Obituary: Yvette Mushenski, Retired IT Support Worker

Yvette Alice Mushenski of Northampton, a retired support services worker in Information Technology, died March 23.

Born June 24, 1948 in Northampton, she was the secretary at Hooker Elementary School in Hadley for many years.

She joined UMass Amherst in 1980 as a clerk in the controller’s office. In 1985, she moved to Information Technology, where she worked in support services until retiring in 2011. She continued in support services post-retirement until 2016.

She leaves her daughter, Jennifer, and her husband, Scott, of Raleigh, North Carolina; her sister Diane Greenwood of Florence; her brother Gilbert LeBlanc and his wife, Joan, of Northampton; and her brother-in-law, Francis “Skip” Hennessy, of Easthampton.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 59 Bobala Road # 2, Holyoke 01040 or to St. Jude’s, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.