Shirley Ann Barry, 90
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Shirley Ann Barry, 90, of North Adams, died Friday, April 21, 2017, at Williamstown Commons.
Born in North Adams on Oct. 15, 1926, daughter of John "Rub" and Eileen Bailey Burns, she attended North Adams schools and graduated from the former St. Joseph's High School with the class of 1944. She also attended the former Bliss Business College.
Mrs. Barry first worked at James Hunter Machine Co. and was last employed as a clerk in the mayor's office at North Adams City Hall. She also worked at the Berkshire Council on Alcoholism in Pittsfield.
She was a communicant of the former Our Lady of Incarnation and Holy Family churches. She was a life member of the St. Francis Rosary Society and a longtime volunteer at the former North Adams Regional Hospital. She enjoyed golf and was a longtime member of Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown.
She leaves four daughters. Marie Trudeau of Stamford, Vt., Nancy Barry of Enfield, Conn., Janice White and her husband, Kent, of Roswell, Ga., and Teresa Boucher and her husband, David, of North Adams; a son, Richard E. Barry and his wife, Paulette, of River Forest, Ill.; a sister, Joan Burns Reopell of Shaker Heights, Ohio; nine grandchildren, Erin Barry Bayer, Michael Barry, Daniel Trudeau, Jeffrey Trudeau, Curtis Boucher, Collin Boucher, Paul White, Nathan White and Sarah Gaziano; 15 great-grandchildren, Jack, Brianne, Elliana, Ayla, Jackson, Sawyer, Benjamin, Madeline, Bella, Jackson, Ava, Emmy, Gatsby, Keely and Hadley, and nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her son-in-law Daniel Trudeau, and her siblings Marjorie Cutler and John Burns Jr.
FUNERAL NOTICE: A Liturgy of Christian Burial for Mrs. Barry will be celebrated Friday, April 28, at 11 a.m. at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church. Burial will follow in Southview Cemetery.
Calling hours will be Thursday, April 27, from 4 to 7 at Flynn & Dagnoli-Montagna Home for Funerals, Central Chapels, 74 Marshall St., North Adams. Memorial donations may be made to HospiceCare in the Berkshires, 877 South St., Pittsfield, MA 01201 or in care of the funeral home.
Obituary Provided By: Flynn & Dagnoli-Montagna Home for Funerals