Gladys Arlene Pleshaw

12/18/2007

Gladys Arlene Pleshaw, 85, of 15 Sayles St., died Tuesday at North Adams Commons, where she had resided since February 2005. Born in Adams on Sept. 19, 1922, daughter of Albert and Marion Lepine Griswold, she attended local schools. Primarily a homemaker, Mrs. Pleshaw was employed by the former Sprague Electric Co. in North Adams for a short time during World War II. Her husband, Gervin D. Pleshaw, whom she married March 24, 1942, in Charlemont, died in 2001. She leaves three sons, Douglas V. and Brenton V. Pleshaw, both of Adams, and Bruce Pleshaw of Athens, Ohio; a sister, Phyllis F. Griswold of Adams; four grandchildren, four great-grandchildren. FUNERAL NOTICE -- A prayer service for Gladys Pleshaw, who died Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007, will be offered today at 3 p.m. at MCBRIDE FUNERAL HOME, 6 Liberty St., Adams, by the Rev. Greg LaFreniere. Burial will follow in the family plot in Bellevue Cemetery. A calling hour will be held today at 2 p.m. until the time of the service. Mrs. Pleshaw also leaves a daughter-in-law, Tiffany; several nephews; and four grandchildren, Tamara Clairmont, and Douglas, Katlyn and David Pleshaw. Two brothers, Franklin and Albert A. Griswold, are deceased, along with a sister, Marion Perrier, who died in 2004.

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