All Obituaries

Greenfield---James P. Crawford Sr., 77, of Princeton Terrace, died Monday (2-18-19) at home. Arrangements under the direction of Kostanski Funeral Home are incomplete at this time. For condolences, please visit www.kostanskifuneralhome.com

Sandra "Sandy" J. (McCarthy) Guilbault, 73, of Dunton Street died Tuesday 2/12/19 at the Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. She was born in Greenfield, MA on November 30, 1945, the daughter of Harold "Ozzie" and Evelyn (Powers) McCarthy. Sandy attended local schools in Turners Falls and was a graduate of Turners Falls High School Class of 1963. After graduation, Sandy attended hairdressing school at Kay Harvey Hairdressing School in Springfield, MA. Sandy worked at...

Richard "Rick" K. Stone, Jr., 64, of Federal Street passed away Saturday 2/9/19 after a period of declining health. He was born in Montague City on July 4, 1954, the son of Richard K. and Mildred (Hurtle) Stone. Rick attended Montague Center Elementary Schools and Smith Vocational School in Northampton. Rick worked for Stone's Equipment for many years, and then for C&S Wholesale for over twenty years as a trailer mechanic. Rick was known as the "Go to Guy" for any...

Russell "Russ" Robert Lively, 57, passed away in the early hours of February 5, 2019 at Charlene Manor Extended Care Facility after a courageous and nearly year long battle with Lung Cancer. Born in 1961 in Greenfield, MA to Edward Lively and Alice (Hebard) Lively. Russ grew up in Colrain, MA and attended Mohawk Regional High School where he graduated in 1980. After high school Russ would take on a series of difficult and dirty jobs for the next 40 years where he would become the...

Kenneth Michael Griffin, 66, passed away peacefully on Tuesday 2/5/19, surrounded by his loved ones, after a short battle with cancer. Ken was born in Holyoke on October 27, 1952, the son of Daniel and Lorraine Griffin.  Ken attended and graduated from Holyoke Catholic High School, class of 1970.  In 1977, Ken moved to Greenfield and was a machinist at the Greenfield Tap and Dye, which has been since changed to Kennametal. Ken was a loving father to his three children who cared...

Maurice M. Campbell, 98, a lifelong resident of Turners Falls, died Monday 2/4/19 at the Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield. He was born in Turners Falls on February 1, 1921, the son of Daniel and Flora (Beaumier) Campbell. Maurice attended local schools in Montague and was a graduate of Turners Falls High School Class of 1940. Maurice served in the United States Navy during WWII, in the Asiatic Pacific Theatre of War, obtaining the rank machinist mate 2nd class. Maurice was an...

Greenfield----Muriel L. (Ring) Graveline, 98, died Saturday (2-2-19) at Buckley Health Care Center.  Arrangements under the direction of Kostanski Funeral Home are incomplete at this time.  For condolences, please visit www.kostanskifuneralhome.com

Antoine Marcus, 68, of Canada Hill Rd. died Saturday (2-2-19) at Poet Seat Health Care.  Arrangements under the direction of Kostanski Funeral Home are incomplete at this time. For condolences, please visit www.kostanskifuneralhome.com

Greenfield---John F. Kruk, 97, died Saturday (2-2-19) at Buckley Health Care Center. He was born in Deerfield May 27, 1921 the son of John A. and Frances (Hrapkowski) Kruk. John attended local schools and graduated from Deerfield Academy. He became a lifelong supporter of that institution. He was an inspector for GTD for many years. John enjoyed traveling, circling the globe twice on ships like the Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Anne. From these travels he formed many friendships that have...

Turners Falls------Janet P. (Grueling) Fleming of Montague City Rd. died Thursday (1-31-19) at the Farren Care Center. She was born in Greenfield the daughter of Paul and Florence (Larabee) Grueling. Janet attended Arms Academy. She worked at Mayhew Steel Products for 21 years, was a security guard for various companies in MA. and VT. And later was a nurses’ aide for various nursing homes in MA. and VT. She enjoyed trips to the beach, watching the Red Sox’s, Wheel of Fortune,...