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This obituary does justice to my friend Leslie.
GRANBY – Leslie Nyman, 73, , English teacher, mother and a great soul, died at the Renaissance Manor, Holyoke on Sept. 14 with loving care from their remarkable staff.
Roy, her husband of 50 years, mourns this amazing woman along with their children, Ted (April) Nyman of Davidsonville, Md., [...] Read more »

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My friend Leslie Nyman died this week. Leslie was a beautiful lady, a good soul who loved poetry and the arts. Many is the time we discussed literature, particularly poetry, and gossiped about the UMass English Department where we both had studied. Leslie was an active member of the Granby Democratic Town Committee.
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There are only a handful of television shows that mean a lot to me. Of them, M*A*S*H is at the top. It's the only show that I can watch over and over again and still enjoy. I admit I prefer the earlier episodes to the later, more politically correct episodes, but the show was a [...] Read more »

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I never really knew Mr. Canniff. Kelly graduated with me 1982, and also Erin graduated a year later. I know that Richard Freccero, my boss at East Longmeadow High School, was involved with the UMass team and knew Mr. Canniff well. There's a Globe obituary here, and this one from the Gloucester Times:

ROCKPORT — John "Jack" [...] Read more »

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Tom Ford was Granby High School's athletic director.

Belchertown - Thomas E. Ford, 66, of State Street, passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at Fisher Home in Amherst. Born in Palmer on Oct. 19, 1942, he was the son of the late John and Eva (Bonci) Ford.
Tom lived in Belchertown for the past five years, formerly [...] Read more »

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It's been a rough couple of days. I've been to wakes for two young men under the age of 25. The sadness is cumulative. I wrote this and posted it on the East Longmeadow forum of Masslive.
I take heroism seriously. It's more than being a role model or risking your life. My student Mark Ecker, [...] Read more »

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Peter and Cheryl Smith are good family friends. Although I see Peter occasionally at ELHS (he represents the East Longmeadow Public Schools), we hadn't seen them as a couple or talked at length for a few years until my father's 75th birthday party on Saturday. Seeing them so recentlyonly added to the shock of their son Jonathan's sudden [...] Read more »

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Charlie Kent was a great guy. He was my coach in my brief hockey career (I never got out of the instructional league). His sons Mike (GHS '81) and Steve (GHS '86?) were my school mates.

GRANBY - Charles W. Kent of Granby, MA, husband of Carol (Croke) Kent and son of the late "Bert" and Hazel (Clark) Kent, [...] Read more »

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 GRANBY - Violet K. (Mathieson) Bissell, 84, of Granby, died peacefully at home on April 8, 2009, surrounded by her family. She was born in Holyoke, daughter of late Richard and Ann (Todd) Mathieson, and was a graduate of Holyoke High School.
Violet was a Bookkeeper for the former Bissell Dairy in Holyoke, and later worked [...] Read more »

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WESTFIELD - Donna M. (Sharrow) Kozak, 59, of Southampton Rd. died April 3, 2009 at Tufts New England Medical Center from complications due to heart disease.
She was born in Syracuse, New York. She is the daughter of Joseph Pastomerlo of Granby and the late Mary (Sharrow) Pastomerlo.
She graduated from Holyoke High School in 1968 and [...] Read more »

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GRANBY - Harold J. Boutot, 66, of Granby, died Monday, March 30, 2009 in the Holyoke Medical Center. He is survived by his wife, Anne (Pasternak) Boutot, his daughters, Holly Boutot-Lalonde and her husband Kevin of West Springfield, Susan Boutot-McKeon and her husband Daniel of South Hadley, his grandson Joshua Boutot, his sister Joan Massey [...] Read more »

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SOUTH HADLEY - Roland Peltier, 78, of Pine Grove Dr. died peacefully on March 16, 2009 at home with his family by his side.
 He was born June 10, 1930 in Holyoke, MA, son of August and Lea (Yelle) Peltier. Living in S. Hadley since November of 2008, he previously resided in Granby for over 40 [...] Read more »

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Carole A. Cournoyer 1956 - 2009 GRANBY - Carole A. (Baker) Cournoyer, 53, of Amherst Rd. passed away March 8, 2009 at home with her family by her side.
Born February 13, 1956 in Montague, MA, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Louise (Sullivan) Baker. Carole has lived in Granby for the past [...] Read more »

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GRANBY - Aldora B. (Pelletier) Vienneau, 92, of Davenport, Florida died Saturday February 14, 2009, at the Heart of Florida Hospital in Davenport, Florida. She was born in Sherbrooke, Canada. She was the daughter of the late Alphee and Delia (Bouchard) Pelletier. Aldora lived in Granby for 30 years. She had worked in sales for [...] Read more »

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 GRANBY - Evelyn A. (McLean) Carriveau, 95, died Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009 at the Holyoke Medical Center. Born on July 10, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Peter & Naomi (Baillargeon) McLean.
Evelyn owned, along with her late husband Thomas, and operated Tom's Berry Farm in Granby for many years. On the farm, over [...] Read more »

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GRANBY - Joseph A. Larrivee, 80, of New Ludlow Rd, died Friday January 23, 2009 at home. He was born in Lewiston, Maine. Joe was the son of the late Emile and Imelda (Lavoie) Larrivee.
Joe retired from Dennison National in Holyoke. He served in the United States Navy during World War II and Korean. He [...] Read more »

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As a writer of fiction, John Updike never meant that much too me. When I tried to read the Rabbit novels, I was too young to get them, but I'm not sure how much they would strike a nerve with me. Updike was smart and insightful, but there was something suburban about his fiction that [...] Read more »

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 NORTHAMPTON - David L. Hatch, 50, of Conz St. died at home on January 16, 2009. He was born May 15, 1958 in Northampton, son of Claire (Vanasse) Hatch of Heath, MA and the late Richard Hatch. Besides his mother, he is survived by 3 brothers, Dean Hatch of Granby, Joseph Hatch of Agawam, and [...] Read more »

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GRANBY -- William E. Phillips, 90, of Granby, passed away on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at home. Born in New Rochelle, NY on January 12, 1919, the son of he late James and Anna (Hauser) Phillips, he lived in Lexington, MA for most of his life and in Granby for the past eight years.
A US [...] Read more »

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Back in the 1980s, I used to go to church with my grandmother and Aunt Bette. If for some reason, we didn't make it to 10:15 Mass, there was always 11:30. If my memory serves, it was then that Mr. Roch would show up in his bicycle riding clothes. He sat in the pews on the [...] Read more »

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