Obituaries today: Kathleen T. Lavato helped run husband's business in Chicopee for 12 years

Obituaries from The Republican.

Kathleen T. Lavato

Kathleen T. (Burke) Lavato, 65, of Springfield, a former school teacher in New York State and in Maine, as well as Holy Name Grammar School in Springfield where she taught for 6 years, passed away on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 in Baystate Medical Center. She was born in Worcester on April 19, 1947. She was educated in the Worcester school system. Following her graduation from high school, Lavato came to Chicopee to attend Our Lady of the Elms College, graduating in 1969. In 2000, she returned to the work force by joining her husband, William Lavato, in the operation of his business, Lavato Supply Co., Inc. in Chicopee, where she had been serving for the past 12 years as the bookkeeper and office manager.

Obituaries from The Republican:

• Broz, Alice M.

• Burris Jr., Leroy J.

• Cohen, Kenneth

• Flathers, Dorothy M. "Dottie" (Pepperill)

• Lavato, Kathleen T. (Burke)

• Lefebvre, Irene T. (Downey)

• Leondakis, Nicholas A.

• McCormick, Howard W.

• Smith, Donald F.

• Webb, Kenneth J.