Katherine Ann "Kay" Corriveau, 78, of 161 Rich Street, North Adams, died peacefully on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, where she had been a patient since June 25. She had struggled with heart disease and diabetes for many years.
A native and lifelong resident of North Adams, she was born December 2, 1932, the daughter of Charles F. and Genevieve Carlisle Day. Educated in local schools and a 1950 graduate of Drury High School, she attended the former Bliss Business College, North Adams.
She worked for many years as a legal secretary to the late Atty. Gordon W. Phelps. In addition to her early secretarial work, Mrs. Corriveau was a homemaker. She was active in supporting Historic Valley Campground and was a past member of the Windsor Lake Recreation Commission and she also supported the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, both in North Adams.
Earlier in life, she served the Girl Scouts as an adult leader and the Northern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce as a volunteer in its tourist welcome booth.
She was a lifelong member of Saint Francis until the city's Catholic churches were consolidated at the end of 2008. She and her husband enjoyed traveling and camping throughout the United States for many years. They visited all but a handful of the fifty states.
Mrs. Corriveau was also an enthusiastic collector and enjoyed visiting antique shops and flea markets throughout New England. Having grown up near Windsor Lake, she was an active swim-mer for much of her life. She also enjoyed roller-skating for many years.
She was a loyal member of Red Sox Nation and cheered on the New England Patriots. She lived her entire life in "the Valley," the eastern end of Rich Street, near Mohawk Forest and Autumn Heights.
Proud of her Irish and Yankee heritage, her roots in North Adams and the Berkshires, she was enthusiastic in her American patriotism, and enjoyed flying historic versions of the U.S. flag, both at home and while camping. Her biggest joy was large family gatherings for holidays and other special events.
She was the beloved wife of Paul J. Corriveau. They were married on July 7, 1956 at the former Saint Francis of Assisi Church. They marked their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary last week quietly in the Boston hospital.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Corriveau leaves four daughters and their families, Jamie Rose and her husband, Truman R. Southworth Jr., of Bennington, Vermont, Deborah Jean and her husband, George Forgea, of North Adams, Katherine Ann and her husband, Steven Phillips, of Windsor, and Margaret Mary and her husband, William Clermont, of Franklin; six grandchildren, Abbey (Southworth) Spencer, T. Richmond Southworth III, Tyler Forgea, Laura (Phillips) Kaufman, Tina (Phillips) Charter, and Hunter Phillips; five great-grandchildren; and a brother, the Rev. Jerome Joseph Day, O.S.B., of Manchester, N.H. She was predeceased by her granddaughter, Lee Ann Phillips.
Calling hours at the FLYNN & DAGNOLI- MONTAGNA HOME FOR FUNERALS, WEST CHAPEL, 521 West Main Street, will be held on Friday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Father Jerome on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Church.
Published in The Berkshire Eagle on July 15, 2011.
A native and lifelong resident of North Adams, she was born December 2, 1932, the daughter of Charles F. and Genevieve Carlisle Day. Educated in local schools and a 1950 graduate of Drury High School, she attended the former Bliss Business College, North Adams.
She worked for many years as a legal secretary to the late Atty. Gordon W. Phelps. In addition to her early secretarial work, Mrs. Corriveau was a homemaker. She was active in supporting Historic Valley Campground and was a past member of the Windsor Lake Recreation Commission and she also supported the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, both in North Adams.
Earlier in life, she served the Girl Scouts as an adult leader and the Northern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce as a volunteer in its tourist welcome booth.
She was a lifelong member of Saint Francis until the city's Catholic churches were consolidated at the end of 2008. She and her husband enjoyed traveling and camping throughout the United States for many years. They visited all but a handful of the fifty states.
Mrs. Corriveau was also an enthusiastic collector and enjoyed visiting antique shops and flea markets throughout New England. Having grown up near Windsor Lake, she was an active swim-mer for much of her life. She also enjoyed roller-skating for many years.
She was a loyal member of Red Sox Nation and cheered on the New England Patriots. She lived her entire life in "the Valley," the eastern end of Rich Street, near Mohawk Forest and Autumn Heights.
Proud of her Irish and Yankee heritage, her roots in North Adams and the Berkshires, she was enthusiastic in her American patriotism, and enjoyed flying historic versions of the U.S. flag, both at home and while camping. Her biggest joy was large family gatherings for holidays and other special events.
She was the beloved wife of Paul J. Corriveau. They were married on July 7, 1956 at the former Saint Francis of Assisi Church. They marked their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary last week quietly in the Boston hospital.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Corriveau leaves four daughters and their families, Jamie Rose and her husband, Truman R. Southworth Jr., of Bennington, Vermont, Deborah Jean and her husband, George Forgea, of North Adams, Katherine Ann and her husband, Steven Phillips, of Windsor, and Margaret Mary and her husband, William Clermont, of Franklin; six grandchildren, Abbey (Southworth) Spencer, T. Richmond Southworth III, Tyler Forgea, Laura (Phillips) Kaufman, Tina (Phillips) Charter, and Hunter Phillips; five great-grandchildren; and a brother, the Rev. Jerome Joseph Day, O.S.B., of Manchester, N.H. She was predeceased by her granddaughter, Lee Ann Phillips.
Calling hours at the FLYNN & DAGNOLI- MONTAGNA HOME FOR FUNERALS, WEST CHAPEL, 521 West Main Street, will be held on Friday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Father Jerome on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Church.
Published in The Berkshire Eagle on July 15, 2011.
Katherine Ann "Kay" Corriveau, 78, of 161 Rich Street, North Adams, died peacefully on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, where she had been a patient since June 25. She had struggled with heart disease and diabetes for many years.
A native and lifelong resident of North Adams, she was born December 2, 1932, the daughter of Charles F. and Genevieve Carlisle Day. Educated in local schools and a 1950 graduate of Drury High School, she attended the former Bliss Business College, North Adams.
She worked for many years as a legal secretary to the late Atty. Gordon W. Phelps. In addition to her early secretarial work, Mrs. Corriveau was a homemaker. She was active in supporting Historic Valley Campground and was a past member of the Windsor Lake Recreation Commission and she also supported the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, both in North Adams.
Earlier in life, she served the Girl Scouts as an adult leader and the Northern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce as a volunteer in its tourist welcome booth.
She was a lifelong member of Saint Francis until the city's Catholic churches were consolidated at the end of 2008. She and her husband enjoyed traveling and camping throughout the United States for many years. They visited all but a handful of the fifty states.
Mrs. Corriveau was also an enthusiastic collector and enjoyed visiting antique shops and flea markets throughout New England. Having grown up near Windsor Lake, she was an active swim-mer for much of her life. She also enjoyed roller-skating for many years.
She was a loyal member of Red Sox Nation and cheered on the New England Patriots. She lived her entire life in "the Valley," the eastern end of Rich Street, near Mohawk Forest and Autumn Heights.
Proud of her Irish and Yankee heritage, her roots in North Adams and the Berkshires, she was enthusiastic in her American patriotism, and enjoyed flying historic versions of the U.S. flag, both at home and while camping. Her biggest joy was large family gatherings for holidays and other special events.
She was the beloved wife of Paul J. Corriveau. They were married on July 7, 1956 at the former Saint Francis of Assisi Church. They marked their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary last week quietly in the Boston hospital.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Corriveau leaves four daughters and their families, Jamie Rose and her husband, Truman R. Southworth Jr., of Bennington, Vermont, Deborah Jean and her husband, George Forgea, of North Adams, Katherine Ann and her husband, Steven Phillips, of Windsor, and Margaret Mary and her husband, William Clermont, of Franklin; six grandchildren, Abbey (Southworth) Spencer, T. Richmond Southworth III, Tyler Forgea, Laura (Phillips) Kaufman, Tina (Phillips) Charter, and Hunter Phillips; five great-grandchildren; and a brother, the Rev. Jerome Joseph Day, O.S.B., of Manchester, N.H. She was predeceased by her granddaughter, Lee Ann Phillips.
Calling hours at the FLYNN & DAGNOLI- MONTAGNA HOME FOR FUNERALS, WEST CHAPEL, 521 West Main Street, will be held on Friday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Father Jerome on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Church.
Published in The Berkshire Eagle on July 15, 2011.
A native and lifelong resident of North Adams, she was born December 2, 1932, the daughter of Charles F. and Genevieve Carlisle Day. Educated in local schools and a 1950 graduate of Drury High School, she attended the former Bliss Business College, North Adams.
She worked for many years as a legal secretary to the late Atty. Gordon W. Phelps. In addition to her early secretarial work, Mrs. Corriveau was a homemaker. She was active in supporting Historic Valley Campground and was a past member of the Windsor Lake Recreation Commission and she also supported the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, both in North Adams.
Earlier in life, she served the Girl Scouts as an adult leader and the Northern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce as a volunteer in its tourist welcome booth.
She was a lifelong member of Saint Francis until the city's Catholic churches were consolidated at the end of 2008. She and her husband enjoyed traveling and camping throughout the United States for many years. They visited all but a handful of the fifty states.
Mrs. Corriveau was also an enthusiastic collector and enjoyed visiting antique shops and flea markets throughout New England. Having grown up near Windsor Lake, she was an active swim-mer for much of her life. She also enjoyed roller-skating for many years.
She was a loyal member of Red Sox Nation and cheered on the New England Patriots. She lived her entire life in "the Valley," the eastern end of Rich Street, near Mohawk Forest and Autumn Heights.
Proud of her Irish and Yankee heritage, her roots in North Adams and the Berkshires, she was enthusiastic in her American patriotism, and enjoyed flying historic versions of the U.S. flag, both at home and while camping. Her biggest joy was large family gatherings for holidays and other special events.
She was the beloved wife of Paul J. Corriveau. They were married on July 7, 1956 at the former Saint Francis of Assisi Church. They marked their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary last week quietly in the Boston hospital.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Corriveau leaves four daughters and their families, Jamie Rose and her husband, Truman R. Southworth Jr., of Bennington, Vermont, Deborah Jean and her husband, George Forgea, of North Adams, Katherine Ann and her husband, Steven Phillips, of Windsor, and Margaret Mary and her husband, William Clermont, of Franklin; six grandchildren, Abbey (Southworth) Spencer, T. Richmond Southworth III, Tyler Forgea, Laura (Phillips) Kaufman, Tina (Phillips) Charter, and Hunter Phillips; five great-grandchildren; and a brother, the Rev. Jerome Joseph Day, O.S.B., of Manchester, N.H. She was predeceased by her granddaughter, Lee Ann Phillips.
Calling hours at the FLYNN & DAGNOLI- MONTAGNA HOME FOR FUNERALS, WEST CHAPEL, 521 West Main Street, will be held on Friday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Father Jerome on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Church.
Published in The Berkshire Eagle on July 15, 2011.
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