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 Mary Irene Bolduc
February 29, 2004
Mary Irene Bolduc, 75, of 46 Alfred Drive died Sunday morning at home.
She had been a bacteriologist for the Pittsfield Health Department lab for 31 years. She retired in 1991.
Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 28, 1928, daughter of Thomas and Irene Molitor O'Hearn, she was a 1946 graduate of St. Joseph's High School. She also attended Our Lady of the Elms College and graduated from the former St. Luke's Hospital School as a medical technician.
In June 1991, she was presented a certificate of appreciation from former Mayor Anne Wojtkowski for her years of service to the city. She was known as the popcorn lady to many sick children for handing out certificates for the popcorn wagon.
Following her retirement, she was employed by Family Practice Associates, assisting physicians and doing lab work.
A communicant of St. Joseph's Church, Mrs. Bolduc was honored in 1990 as volunteer of the year for New England Association of Development Officers. A member of the Pittsfield Catholic Schools Development Council, she was chosen from among 58 nominees from Catholic school districts throughout New England.
She was also a member of the St. Joseph's Alumni Association, where she founded a scholarship program and worked on many fund-raising projects. She had also worked on the Diocese of Springfield stewardship appeal and capital fund drive. She was past secretary of the Pittsfield Anti-Tuberculosis Association.
Her husband, Louis A. Bolduc, whom she married Sept. 1, 1962, died Jan. 18, 2003.
She leaves a sister, Margaret Donovan of Pittsfield.
FUNERAL NOTICE -- Mary Irene Bolduc, age 75, died Feb. 29, 2004. She is also survived by her favorite cousin, Margot Shandoff; her sister-in-law, Carol O'Hearn; her nephews, John Donovan and Timothy and Brian O'Hearn; nieces, Barbara Lagergren and Sharon Cronin, and Diane, Theresa, and Nancy O'Hearn; three great-nephews, Christopher Cronin, Sean Donovan and Patrick O'Hearn; two great-nieces, Caitlin Cronin and Courtney Donovan.
Calling hours will be Tuesday from 3 to 7 at the DEVANNY-CONDRON FUNERAL HOME. The funeral will be Wednesday at 8:15 from the funeral home, with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 9 at St. Joseph's Church, celebrated by the Rev. Michael Shershanovich, pastor. Burial will follow in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, if friends desire, memorial donations may be made to St. Joseph's Church or St. Joseph's High School in care of the funeral home.
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