RONALD D. CIERPIAL

RONALD D. CIERPIAL of Chicopee, MA died November 28, 2013 at the age of 72. He was the owner of the Cierpial Memorial Funeral Homes in Chicopee and Chicopee Falls. He worked for his father, Alexander A. Cierpial until he and his wife, Maryanne, bought the business in 1987. He worked for several funeral homes in the area including Ascher-Zimmerman Memorial Chapel, Afawam Funeral Home, Firtion-Adams Funeral Service, Leete-Stevens Funeral Homes and the Kapinos Mazur Funeral Home. He was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, the Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association and the Western Massachusetts Independent Funeral Directors Association. He graduated from the New England Institute of Embalming and Sanitary Science in 1959.