Obituaries from The Republican.
Laura Ryan Laura Gene (Ryder) Ryan, 87, of South Hadley, passed away on Saturday. Born in Holyoke, she was a graduate of Chicopee High School, and received a nursing home administrator license from Babson College. She was the administrator for her family-owned businesses, the Green Meadow Nursing Home in Ashfield and the Ryder Nursing Home in Florence, until 1975. She was the administrator for many years at the Poet Seat Nursing Home in Greenfield. She began working as a senior aide for WestMass Eldercare in 1987 at the South Hadley public library, and went on to be an ombudsman in 1991. She received numerous awards for her outstanding service as an advocate for patients and their families.