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Leonard E. LaFlamme, 89, of Granby, passed away on Sunday, September 4, 2022 at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. He was the owner of LaFlamme & Sons Garden Center in Chicopee and Dickinson Farms and Greenhouse in Granby. Leonard was born on May 21, 1933 in Chicopee and was the son of the late Ernest LaFlamme, Sr. and Antoinette (Lavoie) LaFlamme. He was a member of the Springfield Farmers Co-op., New England Vegetable Growers Association and the Massachusetts Roadside Stand Association.

Leonard is survived by his three sons, Marc LaFlamme, Michael LaFlamme and Bruce LaFlamme and his wife, Debra; brothers, Ernest LaFlamme, Jr and his wife, Claire, Noel LaFlamme and his companion, Georgianna, Richard LaFlamme and his wife, Deborah; sister, MaryJane Wall and her husband, Ernie and sister-in-law, Gabriel LaFlamme. He is also survived by his brother-in-law, William Schnauber.

8 grandchildren, Daniel LaFlamme and his wife, Patricia, Andrew LaFlamme, Matthew LaFlamme, Philip LaFlamme and his wife, Alyssa, Robert LaFlamme and his partner, Ryan Purdy, Nathan LaFlamme and his wife, Tara, James LaFlamme and his wife, Ania and Brenda Cierpial and her husband, Ronald.

10 great grandchildren, Andre, Peyton, Evan, Noah, James, Julian, Anthony, Lilly, Connor and Olivia.

Leonard is predeceased by his wife, Georgette M. (Fortin) LaFlamme, who died in 2015; his brother, Normand LaFlamme, sisters, Theresa Hortie, Beatrice Schnauber, Claire LaFlamme and Lillian LaFlamme and sisters-in-law, Phyllis LaFlamme and Pearl Bessette and brother-in-law, Roger Hortie.

Family and friends are invited to attend a Liturgy of Christian Burial at St. Rose De Lima Church, 600 Grattan St. Chicopee, on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 11:00 am. Burial will be in St. Rose De Lima Cemetery, 49 Olsen St. in Chicopee. There are no calling hours. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one’s choice.