All Tributes

Calling hours will still be held Thurs. Mar. 19th from 4-7 PM at the Messier Funeral Home, 1944 Northampton St. in Holyoke. Guests are asked to remain in their vehicles upon arrival and a staff member will be in the parking lot to assist you so we may accommodate the current state mandated limitations on gatherings. Barbara's Funeral Mass on Friday March 20th will now be private for the immediate family. If you are unable to attend, you may send a card to the funeral home for the family....

Chicopee – Lucille Agnes (Rainville) Studzinski, 77, passed away Tuesday March 3rd, 2020 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Holyoke to the late Andrew and Rose (Cadieux) Rainville, she attended Holyoke Schools. Lucille was employed at Pratt and Austin for many years and was a former member of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. She spent many years devoting her time and home to being a foster mother and was an avid shopper. She was predeceased by her husband, George...

Douglas Allen Morse passed away on Monday, February 24th 2020. Doug was born in Holyoke, MA in 1979, the firstborn child of Tracey and Kim Morse. A member of Holyoke High School class of 1997, he played safety and defensive end on the undefeated football team, capping off the season with a Super Bowl win. He struggled with drug addiction for years. In the process, he made countless friends among his fellows in recovery and supported others on their journeys. He was a friend to many and a...

Paul Greene, 94, of Sheffield, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at the Holyoke Soldier’s Home Hospice. He was born in Brooklyn, NY on March 6, 1925. His parents Anton Greene and Cecelia Cohen Greene were of Ukrainian and Jewish ancestry. He spent seven years of his childhood in foster care in Rockville Centre, NY, but was returned to his parents and attended Erasmus High School.  He enlisted in the Army at age 17, and was injured in Belgium during World War II,...

  Melrose, MA – Dawn M. (Wuensch) Hosford, 84, passed away peacefully on Sunday February 9th, 2020 at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital in Melrose, MA. Born in Holyoke to the late Helmuth and Madeline (Boyle) Wuensch, she was a 1953 graduate of Holyoke High School. Dawn was a proud lifelong resident of Holyoke, moving to Melrose, MA three years ago. Dawn was employed with the PeoplesBank in the Loan Servicing Department for over 30 years, retiring in 1998. She was a lifelong member...

NANCY ANN JOURDAIN July 30, 1942 – February 5, 2020 Nancy Ann Jourdain, 77, of Holyoke, passed away on Wednesday February 5, 2020 at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield. Born on July 30, 1942, at Providence Hospital, Holyoke, she was the eldest daughter of the late Albert and Beatrice Z. (Ruelle) Jourdain of Holyoke. Nancy was educated at St. Jerome and Sacred Heart Grammar Schools in Holyoke and was a Communicant of St. Jerome Catholic Church. She graduated from Sacred Heart High...

Holyoke – Corene Edith (Cottrell) Dochod, 70, passed away peacefully on Friday January 24th, 2020 at Mount Saint Vincent Nursing Home in Holyoke. Born in Okie, West Virginia to the late Camie and Marie Anug (Boisselle) Dyer, she was a longtime area resident. Corene was a wonderful cook and was a Chef with the Coca Cola Corporation for many years. She is survived by her three sons, Mark, Allen and John Dochod; her brother, Roger Boisselle and his wife Bonnie; four grandchildren,...

Paul A. Perron, 93, passed away peacefully on Monday January 20th, 2020 at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke. Born in Holyoke, MA to the late Armand and Marie Anne (Desmarais) Perron, he graduated from Precious Blood High School in Holyoke and received Associates Degrees from Holyoke Community College and Western New England University. Paul served his country honorably in the Army Air Corps. During WWII, stationed in French Morocco Africa and then later re-called to active duty during the...

Gulfport, FL – Alice B. (Paul) Kaminski, 89, formerly of Smiths Ferry in Holyoke, passed away peacefully on January 4, 2020 in St. Petersburg, FL. She was born on June 19, 1930, a daughter of the late John and Emma (Pombrainte) Paul. Alice was educated in the Biddeford, Maine School System and throughout her career she worked in the Real Estate business. Alice was predeceased by her beloved husband, Joseph P. Kaminski, in 2018; her daughter, Gail Smith in 2017 and a son, Paul Whitten...