SPRINGFIELD, MA.

John H. Bellows

It is with the saddest of hearts that we announce the passing of John H. Bellows on Monday, January 29th, 2024, in Springfield MA. A man beloved by all who met and knew him. John was born February 5th, 1947, in Southampton NY. The youngest son of horticulturists, he was one of the three "Bellows Boys," growing up loving and working the land with older his brothers, Arnold, and Charles. In 1963, at the age of sixteen, John joined Charlie at Greenbrier Military School in West Virginia, where he spent the next formative years boxing and marching. While there he would meet Jan Carpenter, the woman who would later in life become his wife.

Upon graduation from Greenbrier in 1966, John attended and received his bachelor’s degree from SUNY Fredonia. He then pursued his master's degree at Springfield College in Springfield, MA, where he would remain for the rest of his life. John was a true people person and would always strike up conversations with anyone, a trait that would serve him well as a realtor for over 50 years. He spent those 50 years dedicated to one Real Estate office, Sears Real Estate here in Springfield. Within that time, he reconnected with his first love from Greenbrier. Jan Carpenter, whom he married and spend the next 19 years.

John had no children of his own, but Jan brought three with her from her former marriage, all of whom bonded with him as a devoted member of the family. These in turn had children, and John was a loving and caring grandfather to them all.