WEST SPRINGFIELD - John A. "Jack" Moynihan, 95, of West Springfield, was Called Safely Home on Monday, October 12, 2026. He passed into Eternal Life at Hampden Post Acute Nursing Home in Wilbraham surrounded by the care and comfort of his loving family. He was born in Springfield on August 25, 1931, the beloved son of the late John F. and Mildred (Wright) Moynihan. He was raised in Springfield, graduated from the former Cathedral High School in 1949 and had moved to West Springfield in 1981 where he lived the remainder of his life. He served his country in the United States Marine Corps with the Second Marine Division during the Korean War and attained the rank of Sergeant. He furthered his education and received a Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy from the former Hampden College of Pharmacy in Chicopee in 1956 and a Master's Degree in Public Health from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst in 1960. He was employed as a registered pharmacist and manager of the former Montclair Pharmacy in the Indian Orchard section of Springfield from 1956-1958. He also was a health officer for the former Bond Bread Company in Springfield. He served as the Chief Health Inspector within the Springfield Health Department from 1961-1966. He later worked as the Public Health Advisor with the Veteran's Administration in Washington, D.C. from 1966-1968. He returned to Massachusetts and worked with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Department of Environmental Quality Engineering. He served as the Engineer and Chief of Water Supply for the Western Regional Office in Amherst. He was a guest lecturer at Holyoke Community College from 1973-1981 and Holyoke Hospital from 1973-1976. He also was the Assistant Professor of Public Health at Hampden College of Pharmacy from 1973-1976. In 1984, He was appointed Regional Epidemiologist with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in Amherst and retired in 1992 after serving 32 years in the local, state and federal public health agencies. Following his retirement in 1992, he volunteered with the Massachusetts Association of the Blind and the former Holyoke Soldier's Home Pharmacy and Dental Offices. He was a communicant of Sacred Heart Church in Springfield where he also was a member of the Over 60 Club of the Church. He also volunteered with the West Springfield Meals on Wheels program and as a medical driver for the West Springfield Senior Center with his late wife, Kay. He was proud to have attended the Ahearn Memorial Pilgrimage program in Canada in 1992 and 1994. While wintering in Naples, FL, he collected oranges, grapefruits and leftover bread from local supermarkets with his dear friends Charlie Wood and Dale Cadran for delivery to local churches and social agencies in need. He was a member of the Massachusetts Organization of Engineers and Scientists and the Massachusetts Health Officers Association and a member and 1964 Past President of the Western Massachusetts Public Health Association, a former member of the West Springfield Post 462 American Legion and a member of the Massachusetts State Employees Retirement Association. Above all, he loved spending time with his family and many friends. He was predeceased by his beloved wife, Katherine M. "Kay" (Foley) Moynihan who was Called Home on April 26, 2023. They were married on September 8, 1956 at Sacred Heart Church in Springfield and were blessed with over 66 years of happiness together. He leaves his two daughters, MaryBeth Verge and her husband, Robert, of Lunenberg and Anne T. Moynihan of Rocky Hill, CT; his two sisters, Dorothy Guindon of West Springfield and Mildred Whelihan of Holyoke; his sister in law, Betty Foley of West Springfield; and his many nephews, nieces, cousins and friends. In addition to his parents and wife, he was predeceased by his sister, Sister Mildred St. John Moynihan, SND of the Sisters of Notre Dame; his two sisters in law, Mary Kelleher and her husbands, James and George, Joan McDonald and her husband, Martin; and his four brothers in law, Edward Guindon, John E. "Jack" Whelihan, John Foley and his first wife, Margaret, and Thomas Foley and his wife, Eileen. His Funeral will be held on Wednesday, October 21, 2026 beginning at the St. Pierre-Phaneuf Springfield Chapels, (413-737-1177), 7 Chapin Terrace, Springfield, MA 01107, (funeral home will open at 9 a.m.), followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church, 395 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA 01104. His Burial with United States Marine Corps Military Honors will follow the Mass at Saint Thomas Cemetery, 420 Kings Highway, West Springfield, MA 01089. His family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday, October 21, 2026 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. prior to his Mass. In lieu of flowers, his family requests that memorial donations be made in his memory to the Veterans' Home in Holyoke, 110 Cherry Street, Holyoke, MA 01040 or the Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society, P.O. Box 6307, Springfield, MA 01101-6307. For more details and to leave his family condolence messages, please visit: www.stpierrephaneuf.com