Drury, MA
(State Retiree)
HUSSEY, JOHN F. – Stoughton, MA
(Dept. of Revenue)
HUTCHINSON, WILLIAM T. – Concord, MA
(Concord School Dept.)
ILMONEN, BLANCHE E. – Laconia, NH
(N. Attleboro Electric)
ILOTT, DOROTHY L. – Mashpee, MA
(Dept. Public Welfare)
IZZO, KATHERINE L. – Danvers, MA
(State Retiree)
JARMULOWICZ, PETER T. – Roanoke, VA
(Greenfield Teacher)
JONES, ARTHUR C. – Weston, MA
(Waltham Retiree)
JONES, LAURENCE C. – Jackson, MS
(Division of Workforce Development)
JUDSON, PATRICIA J. – Rotonda West, FL 33947
(Plymouth Town Hall Planning Board)

KAEDING, J. WALTER – Walpole, MA
(Norfolk County Sheriff’s Dept.)
KATILUS, JOHN T. – Holbrook, MA
(Braintree Teacher)
KILLOURIE, ARTHUR J. – Lawrence, MA
(Mass Highway Dept.)
KIRK, LINDA M. – Tewksbury, MA
(State Dept. Public Health)
KNOWLES, PRISCILLA R. – Durham, NH
(Ayer Teacher)
KUNCE, EDWARD P. – Brockton, MA
(Mass Dept. Environmental Potection)
LAFRANCE, EUGENE J. – Northampton, MA
(Northampton Police Dept.)
LAPIERRE, DONALD J. – Turners Falls, MA
(Gill Montague RSD Teacher)
LARCH, JOHN H. – Warwick, RI
(Mansfield Electric Dept.)
LEAHY, MARGARET D. – Foxboro, MA
(Boston School Dept.)
LEE, RAYMOND D. – New Smyrna Beach, FL
(Taunton Teacher)
LEHANE, JOSEPH T. – Wakefield, MA
(Wakefield DPW)
LEONARD, CECIL E. – Tiverton, RI
(Bristol Community College)
LEVY, MARION – Canton, MA
(Middleboro Teacher)
LILLIE, JOAN A. – Lenox, MA
(Dept. Mental Retardation)
LOGRASSO, SALVATORE E. – Raymond, NH
(Lynnfield Tree Dept.)
LUNETTA, WALDO A. – N. Fort Myers, FL
(Medford Retiree)
LYNCH, EDWIN – Cambridge, MA
(Dept. Mental Health)
LYNCH, ROBERT T. – E. Wareham, MA
(Boston Fire Dept.)
LYON, GAIL C. – Seabrook, NH
(Salisbury Public Library)
MACLEAN, JANICE M. – Dracut, MA
(Dracut Town Accountant)
MACLEAN, JEANETTE A. – Beverly, MA
(Danvers Teacher)
MACOMBER, JOHN A. – Etna, ME
(Taunton State Hospital)
MAGUIRE, ROBERT W. – Mattapoisett, MA
(Upper Cape Tech. Teacher)
MAKOWSKI, RICHARD J. – Holyoke, MA
(Holyoke Retiree)
MAMONAS, ELAINE B. – Haverhill, MA
(State District Court)
MANNING CHARLES, W. – E. Falmouth, MA
(Dept. Mental Health)
MARCIONETTE, ADELAIDE P. – Norfolk, MA
(State Parole Board)
MARKHAM, RICHARD E. – Adams, MA
(Mass College of Liberal Arts)
MARSH, PATRICIA A. – Marlborough, MA
(Survivor Town of Orleans)
MARTIN, MARGARET A. – Red Bank, NJ
(Dept. Mental Retardation)
MARTIN, PAMELA A. – Whitman, MA
(Whitman Town Clerk)
McADOO, ALBERT J. – Thonotosassa, FL
(Dept. of Public Works)
McCARTHY, JOANNE – S. Boston, MA
(State Retiree)
McCLINTON, LOMAN C. – Murfreesboro, TN
(Boston Police Sargeant)
McDONNELL, JOHN – Boston, MA
(State MDC)
McGAUGHRAN, LUCILLE – Taunton, MA
(Taunton Teacher)
McGRATH, MICHAEL – Cape Coral, FL
(Lawrence Police Dept.)
McINERNEY, JOHN T. – Hopkinton, MA
(Ashland Teacher)
McLAUGHLIN, ANNE M. – N. Andover, MA
(Dept. Mental Health RN)
McLOUGHLIN, JAMES E. – E. Sandwich, MA
(Boston Traffic Engineer)
MELLO, EDWARD J. – Fall River, MA
(Mass Highway Dept.)
MELLO, Jr., GEORGE – Acushnet, MA
(State Retiree)
MELVIN, JAMES F. – Fall River, MA
(Fall River Teacher)
MORAN, JOHN M. – Westfield, MA
(Westfield Teacher)
MORSE, LOUIS F. – Hampden, MA
(Longmeadow Fire Dept.)
MOYNAHAN, PATRICIA B. – Lenox, MA
(Pittsfield Teacher)
MULLANEY, ELIZABETH A. – Raleigh, NC
(Duxbury Retiree)
MUNSEY, MARILYN H. – Waltham, MA
(Dept. Mental Retardation)
NELSON, WILLIAM A. – Riverview, FL
(Rockland Police Dept.)
NICOLAU, WALTER – Fall River, MA
(Fall River Fire Dept.)
NYSTROM, RICHARD R. – Ludlow, MA
(Springfield Fire Dept.)
O’BRIEN, THOMAS F. – Woburn, MA
(Billerica Teacher)
O’LEARY, BARBARA – Saugus, MA
(Survivor DEM Fire Warden)
OBERLANDER, JOYCE – Dedham, MA
(Norfolk Probate & Family Court)
ODABASHIAN, ALBERT J. – Bellingham, MA
(Turnpike Authority)
OKERMAN, MARGHERITE L. – Lunenburg, MA
(Worcester County School Library)
OPAROWSKI, MATTHEW J. – Adams, MA
(Adams School Dept.)
PAGE, EDWIN A. – Norwood, MA
(Walpole Teacher)
PAINE, STANLEY E. – Melrose, MA
(State Police)
PAULA, JOSEPHINE R. – Kettering, OH
(Dept. Mental Health and Retardation)
PEIRCE, WILLIAM B. –Shrewsbury, MA
(Cape Cod Community College)
PENZO, ANTHONY L. – Plymouth, MA
(Newton Police Dept.)
PHANEUF, JEANETTE B. – Belchertown, MA
(Hampshire County)
PRADA, WILMA A. – S. Yarmouth, MA
(Town of Yarmouth)
PICKNARCIK, RANDOLPH J. – Scituate, MA
(Mass Rehabilitation Commission)
POIRIER, Jr., DANIEL E. – Blackstone, MA
(Dept of Correction MCI Norfolk)
POLLARD, GEORGE H. – Westford, MA
(Chelmsford Teacher)
POOLER, JOAN A. – E. Longmeadow, MA
(State Retiree)
PREBLE, LEONA – W. Newbury, MA
(Essex County Retiree)
PROCHILO, JAMES J. – Peabody, MA
(Mass DOT Highway Dept.)
PUOPOLO, JOSEPH F. – Attleboro, MA
(State – Purchasing Agent)
REED, JACK – Stoughton, MA
(Stoughton Police Dept.)
RICHARD, JOE – Brooksville, FL
(State National Guard Tech.)
RINOLDO, THOMAS H. – Tampa, FL
(Framingham Fire Dept.)
ROGERS, PHYLLIS M. – S. Weymouth, MA
(Dept. Elementary & Secondary Education)
ROOPE, JANICE G. – Haverhill, MA
(Haverhill Auditor’s Office)
ROSSETTI, JOHN H. – Harwich, MA
(Dept. of Mental Health)
ROUVELLATE, DAVID W. – Westfield, MA
(Dept. of Public Health)
RUANE, JOHN F. – Marstons Mills, MA
(Canton Police Dept.)
RYAN, JOAN – S. Dartmouth, MA
(New Bedford Teacher)
SABLONE, DOMINIC A. – Randolph, MA
(Dept. of Mental Health)
SACKS, EDWARD M. – Boynton Beach, FL
(Boston Municipal Court)
SARDELLA, ROBERTA – Stoneham, MA
(Dept. of Correction)
SAUCIER, L. PATRICK – Ocala, FL
(Worcester Police Dept. Garage)
SCHNEYER, II, GEORGE W. – Lee, MA
(Turnpike Authority)
SHEA, JAMES R. – Kennebunk, ME
(MDC Police)
SHIELDS, JOHN J. – W. Falmouth, MA
(Everett Teacher)
SHUTT, JOHN W. – Brant Rock, MA
(State Highway Dept.)
SMITH, WILLIAM J. – Templeton, MA
(NRHS Maintenance)
SOWDEN, PAUL A. – Attleboro, MA
(Walpole Teacher)
STEPPER, LINDA F. – Shrewsbury, MA
(Dept. Transitional Assistance)
STRUZIK, ROBERT M. – Bridgewater, MA
(State DPW)
STRYCHALSKI, STEPHEN S. – Amesbury, MA
(MDC Reconstruction Division)
TAMULONIS, RONALD D. – Saugus, MA
(State Environmental Protection)
TAVARES, ERNEST J. – Naples, FL
(State Police Dept.)
THORNTON, ELLIS E. – Dorchester, MA
(Boston Police Dept.)
TOBIN, ANNA M. – Stoughton, MA
(Mass. Hospital School)
TRAHAN, MARTIN G. – Quincy, MA
(Somerville Fire Dept.)
VAHLE, VIRGINIA M. – Lenox, MA
(Lenox School Dept.)
VANDERGRIFF, ERNEST – Fitchburg, MA
(Dept. of Correction)
VYNORIUS, DORIS – W. Newbury, MA
(W. Newbury School Lunch Program)
WALDIE, JOHN – Derry, NH
(Dept. of Correction)
WALL, JAMES R. – Peabody, MA
(Boston Fire Dept.)
WARREN, DON LEE – Dennis, MA
(Survivor Dept. of Correction)
WATERHOUSE, HAROLD – Dracut, MA
(Lowell Police Dept.)
WHEARTY, ROBERT D. – E. Sandwich, MA
(Sandwich Police Dept.)
WICKLUND, CARL E. – Leicester, MA
(Leicester School Dept.)
WINSTON, AMELIA D. – Hyannis, MA
(State – Right of Way Agent)
WITHERS, DAVID B. – S. Yarmouth, MA
(Medford School Dept.)
WITT, RALPH D. – Dennisport, MA
(Barnstable Police Dept.)
WRIGHT, CAROLYN H. – Pawleys Isle, SC
(Mendon Upton RSD Teacher)
YACUZZI, THOMAS C. – Dudley, MA
(Dept. of Revenue)
YATES, JOHN R. – Boxford, MA
(State Retiree)
YOUNGHOLM, BETSY A. – Coarsegold, CA
(UMass Medical Center)
ZILONIS, JOSEPH C. – Plymouth, MA
(Middleboro Teacher)