William E. Desmond Sr., CPA, died at Cape Heritage Nursing Center, Sandwich, on Sept. 22.
Born in Boston, he grew up in Milton and graduated from Milton High School in 1937. He also lived in Duxbury prior to his move to Sandwich 30 years ago.
A graduate of Bentley College, he was a four-times-decorated Army Air Corps veteran of World War II who served in Burma and China.
Mr. Desmond retired as CEO from the Redcap Refresh-R Corp., Boston, to start his own cleaning product company. He was a former assistant to the state auditor, a board member of the Marshfield Country Club and a former member of the Duxbury American Legion Post.
A lifetime avid golfer who played up to the time of his death, he was club champion at Marshfield Country Club. He scored six documented holes-in-one, and played with such celebrities as Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, and sports figures Fred Cusick and Bill Russell.
Husband of the late Mary H. (McCarthy) Desmond, he is survived by his children, William E. Desmond Jr. and his wife, Katherine, of Weymouth, and Maryann Desmond MacFarland, of Iowa; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and his sisters-in-law, Muriel Desmond, of Orlando, Fla., and Mary Erwin, of Milton.
He was the brother of the late Henry Desmond, Francis X. Desmond, John R. Desmond and Marie Russell, and the brother-in-law of the late Catherine W. “Kitte” (Whalen) Desmond and George Russell.
A funeral Mass was celebrated in St. Agatha Church on Sept. 26. Burial was in Milton Cemetery.
Arrangements were by the Alfred D. Thomas Funeral Home.