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.

Robert J. Bready ’62 (Mechanical Engineering), Monson, Mass.; January 19, 2026

Walter J. Kruczek ’64 (Mechanical Engineering), West Springfield, Mass.; March 20, 2026

Dale K. Ashley ’65 (Industrial Engineering), Wolfeboro, N.H.; December 6, 2025

Daniel J. McLaughlin G’65 (MBA), Springfield, Mass.; November 9, 2025

Lambert R. Ollari ’65/L’72 (Management/JD), Feeding Hills, Mass.; February 17, 2026

Kenneth S. Westort ’65/G’74 (Mechanical Engineering/MBA), Holyoke, Mass.; November 5, 2025

Donald E. Fife ’66 (Industrial Engineering), Kennebunk, Maine; October 18, 2025

Richard F. Pipan G’66 (MBA), High Point, N.C.; September 10, 2025

David F. Warne ’66 (Mechanical Engineering), Mesa, Ariz.; October 14, 2025

Hugh C. Cowhig L’67 (JD), Lenox, Mass.; April 18, 2026

Tonie L. Desrosiers ’67 (Management), Enfield, Conn.; November 4, 2023

Michael J. Flaherty L’67 (JD), Wayland, Mass.; January 18, 2026

George G. Frigo G’67 (MBA), West Springfield, Mass.; February 15, 2026

David W. Thresher ’68 (Industrial Engineering), Stafford Springs, Conn.; January 17, 2026

David T. Warren ’68/G’75 (Management/MBA), Columbia, Pa.; April 11, 2021

Robert F. Guyre, Jr. G’69 (MBA), Windham, N.H.; April 20, 2026

Michael K. Littleford ’70 (Management), Malibu, Calif.; June 8, 2025

Bettie S. Hallen ’70 (English), New Port Richey, Fla.; January 4, 2026

Edward L. Parzych ’70 (Industrial Engineering), West Hartford, Conn.; December 30, 2025

Raymond P. Ratte ’70 (Accounting), Mansfield Center, Conn.; April 3, 2025

Ralph H. Viola G’70 (MBA), Abilene, Kan.; March 31, 2024

Stephen A. Wichrowski, Jr. G’70 (MBA), Longmeadow, Mass.; February 20, 2026

Paul L. Cardone, III ’71 (Marketing), Oxford, Mass.; March 31, 2026

Martin J. Dwyer ’71 (Mechanical Engineering), Scranton, Pa.; March 25, 2026

John L. Horvath, III G’71 (MBA), West Greenwich, R.I.; April 16, 2026

Joseph B. Kubec G’71 (MBA), Overland Park, Kan.; August 24, 2025

Edward Messikian G’71 (MBA), North Palm Beach, Fla.; November 20, 2025

Edward M. Vipler G’71 (MBA), South Windsor, Conn.; February 17, 2026

Donald E. Warren G’71 (MBA), Westfield, Mass.; February 12, 2026

Raymond H. Favreau ’72 (Electrical Engineering), Venice, Fla.; October 28, 2025

James G. Geren ’72 (Electrical Engineering), West Springfield, Mass.; January 6, 2026

Rudolph S. Kuraska L’72 (JD), Enfield, Conn.; February 4, 2025

Joseph A. Osowiecki ’72/G’75 (Management/MBA), Orlando, Fla.; January 11, 2026

William C. Dean G’73 (MBA), Rowley, Mass.; December 8, 2022

Stephen D. Frost ’73 (Accounting), Springfield, Mass.; October 31, 2025

Thomas P. Kozikowski ’74 (Industrial Engineering), Enfield, Conn.; February 27, 2026

Edward F. Pas ’74/G’80 (Mechanical Engineering/MBA), East Falmouth, Mass.; March 10, 2026

Robert A. Swenson ’74/G’80 (Industrial Engineering/MBA), Calabash, N.C.; December 21, 2025

William E. Vincent ’74 (Marketing), Niskayuna, N.Y.; January 12, 2026

Theodore E. Cooledge L’75 (JD), Boston, Mass.; January 29, 2024

Bruce E. Glover ’75 (Law Enforcement), Hampden, Mass.; January 28, 2026

Roland W. Laramee ’75 (Mechanical Engineering), South Hadley, Mass.; April 5, 2026

Kenneth N. Scott, Jr. G’75 (MBA), Orleans, Mass.; November 2, 2025

William J. Sennett L’75 (JD), Madison, Conn.; December 15, 2025

Peter J. Gidman ’76 (Mechanical Engineering), Ashford, Conn.; December 23, 2024

Lynn E. Tomasetti G’76 (MBA), Venice, Fla.; February 28, 2026

Walter R. Hadank ’77 (Electrical Engineering), Holyoke, Mass.; September 5, 2024

Patricia L. Krawiec ’77 (History), Suffield, Conn.; April 19, 2026

Judith E. Miles L’77 (JD), Mears, Va.; February 11, 2026

Bernard N. Stone ’77 (Management), Longmeadow, Mass.; January 11, 2026

Roland L. Thibault ’77/G’82 (Engineering and Management/MBA), Granby, Mass.; August 22, 2023

Max A. Wojtowicz ’77 (Accounting), Hadley, Mass.; January 25, 2026

Edward M. Gasperi L’78 (JD), Fort Edward, N.Y.; April 9, 2026

Anthony Irace L’78 (JD), Cape Elizabeth, Maine; February 5, 2026

Roger N. Pearse G’78 (MBA), New York, N.Y.; May 24, 2025

Abner C. Young G’78 (Public Administration), Como, Miss.; July 2, 2025

Susan O. Temkin L’79 (JD), Washington, D.C.; December 11, 2025

Gary T. Gentile L’80 (JD), East Greenwich, R.I.; March 19, 2026

Kimmel H. King G’80 (MBA), San Antonio, Texas; March 18, 2026

John James McCarthy L’80 (JD), Springfield, Mass.; October 28, 2025

David M. Bartlett G’81 (Accounting Concentration), Leominster, Mass.; September 22, 2025

Francis S. Kozaczka ’81 (Law Enforcement), Daytona Beach, Fla; August 10, 2025

Russell L. Lichtenstein L’81 (JD), Beasley Point, N.J.; March 22, 2026

Brian R. Ormsby G’81 (MBA), Agawam, Mass.; November 14, 2025

Gerald A. Black G’82 (MBA), Jupiter, Fla; September 16, 2023

Jeffrey A. Roncalli ’82 (Economics), Fuquay Varina, N.C.; May 9, 2023

Carol Ann Sakiewicz G’82 (MBA), Chicopee, Mass.; February 16, 2026

John W. Cummings G’83 (Health Care Administration), Griffin, Ga.; December 23, 2025

Harold R. Gibson ’83 (Accounting), Springfield, Mass.; February 25, 2026

John Frederick Marriott, Sr. L’83 (JD), Wallingford, Conn.; January 1, 2026

Stephen R. Pino ’83 (Marketing), Feeding Hills, Mass.; November 14, 2025

John P. Talbot L’83 (JD), Northampton, Mass.; November 28, 2025

Elinor R. White G’83 (Health Care Administration), Acton, Mass.; November 13, 2025

Steven J. Belden ’84 (Electrical Engineering), North Billerica, Mass.; November 6, 2025

Richard B. Murray ’84 (Management), Springfield, Mass.; January 27, 2026

Anne B. Stapleton L’84 (JD), Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; November 19, 2025

Roger W. Wilson G’84 (MBA), East Windsor, Conn.; March 16, 2026

Robert A. Knapp G’85 (MBA), Sandwich, Mass.; December 29, 2021

Philip J. Roche L’85 (JD), Painted Post, N.Y.; March 25, 2026

Marilyn J. Angers ’86 (Accounting), Springfield, Mass.; April 5, 2026

David C. Kuzmeski L’87 (JD), Northampton, Mass.; November 6, 2023

Pravin M. Trivedi G’87 (Engineering Management), Shrewsbury, Mass.; March 13, 2026

Scott M. Ballou ’89 (Electrical Engineering), Enfield, Conn.; November 21, 2025

John A. Collins ’89 (Law Enforcement), Hanover, Mass.; September 28, 2024

Bernice F. Lord ’89 (Accounting), Easthampton, Mass.; March 6, 2026

David B. Cook ’90 (Law Enforcement), Everett, Mass.; August 5, 2023

Charles A. Gundersen L’90 (JD), Palm Harbor, Fla.; November 21, 2025

Cyndi J. Christo ’91 (English), Monroe, Conn.; August 26, 2025

Richard A. Kominsky ’91 (Electrical Engineering), Westfield, Mass.; July 13, 2022

Gordon F. Lewis L’91 (JD), Albany, N.Y.; December 29, 2025

Joan L. Rice ’91 (Accounting), Springfield, Mass.; January 30, 2025

Lisa R. Terryberry ’91 (Accounting), Colebrook, Conn.; May 15, 2025

Ira D. Long ’92 (Management), Windsor, Conn.; January 3, 2026

Garvin F. Kelley ’93 (Law Enforcement), Dennis Port, Mass.; January 24, 2026

Robert Joseph Meredith L’94 (JD), Wethersfield, Conn.; March 10, 2026

SFC Thomas J. Grasso ’96 (Sociology), Wake Forest, N.C.; May 7, 2026

John M. Gurvitch ’96 (Psychology), Holyoke, Mass.; May 10, 2023

George N. Joseph G’96 (Accounting), Longmeadow, Mass.; January 12, 2026

Suzanne C. Lagacy ’97 (General Business), Monson, Mass.; January 13, 2026

Kevin P. Rayner ’97 (General Business), Pittsfield, Mass.; March 31, 2026

Philip A. Cahill G’98 (Criminal Justice Administration), North Andover, Mass.; July 6, 2023

Catherine A. Coffey-Gatesman ’98 (Liberal Studies), Ludlow, Mass.; October 30, 2025

Michael T. LaCroix ’98/G’01 (Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice Administration), Westfield, Mass.; April 7, 2024

Isaac Stein G’98 (Information Systems), Longmeadow, Mass.; November 24, 2025

Edward W. Horton G’99 (Criminal Justice Administration), Milton, N.H.; April 21, 2026

Leonard P. Sansoucy ’99/G’00 (Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice Administration), South Hadley, Mass.; April 16, 2023

Bruce Higgins G’01 (Criminal Justice Administration), West Roxbury, Mass.; November 2, 2025

Ralph J. Valenti G’01 (Marketing Concentration), Springfield, Mass.; March 19, 2026

Thomas F. Walsh ’03 (Law Enforcement), Tyngsboro, Mass.; March 12, 2026

Jessica L. Webber L’06 (JD), Tolland, Conn.; December 14, 2025

Charles M. Wheeler ’06 (Law Enforcement), Braintree, Mass.; January 28, 2026

Katherine J. Howell L’08 (JD), East Longmeadow, Mass.; December 17, 2025

Erika A. Pafford G’09 (MBA), Windsor, Conn.; December 6, 2025

Fredrick M. Baber ’10 (General Business), Punta Gorda, Fla.; October 31, 2025

Christian L. Hinshaw ’12 (Business Administration), Longmeadow, Mass.; March 20, 2026