WESTFIELD – Stella (Constande) Rabideau, 94, passed away on Friday May 2, 2014 in Georgia. Born in Springfield, she was a 1939 graduate, and only the second girl ever to graduate from Springfield Trade School.
Stella spent many years residing in Westfield when she moved in 1956 until 2003 when she lived in Georgia. She liked to sew, becoming a seamstress working for a furrier in Springfield.
Stella was predeceased by her husband, Lawrence in 2000 after 52 years of marriage.She is survived by a daughter, Michele Hurt of Georgia; a son-in-law Gordon; her grandchildren Jackie Gray, Becky Wright, and Jessie Hurt; her great grandchildren, Trent Gray, Kendrah Gray, Christopher Wright, and James Davis; and her brother, George Constande of NC.
Her funeral mass will take place Wednesday, May 7th at 10:00 a.m. at the Our Lady of Blessed Sacrament Church, Holyoke Road, with burial to follow in St Mary’s Cemetery, both in Westfield. The Robert E Cusack Funeral Home, Westfield, is assisting the family with the arrangements.
