Therese (Lemelin) Lacasse, age 96, passed away on September 29, 2025 at Bear Mountain Nursing Home. She was born on June 13, 1929 in Chicopee, daughter of the late Pierre and Mary Rose (Asselin) Lemelin. Therese worked as a seamstress for Chicopee Undergarment for over 40 years before she retired in the 1980s. She was a communicant of the former Assumption Parish. She is predeceased by her husband Francois X. Lacasse who passed away in 2004, by her siblings Roland, Raymond and Francis Lemelin, Doris Poirer and Cecile Cooney and also by her son-in-law Lee Nacewicz. She is survived by her daughters Jeannette Nacewicz of West Springfield and Claire Chase and her husband Camil Boilard of Canada; two brothers, Richard Lemelin of Granby and Norman Lemelin of Agawam; one sister, Jeannette Konopacki of Chicopee; four grandchildren, Celeste Ryan of Connecticut, Angela Johns of Florida, Valarie Bridges of Michigan and Melanie Hickey of Connecticut; seven great grandchildren, Raina, Kane, Raeann, Jack, Allison, Josephine and Eliza along with many nieces and nephews. Calling hours will be held on the morning of the funeral, Tuesday, October 7, 2025 from 9:00 – 11:00 AM at the Grise Funeral Home, 280 Springfield St, Chicopee followed by an in-house prayer service at 11:00. Burial will take place in Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of Western Massachusetts, 1325 Springfield St, Ste 12, Feeding Hills, MA 01030. For online condolences, please visit www.GriseFH.com.