Carmelina M. Roy, 84
POWNAL, Vt. - Carmelina M. Roy, 84, of 212 Church St., died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass.
Born in Williamstown, Mass., on Sept. 29, 1926, daughter of Giovanni and Maria Marchesi Roffinoli, she attended local schools and graduated from the former Williamstown High School with the class of 1944.
Mrs. Roy worked at the former Gaevert Film Co. in Williamstown and was last employed at the former Sprague Electric Co. in North Adams, Mass., until her retirement in 1988.
She was a communicant of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in North Pownal. She was a member of the Pownal Fire Department Ladies' Auxiliary and Dr. George L. Curran Post 996 VFW in North Adams. She also was a member of the Red Hat Society and enjoyed golf as a former member of Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown. She also enjoyed gardening, knitting and cooking.
She married her husband, Rolland F. Roy, on Feb. 8, 1947, in St. Patrick's Church in Williamstown.
Besides her husband, she leaves a daughter, Barbara Roy Kittler and her husband, Arthur, of North Adams; a son, Peter A. Roy and his life partner, Christine Deyette, of Holyoke, Mass.; a sister, Rosina Reid of Williamsburg, Va.; four grandchildren: Peter A. Roy Jr. and his wife, Andrea, of Irrel, Germany, Keith M. Roy and his wife, Stephanie, and Nicholas L. Roy, all of North Adams, and Alyson R. Kittler of Tampa, Fla.; a great-granddaughter, Viktoria Roy of Irrel, and nieces and nephews.
Two brothers and two sisters are deceased.
FUNERAL NOTICE - The funeral for Mrs. Roy will be Sunday, Jan. 2, at 4 p.m. from Flynn & Dagnoli-Montagna Home for Funerals West Chapels, 521 West Main St., North Adams. Burial will be in the spring in Eastlawn Cemetery in Williamstown.
Memorial donations may be made to the Pownal Rescue Squad in care of the funeral home.