Ann G. McSweeney, 83
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Ann G. McSweeney, 83, of Stonington, Conn., formerly of Williamstown, died Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, at home in the company of family and friends.
Born in Dalton on Nov. 8, 1929, only child of Charles J. "Jim" and Margaret F. Leamy Griffin, she graduated from the former Dalton High School and from the College of Saint Rose in Albany, N.Y. She had lived most of her life in the Berkshires.
Mrs. McSweeney was a longtime volunteer for Recording for the Blind and the former Women's Exchange, and helped with the costuming of a number of musicals at Mount Greylock Regional High School. She also had worked for several years at the Milne Public Library.
She was a communicant of the former St. Raphael's Parish and of St. Patrick's Parish in Mystic, Conn. She loved to read, garden, and travel; she had a great interest in American history and a special fondness for cats.
She and her husband, Francis E. McSweeny, were married June 14, 1952.
Besides her beloved husband, she leaves three sons, Francis E. McSweeney III, with whom she made her home; Charles McSweeney and his wife, Cheryl, of Medway and Joseph McSweeney of Taipei, Taiwan; two daughters, Margaret "Peggy" Murphy of of Shrub Oak, N.Y.; and Mary Ann McSweeney of Medway; nine grandchildren, Jim and Sean McSweeny, Laura and Stephen Murphy, Jonathan and Patrick Foley, and Maureen, Joe and Owen McSweeney, and her loving caregivers Beverly Howard and Amy Wilson.
FUNERAL NOTICE - A Liturgy of Christian Burial for Mrs. McSweeney will be celebrated Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, at 11 from St. Patrick's Church in Williamstown. Burial will follow in Eastlawn Cemetery.
There will be no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital of Memphis, Tenn., in care of Flynn & Dagnoli-Montagna Home for Funerals, West Chapels, 521 West Main St., North Adams, MA 01247.