Helen Wilson Hawley

07/20/2003

Helen Wilson Hawley, 90, of 110 Harding Ave. died Sunday at Williamstown Commons, where she was admitted Friday. Born in North Adams on Jan. 10, 1913, daughter of Byrde L. and Margaret Reilly Newell, she graduated from Drury High School in 1930 and from the former North Adams State Teachers College in 1934 as a member of its first degree class. Her maternal grandmother, Mary Anne White, was a direct descendant of Peregrine White, who was born on the Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor. After teaching outside the area for five years, Mrs. Hawley returned to teach at the former Mark Hopkins School, where she became a critic teacher -- training new teachers -- upon receiving her masterâ€™s degree from the teachersâ€™ college. She was employed as a permanent substitute teacher after her marriage. She was a communicant of St. Anthonyâ€™s Church and a member of several clubs and organizations. She also served as regent of the former Fort Massachusetts chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution for several years. Her first husband, Paul C. Wilson, and her husband, C. Wesley Hawley, are both deceased. She leaves a stepson, Paul C. Wilson of Easton, Md., and a stepdaughter, Bess W. Henderson of Nashville, Tenn. FUNERAL NOTICE -- The funeral for Helen Newell Wilson Hawley will be Thursday at 9:30 at FLYNN & DAGNOLI-MONTAGNA HOME FOR FUNERALS, West Chapels, 521 West Main St., North Adams, followed by a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 10:15 at Our Lady of Mercy Shrine, North Adams, celebrated by the Rev. Daniel Oâ€™Hear, pastor of St. Anthonyâ€™s Church. Burial will follow in the family plot in Southview Cemetery, North Adams. There will be no calling hours. Memorial donations are suggested for St. Anthonyâ€™s Church through the funeral home. Survivors also include a niece, Mary Anne Jackson.

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