Mary Josephine FEDERICO

ADAMS -- Mary Josephine Courtemanche, 84, of 26 Apremont St. died early yesterday morning at North Adams Commons. Born in Mechanicville, N.Y., on May 13, 1920, daughter of Joseph and Mary Vallio Federico, she attended schools there. She moved to North Adams in 1940 and to Adams in 1967. Mrs. Courtemanche was employed by the former Sprague Electric Co. in North Adams as a tester for 18 years, until 1970. Earlier, she was a seamstress at the former Florence Dress Shop and a manager of the former Peggy Parker Dress Shop, both in North Adams. She was a communicant of the Parish of Notre Dame-St. Thomas. Her husband, Paul E. Courtemanche, whom she married April 21, 1940, died Jan. 9, 1990. She leaves a sister, Catherine Perrotta of Mechanicville. FUNERAL NOTICE -- The funeral for Mary J. Courtemanche, who died April 2, 2005, will be Tuesday, April 5, at 9 from AUGE-PACIOREK-SIMMONS FUNERAL HOME, 13 Hoosac St., Adams, followed by a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 10 in Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs Church, Adams, celebrated by the Rev. Daniel J. Boyle, pastor of the Parishes of Notre Dame-St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Stanislaus Kostka. Burial will follow in Southview Cemetery, North Adams. Calling hours at the funeral home will be Monday from 5 to 7. Memorial donations may be made to the Parish of Notre Dame-St. Thomas Aquinas. To leave a message of condolence, or for directions, please go to www.apsfuneralhome.com. She also leaves many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. She was predeceased by four brothers, Bruno, Joseph, Samuel and Dominic Federico, and by three sisters, Antoinette Iler, Philomena "Minnie" Canale and Catherine Federico. Published in The Berkshire Eagle on 4/3/2005.