March 21, 1958 – January 28, 2013

Melissa S. (Utley) Dispenza, 54, of Hendricks Boulevard, Amherst, died January 28, 2013.

Mrs. Dispenza worked at Rich Products Department of Research and Development in Buffalo; was a member and Eucharistic Minister of St. Benedict’s RC Church in Amherst.

She was the wife of Paul Dispenza; daughter of Richard L. Utley of Gowanda and the late Marilyn A. (Jack) Utley; mother of Samantha and Michael Dispenza and the late Elissa Christabelle Angel Dispenza; sister of Deborah (Steven) Germano of Syracuse, Melinda (Kenneth) Hammond of Clayton N.C., Alison (Ronald) Connolly of Springville, Jennifer (Anthony) Comstock of Gowanda, Andrea (Adam) Gandler of Mt. Laurel, N.J.; also survived by nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to the charity of one’s choice.

Arrangements were by Schindler Funeral Home, Gowanda.