All Obituaries

Richard H. Butcher, Sr., 81, of Westfield passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at Baystate Medical Center. He was born in New Haven, CT on February 12, 1938 to the late Henry and Katherine (Markowitz) Butcher. Growing up in Ansonia, CT, Richard graduated from Quinnipiac College in 1960 and was employed as a salesrep for over 40 years. Starting his career as pharmaceutical salesrep for Warren-Teed, he retired after working as a giftware salesman for Gilefsky and Company. He served in the Army...

Westfield-Irene A. (Bezo) Besaw, 75, died Sunday, May 19, 2019 in Baystate Medical Center. She was born in Westfield on November 14, 1943 to the late Edward and Olga (Krom) Bezo.  She was a lifelong resident of Westfield and member of St. John’s Lutheran Church. She worked at several manufacturing companies locally. Her favorite employer was at Pioneer Wildflowers as a samples coordinator for 10 years. She retired from Career Point in Holyoke after 8 years of office administration...

Llewellyn Denison Densmore, Jr., resident of Westfield, MA., passed away at 89 on May 15, 2019, surrounded by his loving family. Llewellyn was born in Barre, Vt. on December 15, 1929 to Llewellyn and Ruth Densmore Sr. He was an honor student who loved music, sports and a good laugh. Llewellyn graduated high school in 1947 and got his first job at Anderson’s. He joined the Air Force in 1951 in which he served in both the Korean and Vietnam wars. After nearly 22 years of service, he...

John Albert Dillingham, 92, passed away peacefully at the Holyoke Soldiers Home on May 12, 2019 after battling Parkinson’s Disease. John was born in Cleveland, OH to the late Albert and Gertrude (Silvernail) Dillingham. John served his country in the United States Navy from 1944-1946 and in the Navy and Coast Guard Reserve from 1946-1987, retiring with the rank of Commander. He graduated from Brown University in 1950 with a BA in Economics, and took graduate courses at Western New...

.  Ann (Genovese) Cooley of Westfield Mass. passed away peacefully on May 12, 2019. Born June 16, 1930 in Westfield, she was the daughter of the late Severino and Giovannina (Italiano) Genovese and the sister of Samuel Genovese, Theresa Genovese, and Ruby Mulvenna. She is survived by her children Mark Curtin and wife Stella, daughter Maria Curtin-McKenna and husband Dennis, daughter Anne (Curtin) Birch and husband Doug, son Michael Curtin, 11 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren,...

Dolores M. (Walkowski) Lingaitis, 87, passed away at home on Saturday, May 11, 2019. She was born in Westfield to the late Alec and Anna (Zura) Walkowski. She was employed by Steigers, Ridgewood Village, Foster Machine, Old Fox Lawncare and Acura of Wilbraham. Dolores was a very active communicant of St. Peter’s St. Casmir’s Church, a member of the choir and the Rosary Sodality. She also worked in the office, made wreaths and decorated the church for Christmas at St....

Steven F. Murzin, Jr., 51, passed away at home surrounded by his mother and best friends on Friday, May 10, 2019. He was born in Holyoke on March 17, 1968. Steven was a huge sports fan, he loved the KC Royals, Patriots, Red Sox, WWE wrestleing and NASCAR, was an avid collector of memorabilia, and loved his dogs, Lucy and Lexi. Steven is survived by his loving mother Jeanne L. (Carter) Murzin, and best friends Sharon Roy and Ron Coviello. Sadly he was predeceased by his father Steven F....

Westfield-Judith (Flanders) Farr, 84, a lifelong resident of Westfield, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Judith was born in Westfield, daughter of the late Wilbur and Mildred (Abel) Flanders. She attended public schools and was a graduate of Westfield State University. Judith was an elementary school teacher in Westfield as well as Holyoke. She was a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church. Most of all she enjoyed being...

Robert Frank Killam, 86, passed away at home peacefully, surrounded by his loving family on May 9, 2019. Robert was born in Springfield, MA on March 11, 1933. Robert served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve during Korea, from 1950-1952. He was predeceased by his beloved wife Dorothy M. (Ruebenstahl) Killam in 2016, his parents Howard and Gladys (Robinson) Killam and his sister Barbara (Killam) Morepath. Robert leaves his children David (Anne) Killam, Brian (Gail) Killam, Laura (Ken)...

WESTFIELD- Sarah B. (Lemanski) Canterbury, 32, passed away at home on Wednesday, May 8, 2019. She was born in Springfield, MA to Patricia (Hills) Garlo and John Lemanski, Jr. and attended Westfield High School. Sarah worked at Brenner Car Credit in Selinsgrove, PA and also for TruVision Health. Sarah is survived by The Love of Her Life, her husband, Ralph Canterbury Jr. and her two beautiful sons, who were her world, Logan and Mason all of Westfield. She also leaves her mother Patricia...