Geraldine Victoria SOMERS

  General Notes:

BURIAL: Hillcrest Park Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts

OBITUARY:
Geraldine V. (Somers) Coppolo, 79, of West Springfield passed away on Friday morning April 15, 2005 at the Mercy Medical Center in Springfield. She was born in Greensboro, NC on January 1, 1926 a daughter of the late Paul L. and Mary (Lee) Somers and graduated from Greensboro schools. She was employed as a waitress at Bickford's Restaurant in West Springfield for 35 years, retiring in 2000. Previously, she managed the former Richard's Drive-In in West Springfield for 10 years. Formerly, she worked as a telephone operator at the former New England T & T in Springfield. From 1944-1946, she worked as a truck driver for the U.S. Army Greensboro Overseas Replacement Depot. She was a member of South Congregational Church in Springfield. Geraldine leaves her sons, David L. Coppolo and his companion Elizabeth Crinella of Ludlow, Alan F. Coppolo and his wife Dreana of East Longmeadow and Timothy P. Coppolo and his wife Marilyn Billings of Amherst. Her grandchildren, Alan P. Coppolo and his wife Renee of Westfield, John R. Coppolo of East Longmeadow, Alicia M. Coppolo of Hampden, Michelle Hallett of Southampton and David Boucher of Connecticut. Her great grandchildren, P.J. and Aleigha Hallett and one expected great-granddaughter in July. Her brothers, Gary Somers and his wife Rosemary of Chicopee, Michael Somers of Springfield and Leslie Somers and his wife Janice of Easthampton. Her sister, Sandra Beaulieu and her husband Gerard of Plantation, FL. Her former husband, Pasquale Coppolo of Suffield, CT and many extended family members. Visiting hours will be held on Monday April 18, 2005 at from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. with a funeral home service at 5:30 p.m. at the Sampson's Chapel of the Acres Funeral Home, 21 Tinkham Road at the corner of Wilbraham Road in Springfield. Her burial will be private at the convenience of the family. Memorial donations may be made in Geraldine's memory to the American Lung Association, 393 Maple Street, Springfield, MA 01105

Published in "The Springfield Sunday Republican" (Springfield, MA) Sunday, April 17, 2005

  Research Notes:

-- North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes (1800-2000)
-- Find A Grave, Memorial # 105565295

Geraldine married Pasquale Edward "Pat" COPPOLO, son of George E. COPPOLO and Adele R. MAZEIKA, about 1946. (Pasquale Edward "Pat" COPPOLO was born on 27 Apr 1926 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, died on 18 Feb 2013 in Hampden, Hampden County, Massachusetts and was buried in Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Agawam, Hampden County, MA.)