Judith Whitehead

1937 – 2019

West Springfield – Judith (Brown) Whitehead, 82, formerly of Apple Ridge Road passed away peacefully February 2, 2019 in a Wallingford, CT Hospice.  Judy was born in Springfield, January 5, 1937, the fourth child of five to the late Norman and Melvia (Kingsbury) Brown and has lived in West Springfield her entire life.  She was a 1955 graduate of West Springfield High School and worked for MassMutual Insurance Company for 40 years before retiring in 1999.  She was a life long member of the First Congregational Church.  Her husband of 49 years, and high school sweetheart, George "Chick" Whitehead died in 2007.  Judith is survived by a daughter Kim Smith and her husband Matthew and their children Erik and Benjamin and her two brothers Allan and Wayne Brown.  Besides her husband she was predeceased by her two sisters Norma and Joan.  She was a dedicated wife, mother and grandmother, who will be dearly missed.  The funeral will be held at the First Congregational Church, 54 Lathrop Street, West Springfield Saturday, February 16 ^th at 11:00am with a spring burial in Ashleyville Cemetery.  Visiting hours will be held at the church prior to the service from 10:00am – 11:00am.   For more details please visit curranjones.com.  Memorial contributions may be made to the First Congregational Church, 54 Lathrop Street, W. Spfld., 01089 or the Shriner's Hospital, 516 Carew Street, Springfield, MA 01104.