Hadley, Nellie (Czajkowski) Griffin died at home on Thursday, June 28. She lived to age 101, born in Hadley in 1917 to John W. and Nellie (Orszulak) on a small farm. She graduated from Hopkins Academy and Northampton Commercial College. She received an excellent score on a civil service exam and was recommended by her teachers for a job in Washington D.C. She packed one small suitcase, took the train from Northampton and her career was launched. Working at the Department of Agriculture she met and later married Albert Griffin. After retiring from government service she worked for All State Insurance.

Affectionately called Nan by family members she was the fun, stylish aunt who visited from Washington D.C. She also traveled to Alaska, France, Florida and Puerto Rico with nieces or her sister. She enjoyed visiting the White House each December to view the Christmas decorations, loved the monuments and memorials in D.C., especially at cherry blossom time and has followed closely the political doings.

Her parents predeceased her, as did her husband Albert and siblings: Janina Esselen, Mildred Zachowski, Bertha Clark, Joseph and John J. Czajkowski. Since December of 2015 she has held the Hadley Golden Cane as the oldest resident of the town. She will be missed by her many nieces and nephews, their children and her devoted caregiver Viviene Williams.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday July2, 2018, 10:00 AM at Most Holy Redeemer Church, Hadley. A period of visitation will be from 9:15 to 10:00 AM at the church prior to the Mass. Burial will follow in Holy Rosary Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Hospice of the Fisher Home, 1165 N. Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002.