Theresa McGinnis

Theresa McGinnis NORTH ADAMS Theresa Mary McGinnis, 66, of 1100 Mohawk Trail died Saturday, July 26, 2008, at Williamstown Commons.Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on June 20, 1942, a daughter of John Stanley Koblensky and Mary Elizabeth Tanch Koblensky, she moved to Adams at the age of five to live with her aunt and uncle, Jake and Helen LaFlamme, who raised her. She attended schools in Adams and graduated from the former Adams Memorial High School. In her younger years, she was employed with the General Cable in Williamstown and Pownal, Vt., and the former Sprague Electric Co. She completed her Certified Nursing Assistant Programs (CNA) and, for the past 20 years, was employed with North Adams Commons, serving as a CNA Rehab Specialist until her retirement. Mrs. McGinnis was a former communicant of St. Stanislaus Kostka Church of Adams and St. Francis of Assisi Church in North Adams. She enjoyed cooking, playing bingo and picking mushrooms. She was a devoted homemaker for her husband and their family. Her husband, William Alfred McGinnis, whom she married July 23, 1960, in St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, died March 2, 2008. She leaves a son, William A. McGinnis, Jr of Las Vegas, Nev.; two daughters, Shelly McGinnis O'Donahue of Las Vegas, and Melissa McGinnis Lawrence and husband, Mark Lawrence, of Stamford, Vt.; five grandchildren, Joshua Martin, Sara Martin, Nicholas Lawrence, Matthew Lawrence and Chad Lawrence; three brothers, Charles, "Butch", and Joseph Koblensky of Cohoes, N.Y., area; a half-sister, Kathy Bond of Cohoes, and nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. She was predeceased by a son, Glen Alan McGinnis in 1966 and by two brothers, Bernard and Richard Koblensky FUNERAL NOTICE: Memorial services to celebrate the life of Theresa Koblensky McGinnis and husband, William Alfred McGinnis will be Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008, at 10 a.m. at Stamford Community Church, Main Road, Stamford Vt., with the Rev. William Wilson Jr., pastor, officiating. A reception will follow at the clubhouse at Stamford Golf Course. Burial will be private in Southview Cemetery, North Adams. There will be no calling hours. Memorial donations may be made to Elder Services of Berkshire County or Link to Life in care of FLYNN & DAGNOLI-MONTAGNA HOME FOR FUNERALS CENTRAL CHAPELS, 74 Marshall St. North Adams, MA 01247.