Bob Keefe March 11, 1938 – September 29, 2026 Loomis Village resident Robert (Bob) Keefe, known for his acerbic wit and evocative writing, died on September 29, 2026 at Baystate Medical Center following a period of declining health. His wife Jan was at his side. Bob was born in Natick MA into a colorful, hardscrabble family he called chaotic and ultimately dysfunctional. Neither his mother, grandmother or older brother went beyond the 8th grade, and his father was absent

Violet S. Irish 1927-2026 Violet S. Irish, 99, passed away on August 24 at Baystate Medical Center following a brief illness. Born on July 16, 1927, in Brooklyn, New York, Violet was the daughter of Arthur and Pauline (Hansen) Smith. She grew up in Stafford Springs, Connecticut, and graduated from Stafford High School. On June 22, 1946, she married the love of her life, Daniel W. Irish. Together they spent many happy years in Somers, Connecticut, where they were lifelong resi

Tommy Olof Elder, 93, passed away peacefully on September 6, 2026 after a life full of adventure and creativity. He lived in Ashfield and also in Northampton, Massachusetts in his later years, but Tommy was a world traveler. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1933 into a modest family; his father, Anders Olof, was so enamored of American culture that he and wife, Vera, named their only child Tommy, not realizing that it was a nickname in English. Tommy was one of the early m