Obituary notices, week of August 24 through August 30, 2026
One Gill obituary was published this week: Holmes, Allen J., 76, of Gill, who died August 20 at home following a battle with lung cancer. Holmes was a 1969 graduate of Greenfield High School, born in Manchester, Connecticut. The notice was posted through Kostanski Funeral Home of Turner…
GILL — This week's column carries a notice for one Gill-resident obituary published this week, from Kostanski Funeral Home of Turners Falls, as aggregated by Legacy.com.
Allen J. Holmes, 76, of Gill, died on August 20, 2026, in the comfort of his home, following a battle with lung cancer. He was born January 14, 1950, in Manchester, CT, and graduated from Greenfield High School in 1969. Services were not listed in the available obituary. Full obituary at Kostanski Funeral Home (Turners Falls): https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/allen-holmes-obituary?id=62242099. Additional notices for Mr. Holmes also appeared via The Recorder, Franklin County Now, and Western Mass News.
Notices compiled from Kostanski Funeral Home, Legacy.com, Echovita, Tribute Archive, and Gill Patch.
Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.
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