Ann F. Provost

SOUTH HADLEY – Ann F. Provost, 81, beloved wife of Normand R. Provost, passed away on Thursday, July 18th surrounded by the love of her family in Del Ray Beach Florida. Ann was born in Cambridge, the daughter of the late James H. and Cornelia (Murphy) Sullivan. Ann met her husband as a freshman at Westfield State College, married in 1962, and moved to South Hadley where she raised her five children. She was a devoted wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, and great-grandmother.  She and her husband purchased Gerry’s Music Shop of South Hadley in 1974. They worked tireless hours, hand in hand, to grow their family business where she served as the bookkeeper for over 30 years. Aside from her roles with the business and her family, Ann made time to be a Brownie and Cub Scout Leader, was an avid reader, and loved to gamble!  The Casinos will miss her but we know she is winning big up above!

She leaves behind her loving husband of 62 years, Normand of Boynton Beach, FL, and five children; Normand R. Provost Jr. and wife Cathy of Hilton Head, SC, Elizabeth Mullins and Margaret Provost of Lebanon, NH, Eileen Rizzo of Berkeley Heights, NJ, and James Provost and wife Mandy of South Hadley, a sister, Joan Cullen Sullivan Smith of Roanoke, VA, sister-in-law Lucia Sullivan of Westfield, MA, 11 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren. Ann is predeceased by her brother, James H. Sullivan.

Calling hours will be held on Friday from 3-7 pm at the O’Brien Family Funeral Home, 33 Lamb St. South Hadley, MA. The funeral will begin at the O’Brien Family Funeral Home at 11:30 am on Saturday. A liturgy of Christian Burial will take place at Saint Patrick’s Church at 12:30 pm. Committal rights will follow at Evergreen Cemetery, South Hadley, MA. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, act.alz.org/donate.