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.

Abraham I. Fisher ’61/G’65 (Accounting/MBA), Niantic, CT; October 9, 2024

James A. Bynum ’62 (Accounting), Enfield, CT; August 14, 2024

Paul J. Benoit ’65 (Mechanical Engineering), Kinderhook, NY; June 2, 2022

Kenneth L. Hower G’65 (MBA), Boalsburg, PA; June 23, 2024

Richard R. Shreve G’65 (MBA), Ironwood, MI; June 18, 2024

Lawrence W. Deraleau ’66 (Mechanical Engineering), Vernon Rockville, CT; July 7, 2024

William H. Frieswyk ’67 (Marketing), Teaticket, MA; June 9, 2021

John M. Murphy G’68 (MBA), East Longmeadow, MA; May 27, 2024

Richard Campisi ’69 (Mathematics), Ridge, NY; May 31, 2024

Robert C. De Wolfe ’70 (Industrial Engineering), Conway, SC; June 18, 2024

Donald N. Fleming ’70 (English), Sarasota, FL; July 31, 2024

Robert J. Frishman G’70 (MBA), Troy, NY; June 6, 2021

Anthony D. Lucki ’70 (Marketing), Boston, MA; July 30, 2024

George B. Rost G’70 (MBA), Fort Myers Beach, FL; May 23, 2023

Weld D. Schoonmaker, Jr. ’70 (Management), Wolfeboro, NH; May 30, 2024

John F. Craven ’71 (Sociology), Easthampton, MA; September 16, 2024

Ralph L. Hamel ’71 (Management), Danvers, MA; June 11, 2024

Keff T. Lagoditz ’71/G’82 (Marketing/MBA), Westfield, MA; July 21, 2024

Marie T. Mazza L’71 (JD), East Longmeadow, MA; July 17, 2024

Clifford L. Reynolds ’71 (Management), Hudson, OH; July 3, 2024

Eugene F. Tryba ’71/G’73 (Management/MBA), Chicopee, MA; July 7, 2024

Michael P. O'Connor G’72 (MBA), Springfield, MA; May 31, 2024

Martin C. Olesen G’72 (MBA), Hampton, NH; February 29, 2024

Kenneth J. Stingel G’72 (MBA), Warminster, PA; January 24, 2023

John J. Cerrato L’73 (JD), Enfield, CT; June 28, 2024

Elmer E. Cox G’73 (MBA), Newtown, CT; October 30, 2021

Eugene A. Crepeau G’73 (MBA), Morris, CT; August 21, 2024

John A. Reveruzzi L’73 (JD), Waterford, CT; April 2, 2024

Harry M. Cargile ’74 (Mechanical Engineering), Ballston Lake, NY; October 6, 2024

Rosanne Eisenhandler Dawer ’74 (Finance), Montville, NJ; October 17, 2022

Bryan J. Peffer G’74 (MBA), Saint Paul, MN; October 9, 2022

David C. Petraske ’74/G’85 (Electrical Engineering/MBA), Springfield, MA; July 29, 2024

Richard W. Bueker, Jr. L’75 (JD), Harrisonburg, VA; February 2, 2023

Raymond L. Cebula ’75 (Industrial Engineering), Mattapoisett, MA; September 4, 2024

Charles M. Core, Jr. G’75 (MBA), Abilene, TX; January 30, 2022

James S. McLellan ’75 (Marketing), Chicopee, MA; July 15, 2023

Joseph F. Peters G’75 (Accounting Concentration), Simsbury, CT; December 25, 2022

Francis C. Pokorny G’75 (MBA), Windsor, CT; October 20, 2023

Ronald L. Wootten G’75 (MBA), Richmond, VA; November 20, 2023

John R. Castiglione L’76 (JD), Pittsfield, MA; February 17, 2021

Ronald F. Fursa ’76 (Electrical Engineering), Orlando, FL; March 1, 2022

Walter J. Keane ’76 (Economics), West Suffield, CT; August 18, 2024

John C. Paul ’76 (Accounting), Lakewood, CO; July 8, 2024

John C. Romano L’76 (JD), North Clarendon, VT; June 6, 2024

William C. Haas G’77 (MBA), Arlington, VA; August 28, 2024

Fred Paluch ’77 (Law Enforcement), Somers, CT; July 6, 2024

Anthony S. Sasur ’77 (Management), Three Rivers, MA; September 21, 2023

Robert Silverton G’77 (MBA), Winter Park, FL; July 8, 2024

Silas W. Smith, Jr. G’77 (MBA), Rocky Hill, CT; May 25, 2024

Kenneth A. Stiebohr G’77 (Systems Management), Hermansville, MI; December 24, 2022

David E. Sullivan G’77 (Accounting Concentration), East Hartford, CT; January 4, 2021

Frank A. Cain, Jr. G’78 (MBA), Brandon, MS; May 12, 2022

Thomas B. Doyle L’78 (JD), Chelmsford, MA; August 18, 2024

Thomas J. Haley L’78 (JD), Amherst, MA; June 29, 2024

Edward E. Johnson G’78 (MBA), Middleburgh, NY; April 8, 2023

Richard Rene LaBelle ’78 (Law Enforcement), Agawam, MA; October 21, 2021

Arthur M. Lange G’78 (MBA), Ashland, MA; February 8, 2024

Michael F. Stone L’78 (JD), South Yarmouth, MA; August 13, 2024

Lawrence W. Henault ’79 (Law Enforcement), Wilbraham, MA; May 27, 2024

Dennis A. Matulewicz ’79 (Engineering and Management), Narragansett, RI; December 4, 2023

Gordon R. Meyer G’79 (MBA), Wilbraham, MA; October 5, 2024

Jesse J. Rulli G’79 (MBA), Dayton, OH; June 12, 2023

Brian W. Thompson G’79 (MBA), Worcester, MA; July 22, 2024

Ronald A. LaRue ’80 (Engineering and Management), North Brookfield, MA; October 10, 2021

Marion N. Manning G’80 (MBA), Sioux Falls, SD; November 14, 2022

William B. Swales L’80 (JD), Bangor, ME; July 19, 2024

JoAnn H. Emerson ’81 (Accounting), Danvers, MA; March 14, 2021

Michael T. Kogut L’81 (JD), Chicopee, MA; August 1, 2024

Robert A. Marshall G’81 (MBA), Holly Springs, NC; September 7, 2021

Wayne T. Murphy ’81 (Management), West Springfield, MA; October 1, 2024

Willard Bachli, Jr. ’82 (Finance), Lake Worth, FL; September 2, 2024

John P. Casey G’82 (MBA), Burlington, MA; July 10, 2024

Marshall D. Glazer L’82 (JD), West Hartford, CT; February 29, 2024

Ronald D. Murdock ’82 (Government), Naples, FL; December 17, 2023

Robert L. Ward L’82 (JD), Centerville, MA; November 19, 2023

James H. Fierberg L’83 (JD), Scaly Mountain, NC; June 12, 2024

James A. Worden G’83 (MBA), Greenfield, MA; June 2, 2024

Denise Costa G’84 (Industrial Relations), Norwood, MA; August 2, 2024

Sandra E. Wrona G’84 (Accounting), East Longmeadow, MA; June 24, 2024

Carole W. Raby G’85 (MBA), East Longmeadow, MA; September 27, 2023

David M. Forrest G’86 (MBA), Pittsfield, MA; June 16, 2024

Patrick M. Major ’86 (Marketing), Westfield, MA; September 10, 2024

Louis F. Paparazzo L’86 (JD), Northampton, MA; December 17, 2023

Rosa M. Baruk ’87 (Marketing), Mason, OH; October 15, 2024

George V. Kilbride, Jr. ’88 (Management), West Suffield, CT; February 9, 2021

Kevin S. Connolly L’89 (JD), Clifton Park, NY; January 15, 2023

Thomas A. Erb L’89 (JD), Shrewsbury, MA; July 27, 2024

David Dow Cote ’91 (Finance), Quaker Hill, CT; October 10, 2024

Peggy L. McCarthy L’91 (JD), Avon, CT; May 23, 2023

Thomas F. Loeffel G’92 (MBA), Naples, FL; March 26, 2021

Paul E. Soroken L’92 (JD), Pittsfield, MA; May 19, 2023

James P. Horbal ’93 (Law Enforcement), Williamsburg, VA; April 4, 2024

Bretta M. Schiff Karp G’93 (MBA), Shrewsbury, MA; September 2, 2024

Donna M. Hardy ’94 (Liberal Studies), Norwood, MA; October 29, 2023

Paul D. Phaneuf G’94 (Mechanical Engineering), Sandy Hook, CT; September 16, 2024

Francis A. Schulte G’94 (Engineering Management), New Castle, NH; June 7, 2024

Stuart L. Shapiro G’94 (MBA), Lenox, MA; September 7, 2024

Brian L. Harris ’96/G’97 (Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice Administration), Bellingham, MA; June 12, 2024

Judith Ann Wideman L’96 (JD), Cary, NC; June 24, 2023

Robert R. Asher ’97 (Computer Information Systems), Chicopee, MA; July 15, 2024

Robert G. Bresnahan G’97 (MBA), Mashpee, MA; October 1, 2024

Daniel R. Larocque ’98/G’99 (Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice Administration), Lowell, MA; July 11, 2023

Joseph W. Parillo G’98 (MBA), Westfield, MA; August 24, 2024

Clifford D. Demeritt ’99/G’02 (Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice Administration), Haverhill, MA; July 29, 2024

Thomas Senior ’99 (Law Enforcement), North Eastham, MA; August 5, 2024

Harry B. Curtis ’00 (Law Enforcement), Dracut, MA; November 13, 2023

Thomas M. Ross ’02 (Law Enforcement), Foxboro, MA; February 1, 2021

Craig Beal ’03 (Electrical Engineering), Stoneham, MA; October 9, 2022

Margaret S. Kopacsy ’03 (Psychology), Enfield, CT; May 29, 2021

David W. McRoberts ’03/G’05 (Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice Administration), Medway, MA; September 19, 2024

Travis Brown ’09 (Finance), Chicago, IL; September 19, 2024

Daniel A. Merriam ’10 (Criminal Justice), North Haven, CT; June 7, 2024

Brittany N. Anderson ’12 (Psychology), Enfield, CT; August 22, 2024

Marcus J. McDonald ’12 (Accounting), Worcester, MA; July 16, 2024

Gina M. Zoladz ’16 (Accounting), Ludlow, MA; September 2, 2024

Joshua D. Powell ’22 (Pharmaceutical Business), Collinsville, CT; August 1, 2024

Deanna Harry (Computer Science), Goshen, MA; September 22, 2024

Mary L. Goehring (Retired Employee), Mason, OH; August 21, 2024

John Elias Hajjar (Employee), Stoughton, MA; June 1, 2024

Bruce K. Miller (Retired Employee), Northampton, MA; July 20, 2024

Angelo S. Teixeira (Employee), East Longmeadow, MA; August 26, 2024