Kathleen M. (Mulligan) Blanch, 64, passed away on Saturday, January 25, 2025 at Baystate Noble Hospital. She was born in Glens Falls, NY, one of eight children to Leo and Ursaline (Juracka) Mulligan and was a 1978 graduate of Westfield High School. Kathleen worked as a health care worker for over 20 years. She took care of her aging parents for ten years, allowing them to die gracefully at home.  She enjoyed horseback riding, walking her dog, loved gardening and her flowers, loved her animals and birds, but mostly spending time with her family. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by a brother Tommy Mulligan. Kathleen is survived by her husband Robert L. Blanch, her siblings, Dawn Kostorowsk, Pat Latham, Terry Mulligan-Paton, Maureen Savage, Colleen Favreau and Jimmy Mulligan, her closest niece, Amanda Wielgus and several nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. A Funeral Home Service will be held for Kathleen on Friday, January 31, 2025 at 2PM in the Firtion Adams Funeral Service, 76 Broad St. Westfield, MA. A visiting hour will precede the service from 1-2PM in the funeral home. www.firtionadams.com