Helen Grace Roberts LaCross

10/25/2007

Helen Grace Roberts LaCross, 82, of 4 Columbia St. died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on March 4, 1925, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Caron Maynard, she moved to North Adams with her family at the age of 14 and was educated in both the Adams and North Adams school systems. Mrs. LaCross was employed by J.T. Bus Line Co. in North Adams, retiring in 1977. She also worked at the former Sprague Electric Co. for several years and was a self-employed seamstress. She was a communicant of St. Francis' Church in North Adams. Her husband, Arthur Felix LaCross, whom she married July 21, 1964, died April 5, 2002. She leaves two daughters, Elizabeth Roberts of Adams and Robin Sigsbury of Stamford, Vt.; a son, Richard Roberts of North Adams; a brother, Richard Maynard of Cheshire; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a son, William "Moose" Roberts. FUNERAL NOTICE -- Services for Helen Grace (Maynard) Roberts LaCross, who died Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at FLYNN & DAGNOLI-MONTAGNA HOME FOR FUNERALS, West Chapel, 521 West Main St. North Adams. Burial will follow in Southview Cemetery. Calling hours are Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial donations are suggested for the Shriners' Children Hospital in care the funeral home. Survivors include two daughters-in-law, Donna and Diane Roberts. She also was predeceased by a sister, Mary Boudreau, and by a son-in-law, Douglas Sigsbury.

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