Betty O. Bousquet

WARE – Betty O. Bousquet, 91, passed away peacefully on Monday evening, April 14, 2025. She was born on August 18, 1933, in Ware, to the late Oke Oberg and Jenny (Dziok) Oberg. A nearly lifelong resident of Ware, she worked as a dispatcher for New England Telephone before becoming a homemaker and loving mother. She was a long-time member of the congregation of the United Church of Ware.

A birder and serious photographer since the late 1950s, Betty’s specialty was nature and landscape photography. She and her husband Bob traveled extensively in the western United States photographing wildlife and scenic landscapes in many of our national parks and wildlife refuges; they regularly presented slide shows and exhibited prints featuring these travels. In recent years, she was active in the Massachusetts Camera Naturalists, the Quabbin Photo Group, and the Friends of Quabbin. Previously, she was active with and a past officer of the Ware Camera Club and New England Camera Club Council. She earned three stars from the Photographic Society of America (PSA), a worldwide organization for serious amateur and professional photographers.

Betty was predeceased by her husband of nearly 52 years, E. Robert Bousquet and her siblings (all of Ware) - Jack Oberg, Ellen Deslauriers, Janet Robbins, and Leland Oberg. She leaves her daughter and son-in-law, Robin and John Jensen of Wilbraham; her brother-in-law, Bernard Robbins of Brookfield; her sister-in-law Jeanne Corbett of Grass Valley, California, and numerous nieces and nephews and friends.

Calling hours for Betty will be held on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, from 4 to 6PM in the Charbonneau Funeral Home, 30 Pleasant Street in Ware. Her Funeral Service will be held on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at 10AM in the United Church of Ware, 49 Church St., in Ware. Everyone is asked to meet directly at the church and to please enter the church lot via Park Street.

Betty’s family extends their sincere and heartfelt gratitude to the caring staff at East Longmeadow Memory Care Assisted Living and Brookhaven Hospice for their compassionate care and support. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to East Longmeadow Memory Care Assisted Living, Attention: Resident Fund, 305C Maple Street, East Longmeadow, MA 01028 or to Brookhaven Hospice, 5 Mt. Royal Ave, Ste. 40, Marlborough, MA 01752 or to Friends of Quabbin, Inc., 485 Ware Road, Belchertown, MA 01007.

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