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 Mary Simpson Hurley
August 26, 2007
Mary Simpson Hurley, 86, of 61 Tucker St. died Sunday at the Elm Street home of her caregiver, Dianne Carnevale-Hurley, where she had resided for the past month.
Born in Lenox on March 1, 1921, daughter of Alexander and Anne Simpson Rennie, she attended schools there.
Mrs. Hurley was a homemaker.
She was a communicant of St. Ann's Church and enjoyed canning, sewing, knitting, and vegetable and flower gardening.
Her husband, John J. Hurley, whom she married Oct. 14, 1939, died Nov. 26, 1987.
She leaves eight sons, James A. and Charles E. Hurley, both of Pittsfield, Michael T. Hurley, Peter K. and Timothy D. Hurley, all of Lenox, John J. Hurley Jr. of Leesburg, Fla., Terence M. Hurley of Auburn, Calif., and Matthew B. Hurley of Colorado Springs, Colo.; two daughters, Mary E. Armstrong of Pittsfield and Lillian A. Hurley of Bel Air, Md.; a brother, Charles Rennie of Lenox; a sister, Margaret Stepanian of Pittsfield; 18 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
A son, Patrick W. Hurley, died Aug. 20, 1992.
FUNERAL NOTICE -- The funeral for Mary S. Hurley, who died Sunday, Aug. 26, 2007, will be Friday at 9 a.m. at ROCHE FUNERAL HOME, 120 Main St., Lenox, with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. celebrated by Monsignor John J. Bonzagni of Lenox Dale.
Burial will follow in St. Ann's Cemetery. Calling hours will be Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to HospiceCare in the Berkshires in care of the funeral home. Mrs. Hurley was predeceased by a great-grandson, Garret DeVarennes, in 2002. She had lived under the care of her son Michael for 12 years prior to moving in with Mrs. Carnevale-Hurley.
Mrs. Hurley will be remembered for her kind and gentle manner, her acceptance of people just the way they are, and for never judging anyone. She enjoyed feeding the birds in her yard and traveling with her sons.
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