Donald W. Wright Sr., 64
ADAMS, Mass. - Donald W. Wright Sr., 64, of 206 Columbia St. died Saturday, March 4, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital as a result of an alimentary canal disruption.
Born in North Adams on March 6, 1941, son of Henry S. Wright and Vera Kent Thomas Wright Green, he attended North Adams Public Schools.
Mr. Wright was employed by Cascade Paper Co. in North Adams, retiring as a supervisor after 43 years of service. Before that, he worked at Williams College in Williamstown.
He was a longtime communicant of Notre Dame Church.
He and his wife, the former Bernice I. Green, were married Aug. 27, 1960.
Besides his wife, he leaves two sons, Donald W. Wright Jr. and Shawn Wright, both of Adams; a sister, Shirley Goodell of North Bennington, Vt.; a brother, Henry Wright of North Adams; his stepmother, Beverly A. Wright of Adams; a stepbrother, Clifton Thomas of North Adams; two grandchildren, Zachary and Carly, and a stepgranddaughter, Bethany, and two daughters-in-law, Jennifer and Diane.
He was predeceased by two sisters, Nancy Cozzaglio and Theresa Wright Malloy.
FUNERAL NOTICE - A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated for the life of Mr. Wright on Wednesday at 10 at Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs Church. Burial will follow in Bellevue Cemetery.
The family will meet friends Tuesday from 4 to 7 at MCBRIDE FUNERAL HOME, 6 Liberty St., Adams. Memorial gifts are suggested to the Jimmy Fund in care of the funeral home.