Western New England University mourns the loss of the following members of our community who have recently passed away. Please note that this information is updated by our records team. If you are aware of any errors or omissions, please call (413) 796-2240 or email alumwne@wne.edu.

Francis A. Johnson ’59/G’61 (Accounting/MBA), Plantation, FL; August 21, 2023

Richard L. Fattini ’60 (Management), East Longmeadow, MA; September 24, 2023

Louis E. Dupuis ’61 (Engineering and Management), Southampton, MA; June 14, 2023

Gerald A. Seibert ’61 (Mechanical Engineering), Vernon, VT; May 15, 2023

William M. Fitzgerald L’62 (JD), Venice, FL; July 23, 2023

Harold M. Knapp ’62 (Mechanical Engineering), Pittsfield, MA; April 20, 2023

Thomas R. Pezda ’62 (Mechanical Engineering), Chicopee, MA; September 16, 2023

James S. Fearn ’63 (Industrial Engineering), Bothell, WA; November 15, 2022

Edward T. Sheehan ’64 (Management), East Longmeadow, MA; August 3, 2023

Joseph Fedora ’65 (Mechanical Engineering), Belchertown, MA; July 8, 2023

Antonio Gomes, Jr. L’65 (JD), East Longmeadow, MA; October 15, 2023

Donald L. LaVoice G’65 (MBA), Bradenton, FL; May 15, 2023

Phillip A. Edwards ’66 (Accounting), Shutesbury, MA; August 2, 2023

Nicholas F. Fiorentino ’66/L’73 (Management/JD), Springfield, MA; July 17, 2023

Gordon E. Johnson G’66 (MBA), Springfield, MA; November 11, 2022

Bernard D. Larose ’66 (Accounting), Palm Beach Gardens, FL; September 16, 2023

Thomas J. McGowan ’66 (Management), East Longmeadow, MA; September 5, 2023

John U. Paton ’66 (Mechanical Engineering), Wilbraham, MA; September 18, 2023

Richard L. Dumaine ’67 (Mechanical Engineering), Alexandria, KY; May 21, 2022

James A. Hays G’67 (MBA), Lunenburg, MA; October 3, 2023

Steven Snieder ’67 (Accounting), San Marcos, CA; September 4, 2021

Edward P. Welker ’67 (Management), West Springfield, MA; April 18, 2023

Gerard E. Duguay ’68 (Management), Melbourne, FL; July 9, 2023

Ronald I. Forth G’68 (MBA), Sandwich, MA; September 21, 2023

Joseph Morrison ’68 (Mechanical Engineering), Ludlow, MA; June 29, 2023

Francis N. Roncone ’68/G’71 (Accounting/ MBA), Sutton, MA; February 18, 2023

Hughes H. Wagner ’68 (Management), Harwich, MA; February 20, 2023

Douglas A. Kida ’69 (Accounting), Chicopee, MA; May 21, 2023

Michael M. Hopkins ’70 (Management), Hartford, CT; September 26, 2023

Robert F. Krumpholz, III ’71 (Management), Worcester, MA; May 29, 2023

Carol C. Lindo ’71 (Psychology), Albany, GA; May 1, 2023

John L. Michon ’71 (Accounting), Chicopee, MA; September 9, 2023

Ralph P. Testa G’71 (MBA), Palm City, FL; December 24, 2021

Johnson Albright, II ’72 (History), Rochester, NY; March 11, 2023

Frank G. Daresta G’72 (MBA), Philadelphia, PA; November 15, 2021

Michael S. Genewick G’72 (MBA), Los Angeles, CA; February 10, 2022

Nicolino R. Magnacca ’72 (Mechanical Engineering), Long Valley, NJ; January 9, 2022

Richard A. Reopel ’72 (Management), Ludlow, MA; August 18, 2023

Erland W. Anderson, Jr. ’73 (Industrial Engineering), Reading, MA; August 26, 2021

Joseph J. Birenz ’73 (Mathematics), Parsippany, NJ; April 29, 2023

Donald E. Phillips L’73 (JD), Roslindale, MA; June 28, 2023

Carl W. Robitaille ’73 (Management), Springfield, MA; July 10, 2023

Richard E. Guertin ’74 (Management), Monson, MA; October 7, 2023

John R. Hammerle L’74 (JD), Springfield, MA; January 9, 2021

Albert T. Shesler G’74 (MBA), Windsor, CT; April 22, 2023

David W. Streeter G’74 (MBA), Bernardston, MA; April 29, 2023

Andrew J. Strong ’74/G’77 (Management/MBA), Holyoke, MA; October 28, 2023

Jean O. Demers G’75 (MBA), Titusville, FL; August 15, 2022

Philip J. LeBlanc G’75 (MBA), Fort Myers, FL; June 25, 2023

Timothy J. Twining ’75 (Law Enforcement), East Longmeadow, MA; October 2, 2023

Donald E. Clowes ’76 (Management - Real Estate Option), Westfield, MA; June 13, 2023

Peter J. Haggerty ’76 (Finance), Lincoln University, PA; June 21, 2023

Thomas E. Metzger ’76 (Marketing), Feeding Hills, MA; March 29, 2021

James A. Raschilla ’76 (Marketing), Chicopee, MA; October 5, 2023

Emil A. Roymans G’76 (MBA), Sturbridge, MA; October 4, 2022

Anthony Cestari ’77 (Law Enforcement), West Springfield, MA; May 22, 2023

Robert H. DeSmith G’77 (MBA), Rochester, NH; March 18, 2023

John P. DuBois ’77 (Electrical Engineering), Suffield, CT; May 21, 2023

Joseph J. Wilk, Jr. ’77 (Law Enforcement), Chicopee, MA; March 4, 2016

Edward J. Butner, III ’78 (Marketing), Westport, CT; June 24, 2023

Keyburn Hollister L’78 (JD), Pittsfield, MA; September 22, 2023

Larry J. Lanata G’78 (MBA), Keene, NH; June 17, 2021

Jo-Anne Ryan ’78/G’85 (Accounting), Ludlow, MA; November 12, 2016

Stephen P. Stanitis G’78 (MBA), Middlebury, VT; January 22, 2016

William E. Toner, Jr. G’78 (MBA), Longmeadow, MA; April 18, 2023

John D. Murphy ’79 (Management), Easthampton, MA; July 30, 2023

Philip J. Raymond, Jr. G’79 (MBA), Kennett Square, PA; February 23, 2023

Delmar A. Riberdy ’79 (Accounting), Chicopee, MA; February 22, 2022

Charles C. Spallino ’79 (Management), East Longmeadow, MA; October 4, 2023

Lieutenant Colonel, David A. Sanford G’80 (MBA), Rockwall, TX; June 10, 2023

Alan W. Dahle ’81 (General Business), Thornwood, NY; October 18, 2021

Henry W. Elsinger G’81 (MBA), Waitsfield, VT; May 9, 2023

Paul E. Gobeil G’81 (Engineering Management), Deerfield, MA; June 7, 2023

Joseph T. Gorman L’81 (JD), Greenfield, MA; May 22, 2023

Matt Michael J. Wolk G’82 (MBA), West Springfield, MA; July 26, 2023

Paul J. Fluet ’83 (Management), Granby, MA; August 1, 2023

Richard A. Goehlert G’84/G’86 (MBA/Engineering Management), Hamilton, MA; July 26, 2023

Janice B. Murphy L’86 (JD), Tampa, FL; September 27, 2023

Catherine Ann Nicolay L’86 (JD), Glastonbury, CT; October 26, 2023

Jeffrey R. Ostlund G’86 (MBA), Three Mile Bay, NY; August 26, 2022

Jacqueline A. Wilson L’86 (JD), West Hartford, CT; August 21, 2023

David M. Ciolkos ’87/G’93 (Computer Information Systems/Management Information Systems), Amherst, MA; September 21, 2023

Robert E. Dzialo L’87 (JD), Manassas, VA; July 19, 2022

Thomas E. Haffner L’88 (JD), Schenectady, NY; June 17, 2023

Edward Fedorowich, Jr. ’89 (Management), Somers, CT; January 8, 2022

Timothy S. O’Connell ’89 (Management), Southern Pines, NC; November 25, 2023

Richard P. Krowchenko ’90/G’96 (Accounting/Accounting Concentration), Westfield, MA; July 24, 2023

Robert G. Symes ’90 (Law Enforcement), Marshfield, MA; December 3, 2021

Mary R. Bessette ’91 (Accounting), Danbury, CT; February 10, 2016

Douglas E. Lentivech L’91 (JD), Wynantskill, NY; June 26, 2023

John L. Leone G’92 (Health Care Administration), Fort Myers, FL; June 17, 2021

James L. Bayes G’93 (MBA), Niceville, FL; January 4, 2021

David J. Lofstrom, Sr. ’93 (Law Enforcement), Plymouth, MA; August 18, 2021

Richard W. Lovering ’93 (Law Enforcement), Revere, MA; October 8, 2021

Thomas John Moran L’93 (JD), Doylestown, PA; September 8, 2023

David M. Romanowski ’95 (Chemistry), Endicott, NY; July 13, 2023

Steven Williams ’95 (Government), St. Augustine, FL; December 21, 2022

Richard M. Visco G’96 (MBA), Marlborough, CT; October 22, 2023

Randall J. Peterson ’97/G’98 (Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice Administration), Lawrence, MA; July 30, 2021

Carleton Boutwell G’99 (Criminal Justice Administration), Woburn, MA; June 28, 2023

David A. Crowther G’99 (Criminal Justice Administration), Newburyport, MA; September 1, 2023

John D. Martini ’00 (English), Albany, NY; October 17, 2023

Erin P. Rubas ’01 (Criminal Justice), Spring Lake, NJ; July 17, 2023

Anne J. Harasik ’02 (Liberal Studies), Springfield, MA; October 11, 2023

John F. Ruane, III ’04 (Law Enforcement), Canton, MA; July 18, 2023

Dean M. Davis ’06 (Criminal Justice), Bristol, CT; July 23, 2023

Raymond J. White G’06 (Engineering Management), Agawam, MA; April 23, 2023

Katherine A. Russo L’08 (JD), Manchester, CT; March 16, 2022

David P. Cortese L’11 (JD), Worcester, MA; July 7, 2022

Dr. Kathleen M. Dillon (Retired Employee), Southampton, MA; September 14, 2023

Robert Lusardi (Retired Employee), Florence, MA; May 27, 2023

Nancy McGuill (Retired Employee), Sturbridge, MA; August 21, 2023

Barbara A. Moffat (Retired Employee), Manchester, CT; August 4, 2023