Rose Simard

Rose A. Simard 1915 - 2012 NORTH ADAMS Rose Agnes (Felix) Simard 96, of 106 Veazie St., North Adams, died Saturday, June 2, 2012, at the Williamstown Commons. She was born in North Adams on Aug. 27, 1915, daughter of Louis and Rose (Boyd) Felix. She graduated from the former St. Joseph High School in North Adams. She was employed for many years at North Adams Regional Hospital in the operating room. She was a longtime communicant of St. Francis of Assisi Church and later at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in North Adams. She was devoted to her family and enjoyed spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her husband of 51 years, Albert J. Simard, whom she married in 1936, died June 29, 1988. Survivors include one daughter, Joyce M. Abuisi, and her husband, Francis, of Bethlehem, Pa., and one son, Richard A. Simard and his wife, Christina, of Clarksburg; seven grandchildren, Wendy Simard, Michael Simard, John Simard, Melissa Lash, Paula Bopp, Jeffrey Abuisi and Keith Abuisi; 14 great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a son, Albert J. Simard Jr., who died in 1960. She was the last of her immediate family. She was also predeceased by eight brothers and sisters. FUNERAL NOTICE: A Liturgy of Christian Burial will take place Thursday at 11 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Church in North Adams. Burial will follow in the family plot in Southview Cemetery. Calling hours at the FLYNN & DAGNOLI-MONTAGNA HOME FOR FUNERALS, CENTRAL CHAPELS, 74 Marshall St., North Adams, MA are Thursday from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Flowers maybe sent or memorial donations are suggested for the charity of the donor's choice through the funeral home. Please visit www.flynndagnolifuneralhomes.com.


This obituary was originally published in the North Adams Transcript.