Richard F. Bienvenue, age 81, passed away on April 16, 2025 at Baystate Medical Center. He was born on December 19, 1943 in Holyoke, son of the late Gerard L. and Aline (Bazinet) Bienvenue. Richard was a communicant of St Rose de Lima Parish. He served in the US Navy during the Vietnam era. He also served in the Coast Guard and the Air National Guard. Richard worked as a welder at Westover for many years before he retired. He is predeceased by his wife Simonne R. (Roberts) Bienvenue who passed away in 2019 and also by his sister Jacqueline Roy. He is survived by three daughters, Jeanne Tippett and her husband Paul of Chicopee, Nicole Wojcik and her husband Jeff of East Longmeadow and Denise Gliniak and her husband Alan of Easthampton; two half-brothers, Gary Bienvenue and his wife Lisa of Chicopee and Lenny Bienvenue of Chicopee; four grandchildren, Caitlynn Tippett, Morgan Wojcik and her fiancé Korey Therrien, Meghan Wojcik and her partner Mikey Ferrera and Madison Gliniak. Calling hours will be held on Monday, April 21, 2025 from 4:00 -7:00 PM at the Grise Funeral Home, 280 Springfield St, Chicopee. A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 from 9:30 – 10:30 AM at the Grise Funeral Home followed by a Mass of Christian burial in St Rose de Lima Church at 11:00 AM. Burial will take place in Gate of Heaven Cemetery. For online condolences, please visit www.GriseFH.com.