Obituaries today: William Killian was hazmat supervisor at Monsanto

Obituaries from The Republican.

William J. Killian

William J. "Bill" Killian, Jr., 74, of Springfield, died Wednesday. Killian was born and raised in Holyoke. He graduated from Mater Dolorosa Elementary School and St. Jerome High School. He was employed by Monsanto Chemical Company as a hazmat supervisor for 35 years, and retired in 1990. After his retirement, he worked for 10 years with the United States government in the Hazmat Division of the Department of Transportation. Killian resided in Springfield for the past 50 years and was an active communicant of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, where he served as a Eucharistic minister and as an acolyte for funeral masses. He served during peacetime with the U.S. Navy.

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• Davilli, A. Myrtle (Nokes)
  




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  Griffin, Jeanne (Graveline)
  



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  Keane, Helen G. (Carney)




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  Killian Jr., William J. "Bill"
  



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  Monzillo, Michael J.
  




• Powell, Helen D. (Zoell)
  




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  Proulx, Maureen A. (Hyde)
  



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  Riley, Debra P.




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  Superman, Simon