Obituaries from The Republican.
SPRINGFIELD - Raymond K. Williams, 98, of Springfield, died June 29. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., to the late Milton and Clara M. (Brown) Williams on April 25, 1913, he graduated from the High School of Commerce in Springfield. He was a former member of St. John's Congregational Church and played on its championship basketball team. He also played with the Colored Black Sox Baseball Team at Emerson Wight playground. Raymond was a World War II Army veteran serving as a combat medic in France, Germany and Belgium. He retired from the Springfield Armory with twenty five years of service as a mill wright.
Obituaries from The Republican:
Besancon, Mary Lou
Bessette, Edith G. (Tease)
Calheno, Carminda (Pires Da Silva)
Cormier, Dorothy Leone (Darnley)
Donoghue, Kathleen M.
Dowd, William B. "Bill"
Fields, Elvira (Fratamico)
Gaspari, Nancy (Babcock)
Jones Sr., James T.
Kusnierz, Henry
Lieberman, Suzanne (Leinwander)
Marino, Nancy J.
Mazgula, Thaddeus "Teddy"
Maziarz, Claire A.
Parenteau, Girard E. "Gerry"
Picard, Camille E.
Pringle, Hattie B.
Riley, Jane C. (Connor)
Rochford, Margaret Ann "Peggy" (Connors)
Sliwoski, Stanley J.
Valentine, Leo R.
Whitney, Enise L. (McKenna)
Williams, Raymond K.
Zacek, Joseph