Mary Hughes

MARY HUGHES 1947 - 2008 PITTSFIELD MARY ELLEN HUGHES, 78, of 12 Euclid Ave., Pittsfield, died Friday, Sept. 5, at Berkshire Medical Center, from a sudden illness. Born in Pittsfield, Oct. 29, 1929, daughter of Robert and Lydia Roy McColgan, she was a 1947 graduate of St. Joseph Central High School. She was also a graduate of the former Berkshire Business College and from Baypath Junior College. Mrs. Hughes had been employed by Miller Supply Company as a bookkeeper, from where she retired in 2000 with twenty-five years service. She had previously been employed by Pittsfield Bus Company, General Electric, and Professional Drug Store. Following her retirement, she volunteered at Conte Community School, Literacy Volunteers of America, the Senior Center, and assisted the elderly. She was a member of the Women's Club and troop leader of the Bluebird Club. She loved gardening, playing cards, and vacationing at her summer cottage on the lake. She was a communicant of St. Mark Church. Her husband, Joseph F. Hughes, whom she married August 2, 1958, died March 8, 1995. She leaves three sons, Joseph F. Hughes, Jr., and his wife, Lori; Richard J. Hughes, and his wife, Michele, and Gerald O. Hughes and his wife, Stephanie, all of Pittsfield; two daughters, Kathryn L. Hughes, of Pittsfield, and Elizabeth A. Lansing, and her husband, Michael, of Castleton, N.Y. She also leaves seven grandchildren, Danielle L. Cartier, Jacob R. Cartier, Meghan E. Hughes, and Shane P. Hughes, all of Pittsfield, and Michael F. Lansing, Jr., Rachael E. Lansing, and Ryan J. Lansing of Castleton, N. Y., as well as a brother, Bernard McColgan and his wife, Sally, of Oak Ridge, Va.; and many nieces and nephews. She was pre-deceased by her brother, Robert J. McColgan, and son-in-law, Joseph C. Taylor, both of Pittsfield. FUNERAL NOTICE : services for Mary Ellen Hughes will be Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 8:15 a.m, from DERY FUNERAL HOME with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 9 a.m., at St. Mark Church, celebrated by the Rev. John C. Salatino, Pastor. Burial will follow in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Calling hours will be Monday, from 4 to 7 p.m., at the Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Mrs. Hughes may be made to HospiceCare in The Berkshires or to the charity of one's choice in care of the Funeral Home, 54 Bradford Street, Pittsfield.