CHICOPEE – Donna J. (Bolstridge) McAuliffe, 55, of the Doverbrook Estates in Chicopee, was Called Safely Home on Friday, September 29, 2017. She passed into Eternal Life at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield surrounded by the care and comfort of her loving family. She was born in Holyoke on November 12, 1961, a beloved daughter of Gerald M. "Pete" and Diane A. (Landry) Bolstridge of Chicopee. She was raised in Chicopee and graduated from Chicopee Comprehensive High School. She was last employed as a Manager at the 7 Eleven Convenience Store on Granby Road in Chicopee. Most of all, she was a loving woman who adored her family and her many friends. Besides her loving parents, she leaves her beloved husband and best friend of 26 years, Leo H. McAuliffe; her cherished son, Jonathan G. Bolstridge of Chicopee; her loving sister, Deborah A. Barlow of Dacula, GA; her dear brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Ty McAuliffe and his wife, Barb, Danny McAuliffe and his wife, Dee, John McAuliffe and his wife, Beatrice, Peggy Ann Burgess and her husband, Eddie, Barbara Ann McAuliffe and Ruth Ann McAuliffe; and her many dear uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, cousins, friends and extended members of the McAuliffe, Bolstridge and Landry families. She was predeceased by her dear brother-in-law, Douglas E. Barlow; her dear aunt, Joan A. Hammon; her dear uncle, Gilbert A. Landry; and her dear cousin, Jennifer D. Landry. Her funeral will be held on Saturday morning, October 7, 2017 beginning at the St. Pierre – Phaneuf Fairview Chapels, (413-533-3307), 506 Britton Street, Chicopee, MA 01020, (funeral home will open at 9 a.m.), followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:30 a.m. in Saint Anne Church, 30 College Street, Chicopee, MA 01020. Her burial will follow the Mass at Sainte Rose Cemetery, 49 Olsen Street, Chicopee, MA 01020. Her family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday morning, October 7, 2017 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. before the Mass. Her family has requested that memorial donations be made in her memory to Jericho, PO Box 1039, Holyoke, MA 01041-1039. For more details, please visit: www.stpierrephaneuf.com
