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)


