IN HONOR AND MEMORY OF MEMBERS LOST

(As of 3/9/26)

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.

AGUIAR, WILLIAM – Somerset, MA

(Somerset Teacher)

ADRADE, DOROTHY R. – New Bedford, MA

(Dept. Transitional Assistance)

ANDRZEJEWSKI, ARLENE M.– North Port, FL

(Dept. Mental Health)

ARVIDSON, CAROL R. – Dublin, NH

(Dept. of Correction)

AYOTTE, ALFRED – New Bedford, MA

(New Bedford School Dept.)

BARRY, Jr., THOMAS E. – Marshfield, MA

(Marshfield Fire Dept.)

BARTHOLOMEW, DWIGHT W. – Ocala, FL

(Dept. Mental Health)

BASSO, ALIA J. – Medford, MA

(Somerville School Dept. Paraprofessional)

BEALS, ROBERT J. – Pittsfield, MA

(Pittsfield Police Dept.)

BELANGER, DONNA M. – Bourne, MA

(State Banking Examiner)

BICKFORD, PAUL A. – Athol, MA

(Orange Retiree)

BLOCKER, LINDA H. – Stoughton, MA

(Bridgewater Raynham RSD Teacher)

BOND, PHILIP – Minneapolis, MN

(MWRA)

BOROWIEC, ALEXANDRA – Chicopee, MA

(Survivor – Turnpike Authority)

BOWEN, DOROTHY E. – N. Billerica, MA

(Wilmington Teacher)

BOYAJIAN, ALFRED P. – E. Falmouth, MA

(State Police)

BREGOR, CYNTHIA – Salem, MA

(Dept. Transitional Assistance)

BROMFIELD, DALE C. – Boston, MA

(Mass Rehab. Commission)

BROWN, MARIE C. – Wilmington, MA

(Cambridge School Dept.)

BROWN, WILLIAM P. – Millis, MA

(Norfolk Cty Sheriff’s Dept.)

BURNS, STEVEN – N. Eastham, MA

(Eastham Fire Dept.)

BUTTERWORTH, FRED T. – Dartmouth, MA

(Mass Hwy Dept.)

CANOVITCH, LOWELL A. – Peabody, MA

(Andover Teacher)

CARDINAL, NORBERT F. – Worcester, MA

(Worcester Cty Sheriff’s Dept.)

CASSIDY, JAMES R. – Granby, MA

(DOT Mass Hwy)

CATALDI, CONSTANCE M. – Lawrence, MA

(Dept. Public Welfare)

CHAMPAGNE, DONALD F. – Fitchburg, MA

(Fitchburg Cemetery Superintendent)

CHAMPNEY, ROBERT L. – Hopkinton, MA

(Marlborough School Dept.)

COGHLAN, MARY E. – Weymouth, MA

(Weymouth Teacher)

COLLINS, STEPHEN J. – Springfield, MA

(Hampden Cty Jail)

CONLON, CATHERINE E. – Harwichport, MA

(Worcester School Dept.)

COSTA, MARY C. – Reading, MA

(Northern Essex Community College)

COTTON, JOANNE W. – Lakeland, FL

(Dept. of Correction MCI Bridgewater)

CROSS, DAVID L. – Hyattsville, MD

(Swampscott DPW)

CROWLEY, JOSEPH R. – Amherst, MA

(Amherst Pelham RSD Teacher)

DAILEY, WALLACE F. – Acton, MA

(Secretary of State Archives Division)

DEACON, WILLIAM H. – Punta Gorda, FL

(Andover Teacher)

DEAMATO, FRANK R. – Sanbornville, NH

(Dept. Transitional Assistance)

DEBARTOLOMEIS, DINO B. – Milford, MA

(Mass Rehab. Commission)

DECKER, ELEANOR M. – Arlington, MA

(State Traffic Clerk’s Office)

DELANEY, Jr., JAMES T. – Swampscott, MA

(State Police)

DELONG, RICHARD F. – W. Gloucester, MA

(Essex Cty – Masconomet RSD)

DICICCO, ELMER – Andover, MA

(State Treasury)

DIONNE, ROBERT A. – Springfield, MA

(Hampden Wilbraham RSD Teacher)

DOANE, DARRYL L. – Fall River, MA

(Bristol County)

DONNELLY, MADELEINE F. – Chelmsford, MA

(Middlesex Cty Retiree)

DOVIDIO, JOHN – Clermont, FL

(Middlesex Cty Engineering Dept.)

DOW, MARY E. – Searsmont, ME

(Salisbury Police Dept.)

DUGGAN, FRANCIS J. – Duxbury, MA

(Holbrook Fire Dept.)

DUNAKIN, KARL E. – N. Chatham, MA

(Bourne Teacher)

DUNNE, EVELYN T. – Dorchester, MA

(State Retiree)

DYMON, SIGMUND J. – Springfield, MA

(Turnpike Authority)

EDWARDS, GERALD – Palside, CO

(Bristol Cty – Berkley Probation & Court Officer)

FALLON, JAMES F. – Lowell, MA

(Lowell Fire Dept.)

FARRELL, CORNELIUS F. – York, ME

(Watertown Police Dept.)

FEINBERG, BLANCHE C. – Kennebunk, ME

(Worcester Teacher)

FERMANO, DOMENIC – Malden, MA

(Malden Controller)

FOLEY, KATHLEEN B. – Northampton, MA

(Hampshire Superior Court Probation)

FORTUNATO, DONALD J. – Danvers, MA

(Arlington Teacher)

FOTINOS-RIGGS, SANDRA D. – Bisbee, AZ

(Northern Essex Community College)

FOX, DIANE – Seekonk, MA

(Seekonk Teacher)

GAMST, FREDERICK C. – Los Osos, CA

(State Retiree)

GARDELLA, RICHARD J. – Great Barrington, MA

(Great Barrington Police Dept.)

GARVEY, II, JOHN P. – Bradford, MA

(N. Andover Fire Dept.)

GAYNOR, CAROLE L. – Exeter, NH

(Survivor Mass DPW)

GENTILI, DINO – Bellingham, MA

(Framingham Fire Dept.)

GEORGE, HARVEY – Dover, MA

(Dept. Public Health)

GEORGE, JOSEPH L. – Huntington Beach, CA

(Melrose School Dept.)

GONSALVES, JOSE C. – E. Freetown, MA

(State Police)

GORMAN, SHIRLEY E. – Athol, MA

(Westboro State Hospital)

GOUGH, DONALD A. – Englewood, FL

(Dept. of Correction)

GOULDING, PATTI M. – Plymouth, MA

(State Retiree)

GRAY, JAMES E. – Centerville, MA

(Barnstable Cty Sheriff’s Dept.)

GREEN, KATHRYN V. – Rockland, MA

(Dept. Transitional Assistance)

GUERRIN, LUCILLE B. – Easthampton, MA

(Northampton State Hospital)

HADDAD, RICHARD – Roslindale, MA

(Boston Police Dept.)

HAIG, RUTH M. – Arvada, CO

(Peabody Retiree)

HAM, RICHARD W. – N. Reading, MA

(Reading Teacher)

HAMEL, SANDRALEE M. – St. Augustine, FL

(Williamstown School Dept.)

HAMILTON, DONALD W. – Norwood, MA

(Billerica School Dept.)

HARGRAVES, ROBERT S. – Groton, MA

(State Representative)

HASKINS, RICHARD A. – W. Boylston, MA

(Shrewsbury Building Dept.)

HILL, ROBERT J. – Providence, RI

(Dept. Transitional Assistance)

HOWE, JOHN D. – Newton Center, MA

(Newton DPW)

HUFF, ROBERT P. – Westport, MA

(Div. Employment & Training)

HUTTON, HUGH P. – S. Hadley, MA

(State National Guard)

IZZO, LEONARD A. – Milford, MA

(Hopedale Board of Health)

JACKSON, JOSEPH R. – Revere, MA

(Boston Fire Dept.)

JOHNSON, MARY L. – Watertown, MA

(Watertown School Dept.)

JONES, RAYMOND F. – W. Boylston, MA

(Framingham Teacher)

KAPLAN, HOWARD – Watertown MA

(UMass Lowell)

KATZ, JOAN F. – Newton, MA

(Dept. Mental Retardation)

KELLEY, KATHLEEN – Arlington, MA

(District Trial Court Cambridge)

KNAPP, ELEANORE J. – S. Easton, MA

(Blue Hill Reg. Voc. Tech.)

KOKORAS, VICTORIA – Peabody, MA

(Peabody Teacher)

KOROWSKI, ROSE M. – Leeds, MA

(UMass)

KOSTERMAN, DEBRA J. – Hanson, MA

(N. River Collaborative)

KOZACZKA, FRANCIS – Montgomery, MA

(State Police)

LAKE, CAROL – Acton, MA

(Acton Council on Aging)

LANE, JAMES L. – Revere, MA

(State Military Division)

LANGILLE, JOHN E. – Stoughton, MA

(Boston Retiree)

LAPPIN, PETER H. – Springfield, MA

(State Economic Affairs Division)

LAVITA, ARTHUR – Reading, MA

(State DPW)

LEBLANC, GUILBERT C. – Morrisville, VT

(N. Attleboro Fire Dept.)

LINDSLEY, DONALD L. – Lynchburg, VA

(Whitman Hanson RSD Teacher)

LITZEN, GEORGE D. – Estero, FL

(Abington Teacher)

LONCRINI, EUGENE G. – Longmeadow, MA

(State Courts Survivor)

LYNCH, WILLIAM F. – Fall River, MA

(Fall River Teacher)

MAGUIRE, LAURENCE P. – Dorchester, MA

(Cambridge ISD)

MAHONEY GEORGE, ANN – Weymouth, MA

(Dept. Developmental Services)

MALME, JANE H. – Cambridge, MA

(Dept. of Revenue)

MANCUSO, JOHN J. – Vineyard Haven, MA

(Dept. of Correction MCI Concord)

MANNA, SAL – Rotonda West, FL

(Hull Teacher)

MANUEL, ROBERT C. – N. Oxford, MA

(Worcester State Hospital Personnel Director)

MARCHESE, JAMES V. – Burlington, MA

(Waltham Police Dept.)

MARINO, JANE T. – Worcester, MA

(Dept. Children & Families)

MARSHALL, FRANCES E. – Fitchburg, MA

(Fitchburg State University)

MARTIN, JANET – Sturbridge, MA

(Turnpike Authority Survivor)

MARTIN, NANCY L. – Springfield, MA

(Springfield Teacher)

MASLEN, PATRICIA A. – Newburyport, MA

(N. Andover Teacher)

MATTSON, RUSSELL S. – Venice, FL

(UMass Medical)

McCARTHY, JOHN J. – Burlington, MA

(Everett Fire Dept.)

McPHEE, ELIZABETH M. – Quincy, MA

(UMass Boston)

MENARD, FREDERIC W. – Berkley, MA

(Taunton Fire Dept.)

MIDURA, MARLENE J. – Chicopee, MA

(Chicopee School Dept.)

MOLITORIS, JOAN M. – Northampton, MA

(UMass)

MUELLER, GUNTRAM – Newton Center, MA

(UMass Lowell)

MULLANEY, MARK C. – Salisbury Beach, MA

(Malden Police)

MULLER, NORMAN J. – Ludlow, MA

(Greenfield Community College)

MURRAY, FRANCES A. – Milford, MA

(Milford Teacher)

MURRAY, ROSS J. – Springfield, MA

(Hampden Cty Sheriff’s Dept.)

NAPOLI, JOSEPH F. – Marion, MA

(New Bedford Teacher)

NEALON, ROBERT M. –Lowell, MA

(Dept. Mental Health Tewksbury State Hospital)

NELSON, GEORGE E. – Stow, MA

(Mass Highway Dept.)

NOLAN, ROBERT E. – N. Billerica, MA

(Dept. Veteran Affairs)

NORTON, DONALD H. – Spokane, WA

(Fitchburg State University)

NOYES, EDWARD R. – Haverhill, MA

(S. Middlesex Regional Voc. Teacher)

O’BRIEN, DONALD W. – Arlington, MA

(Arlington Fire Dept.)

O’BRIEN, JOHN F. – Boston, MA

(Boston Police Dept.)

O’LEARY, JOHN A. – Southampton, MA

(Division of Fisheries & Wildlife)

O’LEARY, TIMOTHY F. – Melrose, MA

(Melrose Police Dept.)

O’NEILL, BONNIE V. – Falmouth, MA

(Falmouth Zoning Board of Appeals)

OLSEN, RICHARD H. – E. Wakefield, NH

(Melrose Fire Dept.)

PALMER, WAYNE W. – Rutland, MA

(State DPW)

PATT, JUDITH A. – Hingham, MA

(Weymouth Library)

PEASE, ROLAND D. – Chester, MA

(Mass Turnpike)

PELOQUIN, NORMAN G. – Hadley, MA

(Mass Hwy Dept.)

PERA, FRANCINE – Gardner, MA

(Dept. of Correction)

PERRONI, JOHN B. – Salem, MA

(Salem Teacher)

PHILLIPS, DAVID M. – Okatie, SC

(Barnstable Cty Sheriff’s Dept.)

PIAGGI, ANTHONY F. – Holyoke, MA

(Easthampton Teacher)

PIROG, FRED – Hadley, MA

(Hampshire Cty Court House Survivor)

PORTER, JAMES R. – Fall River, MA

(Fairhaven Teacher)

PRATO, DOMENIC – Needham, MA

(Somerville DPW Civil Engineer)

PROTOPAPAS, PAUL N. – Medford, MA

(UMass Lowell)

QUINDLEY, ANDREW W. – Plymouth, MA

(Plymouth Cty Sheriff’s Dept.)

RAWDING, DONALD R. – Jefferson, MA

(Worcester Teacher)

REARDON, IRENE – Malden, MA 02148

(Everett Teacher)

REARDON, JAMES P.    – Sunset Beach, NC

(State Auditor’s Office)

REARDON, JOHN J. – Cambridge, MA

(Cambridge Teacher)

REINISCH, BODO W. – Guilford, CT

(UMass Lowell)

RENZI, FRANCIS P. –Leicester, MA

(UMass Medical Center)

RIGGS, MICHAEL – Milford, MA

(Dept. of Public Health)

RILEY, JOSEPH F. – Arlington, MA

(State Trial Court)

ROSEN, ROWENA – Malden, MA

(Dept. Transitional Assistance)

ROSENBERG, ARLENE B. – Stoughton, MA

(Stoughton Teacher)

ROWE, ROBERT J. – Rockport, MA

(Town of Rockport)

RUFO, Jr., ANTHONY J. – Brighton, MA 02135

(State Auditor’s Office)

RYAN, KATHLEEN M. – W. Roxbury, MA

(Boston County Centers)

RYAN, VINCENT B. – W. Roxbury, MA

(Boston Neighborhood Development)

SCARPIGNATO, PETER – Albuquerque, NM

(Boston DPW)

SCHERER, ROBERTA M. – Medway, MA

(Division of Employment & Training)

SCHIAVONE, ANTHONY J. – Worcester, MA

(Worcester Housing Authority)

SCHLEGEL, FREDERICK – Lynn, MA

(Lynn School Dept. Custodian)

SCHNIDER, ANNE L. – Redondo Beach, CA

(Welfare Dept.)

SCHOFIELD, CHARLES M. – Somerset, MA

(Somerset Hwy Dept. & Police – Fire Dispatch)

SCHWARTZ, PATRICIA A. – Indian Orchard, MA

(Dept. of Mental Retardation)

SETTERLUND – BLAIR, PAULA – Gardner, MA

(Narragansett RSD Templeton Teacher)

SHEA MAUREEN B. – Northborough, MA

(Dept. of Revenue)

SHELDON, DAVID L. – Great Barrington, MA

(Dept. of Agriculture Chief)

SHIELS, JANET S. – Braintree, MA

(Quincy School Dept.)

SIMKUS, FRANK C. – Worcester, MA

(Worcester Surveyor)

SMITH, CHARLES W. – Taunton, MA

(Dept. Mental Health)

SMITH, GREGG W. – Gloucester, MA

(Gloucester Teacher)

SNOW, YVONNE – Wayland, MA

(Middlesex Hospital)

SPINELLI, STEPHEN J. – Lynn, MA

(Middlesex Cty Sheriff’s Dept.)

PIERRE, THERESA A. – Ipswich, MA

(Salem State University)

STAID, EUGENE P. – Peabody, MA

(Peabody Teacher)

STAMP, JAMES S. –Deerfield, NH

(Billerica Teacher)

STEBBINS, ROGER O. – Shirley, MA

(Mass National Guard)

STEELE, FLORENCE P. –Windham, ME

(Teacher Survivor)

STEVENSON, JULIA A. –Georgetown, MA

(Georgetown Teacher)

SULLIVAN, GERALD V. – Plymouth, MA

(Dept. Mental Health)

SWARDSTROM, JOHN W. – Georgetown, TX

(State Retiree)

SWEENEY, BARBARA – Springfield, MA

(State MDC)

SWEENEY, DANIEL T. – Raymond, NH

(Dept. Public Health)

TESTA, EUGENE F. – S. Portland, ME

(Everett Teacher)

TONEY, NORMA L. – Worcester, MA

(Dept. of Mental Health)

TOWER, KARL W. – Ludlow, MA

(Air National Guard)

TUTTLE, ELBERT – Framingham, MA

(State Judiciary)

UNDERWOOD, FREDERICK A. – Merrimac, MA

(Georgetown Light Dept.)

VENTO, Jr., MICHAEL G. – Braintree, MA

(Boston DPW Sanitation)

VIEIRA, JAMES E. – Medford, MA

(MDC)

VIERIRA, JOHN T. – Swansea, MA

(Fall River Teacher)

WALKER, DAVID W. – Scarborough, ME

(Worcester Teacher)

WALSH, DORIS – Hull, MA

(State Trial Court)

WATKINS, RENEE E. – Kensington, CA

(UMass Boston)

WEBBER, EDWIN S. – Stoughton, MA

(Suffolk Cty Sheriff’s Dept.)

WEBSTER, BARBARA M. – Marstons Mills, MA

(Town of Barnstable)

WELL, ARNOLD D. – Sarasota, FL

(UMass Amherst)

WHITNEY, JACQUELINE A. – Sebastian, FL

(Bristol Community College)

WILLIAMSON, EDWARD C. – Sharon, MA

(Norwood Fire Dept.)

YOO, WILLIAM W. – Yarmouth Port, MA

(Dennis Police Dept.)


(As of 12/15/25)

ANDERSON, DONALD T. – Easley, SC

(Dept. of Correction)

BENNETT, MYRTLE E. – Punta Gorda, FL

(Dept. Mental Health)

BRITT, STEPHEN D. – Whitinsville, MA

(Uxbridge School Dept.)

BURKE, EDWIN J. – Waltham, MA

(Middlesex Sheriff’s Dept.)

CAHILL, DENNIS M. – Dracut, MA

(Middlesex Sheriff’s Dept.)

CANGIANO, FRANK R. – Arlington, MA

(Medford Teacher)

CARBONE, ROBERT A. – Lynnfield, MA

(Medford Teacher)

CHURCHILL, JEANNE R. – Marshfield, MA

(Braintree Teacher)

COLLINS, IRENE E. – Walpole, MA

(Springfield Teacher)

DION, RICHARD F. – Ashland, MA

(Dept. of Transportation)

DOMIGAN, LORRAINE – Medford, MA

(Dept. Early & Secondary Education)

DWIGHT, DONALD R. – Bluffton, SC

(Lt. Governor)

EDWARDS, MARGARET A. – Mesquite, NV

(Dept. of Correction)

FIGOVSKY, STEPHEN D. – W. Springfield, MA

(Amherst-Pelham RSD)

FINE, ESTHER R. – Natick, MA

(Wellesley Teacher)

GARABEDIAN, JUDITH A. – Worcester, MA

(Worcester Teacher)

GRILLO, NANCY L. – Rockport, MA

(Rockport Teacher)

GUENTHER, CHARLES J. – Billerica, MA

(Lowell Fire Dept.)

HARRIGAN, JOHN D. – Arlington, MA

(Malden Teacher)

HARRIS, MARJORIE – Weymouth, MA

(Boston Health & Hospitals)

HICKMAN, LAWRENCE – Bradenton, FL

(Boston Police Dept.)

HOUGHTON, JERRY A. – Hudson, NH

(Billerica Teacher)

HUGHES, RICHARD F. – Brockton, MA

(Board of Health)

HUNTER, JUNE W. – Buffalo, NY

(Wayland Teacher)

KELLEY, EDRIS B. – Marshfield, MA

(Marshfield Teacher)

KOUTROUBA, JAMES A. – Wilmington, MA

(Woburn Teacher)

KUZIA, LILY M. – Huntington Beach, CA

(Survivor – N. Adams State College)

LOPES, BRENDA B. – Fall River, MA

(Fall River Teacher)

MATTHEWS, PAUL W. – Billerica, MA

(Billerica Fire Chief)

MILLER, EDWARD A. –  Methuen, MA

(Survivor – Danvers State Hospital)

MINER, JANE C. – Concord, NH

(UMass Medical Center)

NELSON, CAROL L. – N. Attleboro, MA

(Medfield School Dept.)

NOLAN, HERBERT – Medford, MA

(Boston – HBI)

O’NEAL, CAROL J. – Denver, CO

(Framingham Teacher)

O’SULLIVAN ROGER F. – Cambridge, MA

(Cambridge Teacher)

OZON, LUCIEN A. – Orleans, MA

(Orleans Police Dept)

PACHECO, JOSEPH M. – Swansea, MA

(Mass. Hwy Dept.)

PERRIER, CLAIRE M. – Belleview, FL

(Salem Treasury)

PETRELLI, BEVERLY A. – Weymouth, MA

(Weymouth Teacher)

PISANI, MICHAEL J. – Salem, MA

(Marblehead Teacher)

PITCHELL, JACK – Dedham, MA

(Trial Court)

POIRIER, FRANCIS P. – Ester, FL

(Belmont Police Dept.)

POPE, WILLIAM R. – Wesley Chapel, FL

(Ayer Teacher)

POWERS, JANET C. – N. Quincy, MA

(Boston – Health & Hospitals)

ROBERTS, JEFFREY L. – Bluffton, SC

(Worcester State College)

ROWE, KATHLEEN A. – Ashburnham, MA

(Fitchburg Teacher)

SALERNO, HELEN C. – Peabody, MA

(Peabody Teacher)

SHINE, RICHARD A. – N. Andover, MA

(Mt. Wachusett Community College)

STRAZZULLA, LINDA L. – Nashua, NH

(Billerica Teacher)

ULRICH, JOHN E. – Stoughton, MA

(Boston Police Dept.)

WALKINS, JOAN C. – Norwell, MA

(State Lottery)

WHIPPLE, RODNEY F. – Warwick, RI

(Dept. Conservation & Recreation)

WILLIAMS, NANCY E. – Eaton Center, NH

(Amesbury Teacher)

ZYGLEWICZ, BERNADETTE – Tewksbury, MA

(State Auditor’s Office)