SOUTHWICK – Edward B. Dunn Sr., 83, of Southwick died Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at the Soldiers Home in Holyoke. He was born in Springfield on August 16, 1930 to Peter J. and Brigid (KcKenna) Dunn. Ed attended Our Lady Of Hope School and graduated from Cathedral High School in 1950.In 1948, while at Cathedral, Ed pitched the baseball team to the Massachusetts State Championship. Ed was inducted into the Cathedral Hall Of Fame in 2009. Ed and Betty lived in Southwick and spent their winters in Naples, FL. Ed was employed as a supervisor with New England Telephone for 34 years retiring in 1988. He was on the Board of Directors for the Western MA Telephone Workers Credit Union, Chairman of the Board of the Death Benefit Fund and past president of the I.B.T.W. labor union. Ed was a US Army veteran serving in Germany where his baseball team won the US European Command championship in 1953. Ed was a little league coach and enjoyed golfing.
Ed leaves his wife of 60 years, Helen E. “Betty” (O’Connor) Dunn and his children, Timothy P. Dunn and his wife Patricia of Milford, Ohio, Patricia Scagliarini and her husband Robert of Westfield and Edward B. Dunn Jr., of Stoneham. He also leaves seven cherished grandchildren, Peter, Kristen, Brian and Tara Scagliarini and Kevin, Brigid and Caitlyn Dunn; brother, James Dunn of Francis, Utah and many nieces and nephews. Ed was predeceased by his brother, Robert Dunn. Ed will forever be remembered for his easy going nature and wonderful sense of humor.
The funeral will be Monday, March 24th at 9:00 a.m. from Firtion-Adams Funeral Home, 76 Broad Street, Westfield, followed by a liturgy of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. in Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church in Westfield. Burial in St. Michael’s Cemetery will take place at a later date. Calling hours at the funeral home will be Sunday from 4:00-7:00 p.m. The family would like to thank all the staff at the Holyoke Soldiers Home for their compassionate care.
Donations in Edward’s memory may be made to the Holyoke Soldiers Home Patient Fund, 110 Cherry Street, Holyoke, MA 01040 or to Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church, 127 Holyoke Road, Westfield, MA 01085.
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