Rolande J. Blais

February 24, 1931 - August 13, 2017

Rolande J. (Bourgoing) Boucher Blais, 86, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 13, 2017. She was born in New Britain CT and lived in West Springfield and Springfield for many years. Rolande retired from Baystate Medical Center in 1986. She was predeceased in 1978 by her first husband Armand Boucher, and in 1994 by her second husband, Joseph Leo Blais. Rolande is survived by her children, Pauline and her husband Pierre Lacroix, and Paul Boucher and his wife Barbara; grandson, Jeremy Lacroix; brother, Marcel Lessard and his wife Jocelyn, and many nieces and nephews, and the family of Joseph Leo Blais. She was predeceased by her sister, Doris Bolduc, her brother, Raymond Bourgoing, and her grandson, Philip Lacroix. Calling hours are Wednesday from 8-9:30AM at Kozikowski Funeral Home, 565 Front Street, Chicopee, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10AM in St. Stanislaus Basilica, Chicopee. Burial will be private. Rolande’s family respectfully requests that flowers be omitted.