Harry E. Greenlaw, 74
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Harry Edwin Greenlaw, 74, of 740 Daniels Road died Sunday evening, July 2, 2007, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, following a long illness.
Born in Calais, Maine, on May 2, 1932, son of Frederick Greenlaw and Viola Byron Greenlaw Strack Sprague, he moved to North Adams with his family as a child and was educated in North Adams schools, graduating from Drury High School.
An Army veteran of the Korean War, he enlisted on Dec. 1, 1952, and served as a corporal with the Medical Corps. At the time of his honorable discharge on Oct. 29, 1954, he was assigned to the 1666 Headquarters Battery, 235th FA Battalion. He was awarded the Korean Service Medal with bronze star, the National Defense Service Medal and the U.N. Service Medal.
Mr. Greenlaw worked at the former James River Corp. in Adams until retiring in 1992. He previously had worked in general contracting with Harry Byron Contractors in Ridge Manor, Fla., and in Rye, N.H., where he had resided a short time before returning to North Adams in 1961. He also worked for general contractors including Gordon & Sutton Contractors and Earl Coons for several years. Mr. Greenlaw had also worked at the former Sprague Electric Co. before and after his military service.
He was a communicant of St. Anthony's Church. He was a life member of Disabled American Veterans, of American Legion Post 125 for 39 years and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He loved the outdoors and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather who loved spending time with his family.
He and his wife, the former Florence Luczynski, were married on April 18, 1953, in St. Francis' Church.
Besides his wife, he leaves a son, James Robert Greenlaw of Woodford, Vt.; six sisters, Vina Ferris, Jean Morgan, Donna Czarnecki, Nancy Bernier, Constance C. Lavigne, all of North Adams, and Rose Molloy of Cheshire; three brothers, Horace Greenlaw and Kenneth Sprague of North Adams, and John Strack of Adams; three grandchildren, April Johnson of Clarksburg, Joshua Greenlaw and Nicole Greenlaw of Shaftsbury, Vt., and nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.
He was predeceased by his brothers Frederick Greenlaw in 1992 and Edwin Sprague, Jr. in 2002.
FUNERAL NOTICE - Funeral services for Mr. Greenlaw, who died Sunday, July 2, 2006, will take place Friday at 11 a.m. at FLYNN & DAGNOLI-MONTAGNA HOME FOR FUNERALS-WEST CHAPELS.
Burial will follow in Southview Cemetery, North Adams. Calling hours at the funeral home are Friday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory are suggested for the Vermont Veterans Home, C Wing through the funeral home, 521 West Main St., North Adams, MA 01247.