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 Marie T. Gravelle
January 22, 2005
Marie T. Gravelle, 71, of 38 Velma Ave. died Saturday evening at Hillcrest Commons, where she had been a patient since November.
Born in Nancy, France, on Aug. 7, 1933, daughter of Adrien and Alexandrina Pelletant Briant, she was a graduate of schools there.
She moved to Pittsfield in 1967.
A homemaker, Mrs. Gravelle had been a photographer for the French government before her marriage.
She was a communicant of the former Notre Dame Church.
She was a supporter of the National Wildlife Foundation and enjoyed gardening, reading and listening to classical music.
Her husband, longtime Pittsfield High School French teacher Bernard Gravelle, whom she married May 16, 1966, in New Lebanon, N.Y., died Dec. 7, 1999.
FUNERAL NOTICE -- A memorial service for Marie T. Gravelle, who died Jan. 22, 2005, will be held Wednesday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. at St. Matthew's Church, Route 8, Becket, with the Rev. Mr. Sean T. Mulholland and the Rev. Mr. Pasqual Baldassaro, deacons, officiating. Interment of her ashes will take place in the spring.
There will be no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to HospiceCare in the Berkshires in care of DERY FUNERAL HOME, 54 Bradford St., Pittsfield. She was predeceased by two sisters in France.
I hope that someone in the Gravelle Family has a chance to see this note:
I was just talking with someone yesterday night about my love for foreign languages and realized how much time had passed. So, I got on the internet and searched on Bernard Gravelle in the hope that he might still be with us; sadly this was not the case and had not been so for many years. I never got to meet Mrs. Gravelle. But her husband had told me about her and them meeting. Mr. Gravelle was my French teacher - a very passionate teacher with more energy than his entire class of 11th grade High School students together. He was my favorite teacher of all time, which includes (3) college degrees, and made a lasting impression on my life. I am sure that the foundation with Mrs. Gravelle empowered Mr. Gravelle ever more so in his teaching career. I only wish I had had the chance to meet them together. Hopefully, they are sitting together somewhere pleasant and chatting the time away in French. | | from: Rick Citrin | on: 11-07-2012 |
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