Sally M. LAPLANTE

WARE - Sally M. (LaPlante) Phaneuf, a longtime resident of Ware, was Called Safely Home on Thursday, February 10, 2005 from the Renaissance Manor on Cabot Street in Holyoke with her loving son at her side. She was a well known Licensed Practical Nurse on the Gilbert and Davis Wings at the Mary Lane Hospital on South Street in Ware, where she was employed for over 25 years. She had previously worked for the former J. T. Wood Company in Ware. She was born in Palmer on June 28, 1914, a beloved daughter of the late George and Janet (Grammo) LaPlante. She was raised in Palmer and moved to Ware in 1933. In 1967 she graduated from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts School of Nursing. She was a communicant of the former Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church and a communicant of All Saints Church in Ware. She was a member of the Ware Golden Age Club, the Ware Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2577 Ladies Auxiliary, the Mary Lane Hospital Auxiliary, the Polanie Club of Indian Orchard and a former volunteer at the Ware Elementary School and the Saint Mary Church Annual Carnival in Ware. Her beloved husband of 43 years, Armand J. Phaneuf, was Called Home on June 16, 1977. They were married at Saint Thomas Church on Thorndike Street in Palmer on October 2, 1933. She leaves her loving son, Paul A. Phaneuf of Springfield. Her funeral will be held Wednesday morning, February 16, 2005, at 9:15 a.m. from the St. Pierre – Phaneuf Springfield Chapels, 7 Chapin Terrace, at the corner of Chestnut Street in Springfield, followed by a concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. in Saint Rose de Lima Church, 600 Grattan Street, in the Aldenville section of Chicopee. Her burial will be held on Thursday, February 17, 2005 at 1:30 p.m. at Mount Carmel Cemetery on Greenwich Road in Ware. Her son will receive friends at the funeral home in the Chapin Chapel on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. For those who prefer to make a memorial donation, they may be made in her memory to the Children's Miracle Network at Baystate Medical Center, 280 Chestnut Street, 6th Floor, Springfield, MA 01199. Published in The Republican from 2/13/2005 - 2/16/2005.