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Donald Fay, at 65; WWII Navy veteran
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Donald Fay, 65, of Grela Terrace, a retired 15-year head housekeeper at Belchertown State School, died Wednesday at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Providence, R.I.
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He retired in 1989. He had also been a forklift operator at the former Uniroyal plant in Chicopee for 38 years.
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Born in this town, he lived here all his life. He was a Navy veteran of World War II, and saw action in the Mediterranean theater.
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He was a lifetime member of the American Legion in Granby.
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He leaves his daughter, Joyce Fay, with whom he made his home; a stepdaughter, Dorothy Smola of Blounstown, Fla.; two brothers, Roy of Amherst and Harold of Chicopee; four sisters, Katherine King and Mabel Ely of Belchertown, Carrie Palady of Colonie, N.Y., and Elsie Zinkham of Eastlake, Ohio, and a granddaughter.
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The funeral will be Monday evening at Beers & Story Funeral Home, with burial Tuesday at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne. Calling hours are Monday afternoon and evening before the funeral.
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Memorial contributions may be made to Meals on Wheels, in care of the Senior Center, Park Street, Belchertown, 01007.
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