OBITUARIES Union-News, Thursday, September 11, 1997 Agnes T. Caffrey, longtime educator WESTFIELD Agnes T. (Sears) Caffrey, 92, of 218 Western Circle died Monday in Noble Hospital. She was a longtime teacher and principal for the town of Russell School System, prior to retiring. A native of this community, she a graduate of St.
Mary's High School, Westfield Normal School, (now known as Westfield State College) and Springfield College. She was a communicant of St. Mary's Church. Her husband, Francis Caffrey, died in 1985. She leaves a sister, Kathleen Drude of Deep River, many nephews and nieces.
1- The funeral will be Friday morning at the Robert E. Cusack Funeral Home, with services in the church, and burial in the parish cemetery. A calling hour will precede the funeral, and memorial contributions may be made to any charity. -Michael D. Cyr 3." PALMER of Palmer Holyoke, died tate Medical Spring'field.
He was a at the Food Service in Springfield and also for Wingate's in Wilbraham. Born in Holyoke, he was a 1990 graduate of Holyoke High Michael D. Cyr, and formerly of Tuesday at Bays- Michael D. Cyr School. He leaves his fiance, 'Erica A.
Kubaska of Palmer; a daughter, Alison Lynn Cyr of Palmer; two brothers, Richard of Chicopee and William of Springfield; a sister, Linda Landry of Florida. The funeral will be Saturday morning at Messier Funeral Home, Holyoke, followed by a Mass in Blessed Sacrament Church and burial in Notre Dame Cemetery, South Hadley. Calling hours are Friday afternoon and evening. Memorial contributions may be made to Country Bank of Palmer, 1485 North Main Edith R. Esty STAFFORD SPRINGS, Conn.
Edith R. (Ramsey) Esty, 80, Chestnut Hill died Tuesday at Memorial Hospital in Enfield. She had been a secrer.tary at the University of Connectticut, retiring after 30 years. Born in Stafford Springs, she was edu-cated in local schools. She was communicant of St.
Edward's Parish, a member of Court Isabella 785 Catholic Daughters of the Mission Group, Stafford Golden Age Clu. She also was ractive in the local soup kitchen. Her husband, Frank Lynn Esty, died in 1942. She leaves two Peggie L. Fujczak of California, Patrica E.
Weber of Stafford Springs; six and nine great grandchildren. Another daughter, Gladys (Jean Esty, died in 1941. The funeral will be Saturday morning at the Introvigne Funeral Home 51 Main followed by Mass in St. Edward's Church. Burial will be in St.
Jerome's Cemetery in Holyoke, Mass. Callsing hours will be Friday evening at the funeral home. Memorial may be made to St. Edward's School Memorial Fund, 46 Benton St. Stafford Springs, 06076 or Visiting Nurse and Care, 8 Keynote Drive, 06066.
Susan M. Shea SPRINGFIELD Susan M. -(Lynch) Shea, 86, of 106 Hampden Indian Orchard, died Monday at home. She was a private secretary for the late Pascuale Tebaldi, founder of the former Tebaldi Construction Co. She retired in 11952.
Born in Springfield, she lived in Wilbraham in her youth and was a graduate of the High School of Commerce in Spring. field. She was a 54-year Indian Orchard resident. She was a communicant of St. Matthew's Church and past president and member of Women's Guild.
She belonged to the Daughters of Isabella, Magna Chapter. Her husband, James R. Shea, died in 1984. She leaves three daughters, Mary H. Shea and Susan K.
Shea of Indian -Orchard and Julia Shea Kane of Burke, and three grandchildren. The funeral will be held Satpurday morning from the Ratell Funeral Home and in the church, burial in St. Michael's Ceme-tery, Springfield. Calling hours be Friday afternoon and evening. Memorial contributions may be made to Open Pantry, Box 5127, Springfield, 01101- 5,127 or Tri-Community Survival 107 Center Ludlow, 01056.
Obituaries Josephine B. Pietrewicz CHICOPEE Josephine B. (Lukaszewicz) Pietrewicz, 86, of 87 Pendleton Ave. died Wednesday at home. She was employed as a domestic housekeeper for private residences.
Born in Bellows Falls, she lived most of her life in Willimansett. She was a communicant of St. Anthony's of Padua and was a member of the church's rosary sodality. Her husband, Joseph F. Pietrewicz, died in 1962.
She leaves a daughter, Patricia P. Sheflott of Oakdale, a brother, John L. of Norwich, two sisters, Mary Lukaszewicz, with whom she lived, and Victoria Lacey of West Springfield; and four grandchildren. The funeral will be Friday morning at Arthur J. Brunelle Funeral Home and in the church, with burial in St.
Stanislaus Cemetery, all in Willimansett. Calling hours will be Thursday afternoon and evening. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Foundation, 813 Williams Longmeadow, 01106. Mary H. Dubuque BRIMFIELD Mary H.
(Gannon) Dubuque, 75, of Riverview Circle died Wednesday at home. Born in Scranton, she was a longtime Palmer and Three Rivers resident before moving here nine years ago. She was a communicant of St. Thomas' Church in Palmer. She leaves her husband, William F.
Dubuque; two sons, William R. of Palmer and Mark F. of West Springfield; a daughter, Deborah DelVecchio of Factoryville, a sister, Rosalie Carey of Three Rivers; six grandchildren and a greatgrandson. The funeral will be Saturday morning from the Beers Story Funeral Home and in church, with burial in St. Thomas Cemetery.
Calling hours are Friday evening and memorial contributions may be made to Quaboag Valley Hospice or Quaboag Visiting Nurse Association, both a at 103 Fairview Palmer, 01069. Mary C. McCarthy SHELBURNE Mary C. (Murphy) McCarthy, 90, formerly of Schenectady, N.Y., died Tuesday at Temple House in Shelburne. She was a 12-year employee of the Internal Revenue Service in Burlington, and she also worked for the Spencer Trask Stock Brokerage Firm in Schenectady.
Born in Burlington, she was a graduate of Trinity College and a member of St. Helen's Church, Niskayuna, N.Y., where she was active in the Senior Citizen's Club. Her husband, Stephen McCarthy, died in 1982. She leaves a daughter, Julie E. McCarthy of Leyden; and two grandchildren.
The funeral will be Friday morning at Daly Funeral Home, Schenectady, followed with a Mass in the church and burial in the Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery. Calling hours are this evening at Daly Funeral Home, and the Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of local arrangements. Blanche E. Gleason SUFFIELD, Conn. Blanche E.
(Muller) Gleason of Suffield died Wednesday at St. Francis Hospital. Born in New York City, she was a member of the Suffield Country Club and a 30-year resident. 'She leaves her husband, Joseph F. Gleason; and a son Russell J.
of Granby. The funeral and burial in Woodlawn Cemetery will be private. Calling hours are Friday afternoon and evening at the Nicholson Carmon Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Francis Hospital Cancer Center, in care of Fund Development, 114 Woodlawn Hartford, Conn.
06115. Hope Altman LAKE WORTH, Fla. Hope (Kelley) Altman, 67, of Lake Worth and formerly of Agawam, and Longmeadow, died August 29 after a long illness. She was a native of Maine and a member of Twin Hills Country Club in Longmeadow. She leaves her husband, Charles; a son, Peter of Florida; two daughters, Jodi Wolfe of Duluth, and Nancy Altman of Clearwater, a brother, Francis; a sister, Bette Ann Colbath; and five grandchildren.
Another daughter, Jane predeceased her. A memorial service was held at the I.J. Morris Funeral Home Sept. 4. Interment will be in Springfield, and memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Palm Beach County, 5300 East Avenue, West Palm Beach, Fla.
33407. Edward M. Lee DENVER Edward M. (Ted) Lee, 61, a prominent Denver business executive, died last Wednesday, Sept. 6 after a long illness.
He was president of Information Handling Services. He was a graduate of Classical High School in Springfield, the University of Massachusetts, Edward M. Lee Amherst, and Harvard University Graduate School of Business, Boston, Mass. He leaves his mother, Helen Patrell Lee of Denver; his wife, Jill Dana Lee of Cherry Hills Village; two sons, R. Michael Lee and Edward M.
Lee III, both of San Francisco, two daughters, Dana. Lee O'Brien and Deborah Lee Minor, both of San Francisco; a brother Christopher S. Lee of Ft. Salonga, New York; and two grandchildren. Services will be held Friday morning at Holy Cross Church in Springfield.
Memorial contributions may be made to Little Sisters of the Poor, 3629 W. 29th Denver, Colo. 80211. Ollie Duquette-Smith OCALA, Fla. Ollie DuquetteSmith, 65, of Ocala and formerly of Palmer, died here Monday.
She was a retired consultant for. Revelon Corp. in New York City and Los Angeles, Calif. Previously, she was a model for the Barbizon Modeling Agency and a former dance Ollie Duquette-Smith instructor for Ollie Duquette-Smith the Fred Astaire Studios in New York. During World War II she sang and danced for the Air Force's European Armed Forces Professional Entertainment Division covering 15 countries in Europe.
Born in Barre, she was a 1950 graduate of Palmer High School. Her husband, Charles H. Smith died in 1987. She leaves two sisters, Amy Meacham of Monson, and Shirley Garvan of Belchertown, and nieces and nephews. Calling hours will precede the funeral home service Saturday morning at the Roberge-Sampson Funeral Home, with burial in St.
Thomas Cemetery, both in Palmer. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 1111 Elm Suite 9A, West Spring- John T. Dunn LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. John T. Dunn, 61, of Lehigh Acres died Aug.
22 in Columbia East Pointe Hospital. He was a police officer in Massachusetts from 1961 to 1983. Born in Northampton, he was a graduate of the former St. Michael's High School in Northampton and a Korean War veteran. He was a member of the American Legion and the Massachusetts Fraternal Order of Police.
He leaves his wife, Delores (Rodak) Dunn; two daughters, Debra Bracy of Wells, Maine, and Kim Lampron of Hatfield, a sister, Alice Kovitch of Chicopee, and six grandchildren. Services in Northampton will be held later. David R. Wolf PARK RIDGE, IL. David R.
Wolf, 74, of 1094 Creekside Court, Wheeling, died Tuesday in Park Ridge. He began his career in micrographics with the 3-M Company. He was also general manager for National Micrographics Association and had worked for the former Scott Graphic South Hadley, Mass. He retired in 1986. Born in Akron, Ohio, he was educated in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and attended Kent State University, Case Western University and received his Ph.D in Chemistry at the University of Colorado.
He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a former member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Longmeadow, Mass. He leaves his wife Marian Wolf; three sons, Thomas of Denver, Daniel of Fort Riley, and Dr. Walter Wolf of South Hadley; and five grandchildren.
The funeral will be Saturday morning in Illinois, and burial will be at the convenience of the family. There are no calling hours, and Ryder Funeral Home, South Hadley, handled local arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul Lutheran Church, 181 Elm Longmeadow, Mass. Burgess Meredith of other films, dies at 89 By JOHN ANTCZAK Burgess Associated Press Meredith is shown in this LOS ANGELES Burgess June 1989 Meredith, played a crusty old file photo pug in "Rocky" and waddled with attending aristocratic elan as the Penguin the on TV's "Batman," is dead at 89.
The actor, who died on Tuesday Hollywood at his home in Malibu, had mela- premiere of noma and Alzheimer's disease. the movie "Burgess Meredith always was "Batman," in to me an irreplaceable legend, a which he craftsman who rarely comes played the along, not in one generation but in Penguin. He several generations," Sylvester died Stallone said. Tuesday at "Rocky," in which Meredith 89. played Stallone's scowling, gravelly-voiced manager, was the actor's first smash hit in a 60-year Associated Press film career filled with memorable roles: guardian of the dimwitted giant in "Of Mice and Men," Ginger Rogers' suitor in "Tom, Dick and Harry," war correspondent Ernie Pyle in "The Story of G.I.
Joe," James Madison in "Magnificent Doll." He was twice nominated for Oslike quack I used in my lines." He was educated at Amherst cars, for supporting actor in "Day Meredith won a supporting-ac- College in Massachusetts before of the Locust" in 1975 and "Rocky" in 1976. He didn't win either. tor Emmy in 1977 for the drama beginning his stage career in 1933 During the 1960s, he was best special "Tail Gunner Joe," as at- with Eva Le Gallienne's company known as Batman's foe the Peng- of torney Sen. Joseph Joseph Welch McCarthy. in the story in New York.
uin, a role he played in tuxedo A compact Maxwell Anderson's "Winterwith top hat, cigarette holder and sandy hair, Meredith person had with a unruly, set" provided Meredith's starpince-nez. warm voice that was often quirky, heard making stage role as the tragic "I waddled like a penguin, hero Mio. He repeated the role in which seemed rather obvious to on commercials for United Air the 1936 film version and thereaftdo," he once said. "The touch I other Lines, Skippy peanut butter and er divided his time between liked was that peculiar penguin- products. Broadway and Hollywood.
He sometimes wrote, directed In 1940, he starred in John. or produced his films. In later Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men." Estela Mendes NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. Estela (Guerra) Mendes, 67, of North Fort Myers and formerly a longtime Ludlow, resident, died Aug. 30 at home.
She was born in North Dartmouth, Mass. She leaves her husband, Albert Mendes; three sons, Ralph of Holland, Guy of Holland, and Lloyd of Longmeadow, a daughter, Lisa Mendes of Acton, her mother, Madelena Guerra and a sister, Olga Guerra of North Dartmouth; eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild. A memorial service will be Sept. 20 at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Ludlow. years the stage-trained actor often took roles that seemed beneath his status as one of America's distinguished performers.
"If I spent all my time in Shakespearean companies and only did art movies like Olivier, my position would be more dignified and more serious," he said in 1967. "I might even be a better actor. But this is America, and I'm a man moved by the rhythms of his time, so I'll just take amusem*nt at being a paradox." Meredith was born in Cleveland. According to his son, he was 89 when he died, making the year of his birth 1907. Other references say he was born on Nov.
16, 1908, or 1909. Meredith portrayed George, and Lon Chaney Jr. was the lumbering Lenny Small. Meredith served in the Air Force during World War II. After the war, he directed the thriller "The Man on the Eiffel Tower," starring himself, Charles Laughton and Franchot Tone.
Meredith played Jack Lemmon's father in the 1993 comedy "Grumpy Old Men" and its 1995 sequel, "Grumpier Old Men." Meredith was married four times: to Helen Derby, actresses Margaret Perry and Paulette Goddard, and dancer Kaja Sundsten. He is survived by his wife, Ms. Sundsten, his son, Jonathan, and his daughter, Tala. HELP FEED THE HUNGRY IN OUR COMMUNITY 3 By Bringing Your Donations To The wat Food for STOPo StOPol Friends FOOD DRIVE SATURDAY, SEPT. 13th 9 AM-5 PM AT YOUR LOCAL STOP All donations of non-perishable, high protein food items will go directly to the food banks of Western Massachusetts.
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