Kaitlyn Leonard

Kaitlyn M. Leonard, 32, of Ludlow, passed away on Friday, March 20, 2015. Born in Springfield on July 26, 1982, the daughter of Edward Leonard and the late Kathleen (Casagrande) Leonard who passed on December 6, 2012.

She was educated in the Chicopee Public School system and went on to graduate from Westfield State College with a Certificate of Education. She worked for several years as an addiction counselor and helped to transform the lives of many. Most recently she worked as a stay-at-home mom in helping to raise her two stepdaughters.

She is survived by her loving fiance Edward St. Pierre and daughters Lea and Paizlea; her sister Meagan Leonard; her father Edward Leonard, his wife Valorie, and daughter Abbeyrose; three step-brothers Adam, Daniel, and Alexander Bartusewich. She also leaves her maternal grandmother Maryetta Casagrande and paternal grandparents Kenneth and Ellamae Leonard; her aunt Dolores Nacewicz and her husband Edward and her aunt Linda Benoit. She was sadly predeceased by her mother Kathleen and her maternal grandfather Reno Casagrande.