Leila M. (Robinson) Arcouette, 91, of Russell Stage Road, a retired teacher in New York and Athol, died on Saturday in a Springfield nursing home.
Born in Massena Springs, N.Y., she lived in Blandford for 57 years. She attended the Pottsdam, N.Y., Normal School.
She was a member of the Church of Atonement in Westfield, the American Association of Retired Persons and the National Retired Teachers Association.
She was the widow of Philip C. Arcouette.
She leaves three sons, Ronald of Portland, Ore., Robert of Agawam and Arthur E. of Feeding Hills; two daughters, Phyllis Glynn of Oregon City, Ore., and Jacquelyn Smith of Beaver Creek, Ore.; a sister, Dorothy Killeen of Blandford; 17 grandchildren and several great- and great-great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be Wednesday morning at Healy-Pease Funeral Home of Westfield, with burial in Hill Cemetery. Calling hours will be this evening.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Huntington Lions Club Ambulance Fund. Published in the Springfield Republican.
Corrected obituary for sisters-see also Leila May Robinson
Phyllis Dorothy (Robinson) Killeen,91 of Nye Brook Rd,Blandford, MA, a retired teacher in New York and Massachusetts, died in Westfield MA
She was a member of the White Church of Blandford, and then the First Congregational church of Blandford. The American Association of Retired Persons and the National Retired Teachers Association.
Born in Potsdam, New York,she attended Potsdam Normal school for teachers and graduated in 1921. She specialized in Elementary School Education and Music.
Her husband, James Vincent Killeen of Ireland, predeceased her in 1965.
She leaves a sister, Leila May Robinson of Blandford,plus six nephews, Edward Robinson of Rolla, Missouri,deceased), Allen and Donald Robinson-Vaiter of Middlesex,MA,both deceased, Ronald of Portland, Ore., Robert Arcouette of Agawam and Arthur E. Arcouette of Feeding Hills; two nieces, Phyllis Glynn of Oregon City, Ore., and Jacquelyn Smith of Beavercreek, Ore.; 17 grandnieces and several great- and great-great-grand nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be Wednesday morning at Kenneth-Pease Funeral Home of Westfield, with burial in Hill Cemetery. Calling hours will be this evening.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Huntington Lions Club Ambulance Fund. Published in the Springfield Republican.