Roberta J. Bready

Roberta J. Bready, 72, of Harwich, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013 after a short illness.

She was born in Manhattan, NY and was the daughter of the late Sybil and Richard Rice. She graduated from Northampton High School in Northampton and earned an Associate Degree in B.A. from Northampton Commercial College. She had been employed as an Executive Secretary at Mass. Mutual Insurance Co. in Springfield, W.J. Wright Co. in Warren and lastly at Kanzaki Paper Co. in Ware.

She and her husband, Robert J. Bready, retired to Cape Cod in 2000 and they celebrated 50 wonderful years of marriage on Sept. 14, 2013. She loved singing where she was a member of the Mid-Cape Chorus and sang on Sept. 1st & 2nd at the Pilgrim Pops at Pilgrim Congregational Church. While working at Mass. Mutual she was president of the Mass. Mutual Singers. Roberta served as secretary for a former investment club on Cape for 11 years. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and Daughters of the Nile Shrine. She also delivered Meals on Wheels for 12 years.

In addition to her husband she is survived by her daughters Sharon L. Carey of Skokie, Ill., Kristal S. Bready of Monson; her two sisters Sybil Boles of Plano, Texas, and Pamela Gamer of Colorado Springs, Colo.; her niece Tina Stenman of Collegeville, Pa.; and 5 grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013 at 3 p.m. at Pilgrim Congregational Church, Route 28 in Harwich Port. Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery, Springfield at a later date.

Donations in her memory may be made to American Cancer Society PO Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123 or St. Jude's Childrens Research Hospital PO Box 1893, Memphis, TN 38101.

Notes of comfort and sympathy may be made to her family at www.MorrisOConnorBlute.com

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