AMHERST – Mrs. Gardelia Caceres-Lara, 82, died peacefully on the afternoon of Wednesday, Jan. 15^th, 2014, at the Hospice of the Fisher Home, with her family and friends at her bedside.

Gardelia was born August 2nd, 1931, in Lima, Peru, the home of her parents Elba Guillen and Gamaniel Velarde. She was the first daughter of seven children. Gardelia is survived by four of her seven siblings, Rosa, Augusto, Tomas and Vicente; her son Freddy Chapelliquen; daughter Elba Chapelliquen, daughter-in-law Rosa Maria Calderon, grandsons Christian and Stefan Chapelliquen, cousins Ada Curaca and Carmen Sandford and many nieces and nephews.

Gardelia retired from working as the Peruvian Post Master in 1980 after 30 years of service and then moved to Tegucigalpa, Honduras to live with her husband Victor Caceres-Lara. In 1994 after the passing of her husband she moved from Honduras to Amherst, MA to live with her son Freddy.

Relatives and friends may gather with his family during calling hours Monday, Jan. 20th, from 9 a.m. to 9:40 a.m. at the Douglass Funeral Home, 87 N. Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA followed by a Mass at 10 a.m. in St. Brigid’s Church, 122 N. Pleasant St., Amherst. Burial will follow Mass in St. Brigid’s Cemetery, corner of N. Maple St. and Rocky Hill Road, Hadley, MA. Obituary and memorial register at www.douglassfuneral.com.

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