Obituaries from The Republican.
George Albert Russell, Jr., 99, of Granby, passed away on Thursday. He was born in Springfield and was a 1934 graduate of Commerce High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a longtime Chicopee resident. He was a field underwriter for numerous insurance companies, including Monarch Ins. Co. Following his retirement, he was a courier for Bassett Printing and most recently was a crossing guard for the City of Chicopee, retiring in 1989. He was a longtime communicant of Nativity Church, where he belonged to the League of Sacred Heart, was a cantor and soloist, was the secretary of the Nativity Athletic Association and coached in the pee-wee league. He was an officer of the American Legion Post 353.
Obituaries from The Republican:
Arnhold, Patricia A.
Bennett, Raymond
Bontempi, Eugene R.
Brin, Mary J.
Coleman, Nicholas
Curto, Arwen M.
Emerson, William E.
Giroux, Brian J.
Hagman, Paul
Hart, Angelina T.
Knapik, Robert R.
Lacienski, Daniel J.
Leveille, Kathaleen M.
Marchant III, Horace G.
McNabb, Helen S.
Milkiewicz, Edward
Murray, Cecelia M.
Paul, Linda F.
Proctor, Everett W.
Rawson, Kathleen C.
Russell Jr., George A.
Smail, John B.
Szot, Edward F.
Waystack, Grace B.