Mary T. Smith, 97
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mary Terese Smith, 97, a former longtime resident of North Adams and Williamstown, died peacefully on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, at The Community Hospice House in Merrimack, N.H.
Born in Westfield on Oct. 17, 1928, daughter of Edward J. and K. Lillian Eagan Cleary, she was a 1946 graduate of Westfield High School, and earned a bachelor of science degree in education from Westfield State College in 1950.
Mrs. Smith's teaching career included elementary positions in Agawam, Westfield and, after moving to the Berkshires in 1962, in the Adams-Cheshire Regional School District as a kindergarten teacher. She was a training teacher for student interns at both Westfield State College and the former North Adams State College. She retired in 1990 after 30 years of dedicated service in the education field.
She was a member of the National Education Association and the Massachusetts Teachers Association, and a former member of the Board of Directors of Child Care of the Berkshires and Taconic Golf Club.
Her husband of 62 years, Leonard S. Smith, died Sept. 9, 2014.
She leaves her daughter and son-in-law, Linda S. and Walter G. Whelan of Nashua, N.H., and two grandsons, Sean M. Whelan of Nashua and Brian M. Whelan and his wife, Whitney, of Merrimack.
FUNERAL NOTICE — A Liturgy of Christian Burial for Mrs. Smith will take place Thursday, March 3, at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick's Church in Williamstown. Burial will follow in the family plot at St. Mary's Cemetery in Westfield. Calling hours will be Wednesday, March 2, from 4 to 7 at Flynn & Dagnoli-Montagna Home for Funerals, West Chapels, 521 West Main St., North Adams. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Community Hospice House Development Office, 7 Executive Park Drive, Merrimack, NH 03054.