The Republican, Saturday, November 13, 2004 OBITUARIES, NEW ENGLAND B5 Baby Joseph Robert Pluta HOLYOKE Baby Joseph Robert Pluta, infant son of Joseph A. and Aliza (Baillargeon) Pluta, died Sunday November 7, 2004 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Besides his parents, Baby Joseph is survived by his sister, Julia Ann Pluta; his maternal grandparents, Ronah and Robert Baillargeon; paternal grandparents, Patricia and Peter Pluta; great grand-parents, Bertha Baillargeon, Ella Dwyer, and Jane Pluta; as well as several aunts, uncles and cousins. Funeral Services will be private. Barry J.
Farrell Funeral Home (413) 536-3843 Louis J. Leo 1928 2004 WEST SPRINGFIELD Louis J. Leo, 75, of Church Street, died Thursday in Baystate in Baystate Medical Center after a long fight against cancer. Louis was born in Brooklyn, and came to West Springfield in 1956. He retired from Curtis Business Form, and later went to work 05 for Immaculate Conception Church as er.
the He property served in manag- the United State Army during World War II. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Marconi Club. He leaves his wife, Rosemarie A. (Nigro) Leo; three sons, John of Kissimmee, FL, Stephen and Joseph both of West Springfield; a daughter, Missy Gondela of Winchester, NH, a brother, Michael Leo; and ten grandchildren. The funeral will be held in Immaculate Conception Church Tuesday at 10am followed by burial in St.
Thomas Cemetery. There are no hours and the West Springfield Curran-Jones 'Funeral Home is handling all arrangements. Curran Jones FUNERAL HOMES 1 Anthony E. Bragga Jr. 1986 2004 WEST SPRINGFIELD Anthony "Tony" Bragga 18, diedon Thursday, November 11, 2004.
Born in Springfield MA, he lived in West Springfield In all of his life. He was. a 2004 Pro Merito Graduate of West Springfield High School. Besides being a good student great kid, he was an excellent athlete. He excelled in both Lacrosse and "the love of his life" hockey.
He was the captain of the West Springfield High School Hockey team and received the Gallery Gods Award from Skip Demerski for outstanding effort and achievement in Hockey. "Tony was a well liked, fun loving young man, who liked nothing better than hanging with his many friends" He was well liked by all who knew him. Anthony was an Engineering Major in his freshman year at Umass Dartmouth and already on the Lacrosse team there. Anthony was the beloved son of Tammy Anthony E. Bragga and the loving brother of Joseph.
Anthony will be greatly missed and always in, the hearts of his great grandmother, Novella Rebecchi; grandparents, Albert E. Jane Bragga -Joyce the late Robert Duris His uncles, Jay Bragga wife Terry; Noah Bragga; Robert Duris Jr. wife Lynn; Kerry Duris wife Lois; Ronald Duris wife Julie; Phil Duris Kim Richardson; his aunt, Beth Bragga-Williams her husband Micheal as well as his many cousins. The family has requested that friends and family meet at St. Thomas the Apostle Church on Pine Street for the Funeral Mass Monday at 11am.
The visiting hours will be held at the West Springfield Curran-Jones Funeral Home Sunday 2-6pm. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to: The Anthony E. Bragga Jr. Memorial Fund, United Bank, 95 Elm West Springfield Ma. 01089.
Jones FUNERAL HOMES a': Carl Alan Jones 1944 2004 CRESCENT CITY, FL Carl Alan Jones, 60, of S. Highway 17 Crescent City, FL, died on November 8, 2004, in Florida Hospital-Flagler in Palm Coast, FL. He was born on May 17, 1944 in Holyoke, MA, moving here in May 2004 from Chicopee, MA. He worked for Uniroyal, B. F.
Perkins, and Brown Paper, Co. He was an Army veteran of the Viet Nam War, and a member of the Second Congregational Church in Holyoke, MA. He enjoyed wrestling, camping, and collecting coins. He leaves his wife of 37 years, Doris (Parks) Jones; a son Michael (Diane) of Palm Coast; 2 daughters, Sherri (Felix) Lafond-Parker of Chicopee, MA, and Cindy (Douglas Jr.) Phelps of North New Salem, MA; 2 brothers, Keith and Gary, both of Chicopee, MA; 2 sisters, Patt Gibbs of Port Orange, FL, and Nancy Perrault of Chicopee, MA; and grandchildren, Michael LaFond, Katlyn Parker, Amanda Phelps, Rebecca and Sabrina Jones. Donations to the American Heart or Diabetes Foundation.
Anthony R. Mongeau 1961 2004 3 PALMER Anthony R. Mongeau, 43, of 150 Three Rivers died Wednesday in Wing Memorial Hospital, surrounded by his family. He leaves his parents, Raymond and Jean (Wozniak) Mongeau of Ware; his sisters, and their husbands: Kathleen and Frank Neffinger, and Marcia and Joseph Vadnais; and his companion, Valerie Young of Monson; his nieces, Brittany, Alexis, Julianna, and Grace; and his nephew, Collin. He was born in Ware and was a graduate of St.
Mary's School and Ware High School, and attended STCC. He was employed by Big World Class Markets for 26 years. Funeral Services will be held on Monday from the Charbonneau Funeral Home, 30 Pleasant with a mass at 10 am in St. Mary's Church, South both in Ware. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.
Calling hours will be held on Sunday from 5 to 8 pm. Donations may be made in his memory to St. Mary's School, South and Charles Ware, MA to St. Thomas School, 47 Pine St, West 'Springfield, MA 01089. Carol M.
Talbot Irene Parda 1940 2004 1925 2004 SPRINGFIELD Carol M. (Morisi) Talbot, 64, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 surrounded by her loving family and friends. Born October 6, 1940 in Springfield, she was the daughter of the late Romeo and Jessie (Kanowski) Morisi. She was a 1958 graduate of the High School of Commerce and attended STCC. An employee of MassMutual for 23 years, she retired in 1995.
She loved gardening, traveling, animals and reading. Carol graciously leaves behind her son Jim, her daughter Donna and her husband Tim, her sister, Susan Morisi, her beloved grandson, Zachary and several nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends are asked to meet Monday morning at 11 a.m. at Union Church, Center Ludlow. Burial will follow in St.
Aloysius Cemetery. Calling hours will be held Sunday from 3-6 p.m. at Tazzini Funeral Home, corner of Locust and Main St. in Springfield. Memorial contributions may be made to Baystate Hospice, 50 Maple P.O.
Box 9058, Springfield, MA TAZZINI 734-7926 Anne M. Francis 1936 2004 SPRINGFIELD Anne Mills (Humiston) Francis, 68, passed away on November 12th at home. Born in Springfield, MA, she lived here all of her life. Anne was the owner of the former Johanns of Vermont in Springfield for a few years, and most recently worked in the STCC. bookstore as a bookkeeper.
She was a member of the American Legion Aux. Post She leaves her husband, James H. Francis of Springfield; a daughter, Joanne M. Niemiec and her husband, David of Springfield; a son, Jason P. Francis of Springfield; a special niece, Sandy Larck and family of Springfield; five grandchildren, Rachel, Ryan, Meagan, Michael and Jerrid; and one great -grandchild, Kevin.
Anne was pre-deceased by two granddaughters, Sarah and Amanda, and her four brothers. The Funeral will be Monday at 9:30 a.m. in the Byron Funeral Home, 1858 Allen Springfield. Burial will be in St. Michael's Cemetery Mausoleum.
Calling hours will be Sunday from 4-8pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Baystate Visiting Nurse and Hospice Association, 50 Maple P.O. box 9058, Springfield, MA 01102-9058. For directions and guest book, please visit www.bhrfh.com BIER BYRON 736-5413 Reprints of Obituaries The text of obituaries from the past year can be reprinted in 8 x11 format. For more information, call 413-735-1645.
Other obituaries on Page B4 Marchand In Loving Memory Of NANCY ANN MARCHAND Feb. 26, 1964- Nov. 13, 2003. Miss you, love you. You will forever be in my heart.
Sadly missed by your husband Joel and family. Perry In Loving Memory Of MARIAN E. PERRY On her one year anniversary Love and miss you dearly Your children Marceau HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my Big Brother John "I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone and though you're still with me I've been alone all along, But you still have all of me" Missing you and Loving you Dearly Nicole Mercure In Loving Memory Of GLENN MERCURE On His 42nd Birthday Sadly missed by his family. Bouyea In Loving Memory Of RONALD E. BOUYEA 8-22-24-11-13-03 It's kind of hard with you not around, I know you're in Heaven smiling down.
Watching us while we pray for you, rvery day we pray for you. Sadly missed by wife, children and grandchildren. Ortiz In Loving Memory Of CARMEN ORTIZ November 13, 2001 Oh, How we miss you so. You were always our support line. Always there for us never for a second stopped loving us.
Mom never will we forget you. The love you have given us we will never let go. So as we close our eyes at night we whisper. GOD give her a special place in HEAVEN FOR US. We love you Your Children Grandchildren Besancon In Loving Memory of SCOTT AARON BESANCON Happy 40th Birthday to our beloved son, brother, May the Lord bless you and keep you til we meet again.
Our Love always Mom, Teresa, Eric, Goddaughter Jessica, family Grondin In Loving Memory Of YVONNE GRONDIN who passed away Nov 13, 2000 Wife, mom, memere loving memories never die as years go on and days go by. Deep in our hearts all memories are kept, for the one we love, we will never forget, Sadly Missed by Alfred, Diane, Ken and The Shink Family In-Memoriam Booklets available for purchase Your most heartfelt feelings are represented in this booklet of in-memoriam expressions. Each verse is beautifully written to say just the right thing to remember a friend or loved one. To purchase your In-Memoriam Verse booklet, visit the Republican classified counter any, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
at 1860 Main Street in Springfield. Police ID fatal pellet shooter The police statement described the chaos around Fenway and Kenmore Square as the crowd turned from celebratory to violent after the Red Sox pennant victory. By THEO EMERY Associated Press fans who flocked to Kenmore Square, and Fenway Park when the Red Sox beat the New York Yankees for the American League pen- BOSTON Police publicly identified for the first time yesterday the officer who fired a pepper-spray pellet into a crowd of celebrating Boston Red Sox fans, fatally injuring an Emerson College student. Officer Rochefort Milien fired his pepper-spray pellet gun at a fan during the Oct. 21 disturbance, but missed and instead hit Victoria Snelgrove, 21, police said in an update of the investigation into her death.
The shot hit Snelgrove in the eye, fatally injuring her. Snelgrove, a journalism major from East Bridgewater, was among thousands of college-age Victoria Victoria nant. Messages Snelgrove left for police union officials were not immediately returned last night. The investigation indicates that at least four people were hit by the projectiles, including Snelgrove. Officer Milien, a grenadier assigned to the police Special Operations unit, is certified to train officers in the use of the Police spokesman David Estrada said there would be no further police comment beyond the statement.
The police statement, which Estrada described as an update of the police investigation into the death, described chaos around Fenway and Kenmore Square as the crowd turned from celebratory to violent, attacking cars, throwing debris at police and lighting fires as the night wore on. The statement described how fans attacked a car trying to turn down Landsdowne Street from Brookline Avenue. The crowd surrounded another vehicle as it left a commercial garage, trying to flip the vehicle with the occupants still inside, crushing in the roof and smashing the windshield. When a unit on horseback came to the occupants' rescue, allowing them to get to safety, the crowd then turned its attention to the mounted police, throwing coins, burning paper, bottles and other debris at the police and the horses. One horse's tail was burned when it was struck by flaming debris.
Deputy Superintendent Robert E. O'Toole Jr. authorized the use of the pellet guns known as the FN303, which is made by FN Herstal. He fired the weapons at specific individuals, as did Officers Samil Silta and Milien. Milien's weapon hit Snelgrove, who was about 25 to 30 feet away.
"Victoria Snelgrove was not the targeted; projectile she was missed struck its when tended target," the statement said. Yesterday, The Boston Globe reported that O'Toole was not certified to use the FN303, contradicting statements from O'Toole's lawyer that he was certified and "eminently qualified" to use the weapon. The BPD purchased the FN303 guns to assist with controlling protests during the Democratic National Convention last summer, but had not used them in crowd-control situations outside training before the Fenway Park shootings. Civil rights advocates angry over Snelgrove's death are circulating petitions seeking a temporary ban on the department's use of the so-called lesslethal weapons. Police officials since have suspended their use pending the outcome of the investigation.
Briefs Elder's license sought in veteran's death WHITMAN Police yesterday asked the state Registry of Motor Vehicles to consider pulling the driver's license of an elderly man whose van fatally struck a World War II veteran during a parade. William Hammond, 80, of Abington, was struck as he lined up with fellow veterans at the start of the Veterans Day parade Thursday in Whitman. Police have not filed charges against the driver, 80-year-old Joseph E. Davis of East Bridgewater, but asked the RMV to conduct an "immediate threat" assessment, according to deputy chief Raymond Nelson. Thrift store remains tentatively identified BRIDGEPORT, Conn.
Police believe that the remains of a human body that were discovered in a thrift store's chimney Thursday belong to a man who was reported missing back in 1999. Bridgeport police are waiting for autopsy results to confirm the man's identity. The decomposed body of a man was found Thursday in a chimney at Salvation Army by a worker doing repairs on a furnace. Among the parts removed were clothing remnants, a thigh bone and a knee bone, and a few personal belongings, which has helped them make the tentative identification. AG: Doctor gouged patients for flu shots HARTFORD Attorney General Richard Blumenthal yesterday accused a Fairfield County physician of doubling his prices to gouge patients trying to get a hard-to-find flu shot.
In a lawsuit to be filed in Hartford Superior Court, Blumenthal accuses physician Robert Gabriel of Convenient Medical Care Center in Riverside of raising his price from $50 to $100 a dose for the flu vaccine when a shortage was announced last month. Blumenthal said Gabriel made about $70 profit on each dose administered. In addition to Gabriel and his practice, the lawsuit names Gabriel's assistant, Raymond N. Mott and Mott's son, Raymond N. Mott III.
Blumenthal said the elder Mott arranged to purchase flu vaccine from his son, who operates House Calls of New York, a mobile medical practice based in New Windsor, N.Y. 5th-grader's honesty uncovers warrants BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. A 10-year-old has been honored for his honesty in returning $180 in cash to a dishonest man. Patrick Corkins, a fifth-grade pupil at Newport City Elementary School in Vermont, found a wallet with the cash in the parking lot of the Miss Bellows Falls Diner Oct. 30 after having breakfast with his grandparents.
The wallet belonged to Michael Zawistoski, a Bellows Falls man who police later discovered had two warrants out' for his arrest. According to Bellows Falls Police Chief Keith Clark, the boy returned the wallet before Zawistoski even knew it was missing. Conn. emissions testing resumes HARTFORD Seven months after questions and concerns about accuracy and honesty shut down the state's motor vehicle emissions testing program, hundreds of cars lined up to be tested as the program resumed yesterday. The testing program resumed at about.
260 service stations around the state. At midday yesterday, the number of cars that had been tested statewide was 1,340, according to Bill Seymour, spokesman for the state Department of Motor Vehicles. Compiled from wire reports LANGONE'S! Florist FIRST IN SYMPATHY 413-785-5707 of a WESTFIELD Irene (Rogowsky) Parda, 79, of 64 Carroll Drive, died Nov. 11, 2004 in the Mont Marie Health Care Center. Irene retired in 1988 from Westfield State College.
She was a communicant of Holy Trinity Church, member of the Holy Rosary Society and the church's women's bowling league. Irene was the loving wife of Edward J. Parda; mother of Joseph Parda and Christine Keefe, both of Westfield, Anne Marie Dandy of West Springfield; sister of Stanley Rogowski of NH and Marian Haynes of S. Hadley; 5 grandchildren and 2 stepgrandchildren, several nieces and nephews. Funeral Mon.
9:15 in the Czelusniak Funeral Home, Westfield with a Mass in Holy Trinity Church at 10 a.m. Burial in St. Mary's Cemetery at the convenience of the family. Calling hours Sun. 3-6 p.m.
Donations may be made to Sisters of St. Joseph or Mont Marie Health Care, 34 Lower Westfield Holyoke. IN MEMORIAM French In Loving Memory Of BARBARA FRENCH Who Passed Away Nov. 13, 2003 Mom, can't believe it's been a year since you left us. We miss you.
Love; David, Carla, Daniel Michael Walsh In Loving Memory Of SR. MEG WALSH On her birthday November 13 They shall mount up with wings as eagles. Isaiah 40:31 Deeply missed by Paul, Denise, Brian Joseph Nazario In Loving Memory Of GUILLERMO H. NAZARIO On his Birthday He had a nature you could not help loving, and a heart that was purer than gold. To those who knew and loved him, his memory will never grow old.
Love, your wife Maria; daughters Elizabeth, Marilyn Esmeralda grandchildren Greenway In Loving Memory of JUDITH GREENWAY who passed away God saw you getting tired And a cure was not to be So He put His arms around you and whispered "Come to Me" With tearful eyes we watched you and saw you pass away Although we love you dearly we could not make you stay A golden heart stopped beating Hard working hands at rest God broke our hearts to prove to us He only takes the best You are forever in our hearts We Love You Sadly missed by your sister, brother and families. 4 5.
