CHICOPEE: Alfreda F. (Strom) Rider, 95, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2015 at Heritage Hall West Nursing Home in Agawam. She was born in Springfield to the late Leroy L. and Olive M. (Brousseau) Strom. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Westfield. Alfreda was a wonderful homemaker, mother and wife to her husband and children. She loved cooking and baking, sewing and all types of handcrafts. She enjoyed baking her favorite scones for her church bake sales or bringing her Corn Pudding Casserole to all family dinners. Alfreda worked as a bank teller and later as an office clerk at Western Mass Hospital. The family sincerely thanks the entire nursing staff at Heritage West, Daisy Way and Beacon Hospice for the wonderful kind and loving care they gave her. Alfreda was predeceased by her husband Vernon C. Rider in 1995, her son Vernon C. Rider, Jr. in 2008, her daughter, Edith Putnam in 1983 and her siblings Kenneth and Roy Strom and Olive Harris. She is survived by her seven grandchildren, Scott Putnam and his wife Gina, Linda Gawronski and her husband Dwayne, Steven Putnam, Debbie Rider, Bonnie Eacott and her husband Russ, Brian Rider and his wife Karen and Jason Rider, her sister-in-law Barbara Sheehan and brother-in-law Fred Rider and his wife Mary, 13 great grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren and many neices, nephews and cousins. A Funeral Home Service for Alfreda will be held on Saturday March 14th at 12 noon in the Firtion Adams Funeral Service, 76 Broad St. Westfield, MA, visiting hours will precede the service from 11 am till 12 noon. Burial will follow in Pine Hill Cemetery, Westfield. Donations in Alfreda’s name may be made to the Heritage Hall West, Activity Fund, 61 Cooper Street, Agawam 01001. firtionadams.com
