Raymond L. Biron

Raymond L. Biron, 92, of 17 Pleasant St., died Tuesday morning, Oct. 16, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital.
Born in Adams on Dec. 20, 1914, he was a son of Leon and Elma (Levesque) Biron. He attended Adams schools.
He then went to work for the General Electric Co. in Pittsfield for several years and then for the former Arnold Print Works in Adams for many years. His last place of employment was for the Barrett House in Adams as a maintenance man. He also drove school buses for the former E.W. DeGere Bus Co. in Adams for over 20 years. He retired in 2000.
He was a Communicant of the Parish of Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs and St. Thomas Aquinas in Adams.
He loved woodworking, gardening and spending time with his family and his dog, Taz.
Besides his wife, the former Lena Georgiana Martel, whom he married on March 29, 1937, he leaves two sons, Francis R. Biron and his wife, Terry, of Troy, Mo., and Norman J. Biron and his wife, Jo Ann, of Adams; two daughters, Ann M. Westall and her husband, Richard, of Wheaten, Ill., and Paula L. Markland and her husband, Joel, of Savoy; two sisters, Lorraine Gilly of Indiana and Rita Phaneuf of St. Petersburg, Fla.; 12 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
A son, Robert L. Biron, died in 1993. Three brothers and three sisters also are deceased.

FUNERAL NOTICE -- The funeral for Raymond Biron will be held Thursday, Oct. 18, at 9 a.m., from the Trottier-Pringle Funeral Home, 6 Summer St., Adams. A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. in Notre Dame Church in Adams. Burial will follow in Bellevue Cemetery in Adams.
Calling hours are Wednesday, from 5 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home.
In leu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Northern Berkshire Health Care through the funeral home.