Gene J. CHEVALIER

HOLYOKE - Gene J. Chevalier, age 74, of Holyoke, died Tuesday December 27, 2005 at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. He was born in Ware, son of the late Harold and Blanche (O'Rourke) Chevalier and was educated in the Chicopee schools. Gene was a retired twenty year custodian at Holyoke Community College, and a United States Navy veteran of the Korean War. His wife, Mary Ellen (McMahon) Chevalier died on July 31, 2001. Gene is survived by his children: Daniel Chevalier of Coventry CT, Linda McCarthy of Belchertown, John Chevalier of Holyoke, Thomas Chevalier of South Hadley, and James Chevalier of Chicopee; 12 Grandchildren, 1 Great grandchild, a brother William Chevalier of Chicopee; five sisters: Connie Moriarty, June Lynch and Joan Martel of Holyoke, Jane Vevier of Chicopee and Bernice LaFrance of West Springfield. He was predeceased by a brother Kenneth Chevalier and a sister Ruth Paquin. The funeral will be held Friday morning at 9:00 from the Barry J. Farrell Funeral Home, 2049 Northampton Street, followed by a Mass in St. Patrick Chapel of St. Jerome Church at 10:00. Burial will be in St. Jerome Cemetery. Calling Hours will be held Today from 4 to 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen Street, Framingham MA 01701. Barry J. Farrell Funeral Home(413) 536- 3843 Published in The Republican on 12/29/2005.