Bernadette G. Allard, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Bernadette Georgette (Desnoyers) Allard, 87, of North Adams died Saturday, April 2, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. 

She was born in Canada on April 4, 1928, a daughter of the late Rosial and Leah (Monty) Desnoyers.

Bernadette was educated in Canada. She was employed at Sprague until starting her family. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and homemaker.

She was a communicant of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in North Adams and earlier at Notre Dame Church, where she was a member of the Adult Society.  

Her husband Romain T. Allard, whom she married on September 2, 1950, died October 24, 1996. 

Survivors include six daughters, Nancy Hazard and her husband Robert and Ginette Cahoon and her husband Mark, both of North Adams, Michelle Olson and her husband Robert of Safety Harbor, Fla., Helene Genova and her husband Richard of Lakewood Ranch, Fla., Caroline Genesi and her husband Richard of Orlando, Fla., and Lisa Malanga and her husband Frank of Bow, N.H.; two sons, Denis Allard of Clarksburg and Paul Allard and his wife Debbie of Laurel, Md.; a sister, Monique Guertin of Canada; 15 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. 

She was predeceased by a son, Donald Allard, who died in infancy, and four sisters and five brothers.

Funeral notice: A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, April 8, 2016, at 11 a.m. at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in North Adams. Burial will follow in the family plot in Southview Cemetery. 

Calling hours are Friday from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Flynn & Dagnoli-Montagna Home for Funerals, Central Chapels, 74 Marshall St. North Adams. Memorial donations are suggested for North Adams Elder Services through the funeral home.