Irma (Alma) Montagna, 96
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Irma L. "Alma" Montagna, 96, of 130 Harding Ave. died Sunday, May 22, 2011, at Williamstown Commons following a brief illness.
Born in 1915, daughter of Angelo and Luigina Finardi, she was educated in local schools.
Mrs. Montagna was employed at the former Sprague Electric Co. and, after marrying the late Thomas C. Montagna, assisted her husband at the former Montagna Home for Funerals as a bookkeeper.
She was active as a volunteer at North Adams Regional Hospital and the former St. Anthony's Church.
Her husband, whom she married on Aug. 27, 1951, died on May 11, 1968.
She leaves a niece, Marilyn Derrohn of Pennsylvania; a nephew, John Montagna and his wife, Pamela, of the state of Florida; a grandnephew, Michael Pagel and his wife, Kathy, of Colorado, and a grandniece, Carrie Montagna of Georgia. She is also survived by the loving, caring neighbors and friends that treated her as family through the years, and selflessly donated their time to make her life more comfortable. Alma's family gratefully acknowledges their kindness.
She also was preceded in death by her brother, Louis Finardi.
FUNERAL NOTICE — The funeral for Mrs. Montagna will be Thursday morning, May 26, at 11 at Flynn & Dagoli-Montagna Home for Funerals, Central Chapels, 74 Marshall St., North Adams. Burial will be in Southview Cemetery.
A calling hour will be held from 10 until the time of the service at the funeral home on Thursday. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to either St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church or Elder Services of Berkshire County, through the funeral home.