Harold O. Gomeau

Harold Orville “Hal” Gomeau, 78, of 320 Central Park West, New York City and Quaker Road, Nantucket, died Thursday evening, Oct. 18, 2007, at the Williamstown Commons.
Born in North Adams on April 12, 1929, he was a son of George Joseph and Eulalie Marie (Durocher) Gomeau. He attended schools in North Adams and graduated from St. Joseph’s High School in 1946. He also attended North Adams State College and received a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in English and comparative literature from Columbia University in 1953.
Mr. Gomeau was a teacher at Portsmouth (R.I.) Priory School, until 1961, when he transferred to Scarsdale (N.Y.) Junior High School, where he taught until he retired in 1984.
He was a communicant of St. Gregory the Great Church in New York City and was an active volunteer there. He maintained a summer residence in Nantucket and attended St. Mary of the Isle Church there.
In his younger years, he worked as a tutor in the summer and also worked as a maitre d’ at three hotels on Nantucket.
He was a member of the Scarsdale Retired Teachers Association and SAGE, which was a volunteer help organization in New York City.
He leaves four brothers, Bernard J. Gomeau, and his companion, Kathy of North Adams, Francis Gomeau, and his wife, Jean of Williamstown, Edward “Ned” Gomeau and his wife, Beverly, of Oceanside, Calif., David L. Gomeau, and his wife, Linda, of Augusta, Maine; a sister-in-law, Marilyn Gomeau, and her companion, Kevin, of North Adams; his longtime companion, John Harbster of New York City, nieces and nephews.
Two brothers, Robert Gomeau Sr. and George J. Gomeau Jr., are deceased.

FUNERAL NOTICE -- A Liturgy of Christian Burial for Harold Gomeau will be celebrated Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 11 a.m., at St. Francis of Assisi Church, North Adams. Burial will follow in Southview Cemetery.
Calling hours are Wednesday, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., at the Flynn & Dagnoli-Montagna Home for Funerals, Central Chapels, 74 Marshall St., North Adams.
Memorial donations may be made to the Shriners Children’s Hospital or the North Adams Ambulance Service through the funeral home.