Dr. Peter Lynch

Dr. Peter Lynch
1933 - 2005
SOUTH HADLEY - Dr. Peter P. Lynch, 72, of Woodbridge, VA, formerly of Wellesley Circle, South Hadley, died at home on Wednesday, May 4, 2005. Born Jan. 21, 1933 in Springfield, he was the son of the late Peter & Julia (Flaherty) Lynch. He was a graduate of the former Technical High School in Springfield, the Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, MD, and the University of Maryland Medical School in Baltimore. Dr. Lynch served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed at Brooke Army Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX until 1968. He returned to this area in 1968 and worked as an Anaesthesiologist at the Baystate Medical Center in Springfield for 27 years. He was a member of the Mass. Medical Society, the Hampden District Society, the Mass. Society of Anaesthesiologists, and the American Society of Anaesthesiologists. He was a former member of St. Theresa's Church in South Hadley and currently a member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Woodbridge, VA. He was a former member of the Holyoke Elks' Lodge #902. Dr. Lynch was the husband of the late Elizabeth (Ball) Lynch who died in 2000. He is survived by a son, Timothy Lynch of Phoenix, AZ; four daughters, Elizabeth Comstock of High Point, TX, Karen Brusie and Kathleen Lynch, both of Woodbridge, VA, and Laura Sharrard of Crestwood, KY; two sisters, Mary Ellen Henderson of South Hadley and Rita May Hoar of St. Augustine, FL. He is also survived by 7 grandchildren. The funeral will be on Tuesday at 9 a.m. from the Ryder Funeral Home, 33 Lamb St., South Hadley followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Theresa's Church at 10 a.m. and burial in St. Rose Cemetery, both in South Hadley. Calling hours will be on Monday from 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to either the Cardiovascular Research Institute, 110 Irving St., NW, Suite 4B1, Washington, DC, 20010, or to the National Hemophelia Foundation, 116 W. 32nd St., NY, NY 10001. Ryder Funeral Home
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