Thérese R. LANDRY

NORTH ADAMS -- Thérese R. Pinsonneault, 89, a former resident of Union Street, died Monday at Bennington (Vt.) Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Charterville, Quebec, on Oct. 16, 1915, daughter of Frederick and Roseanna Gouliquer Landry, she moved to the United States with her family and attended schools in Chicopee. Prior to her retirement, she was the fountain manager for J.J. Newberry on North Street in Pittsfield. She was previously a fountain manager for its Main Street location in North Adams. In earlier years, Mrs. Pinsonneault was employed with the former Sprague Electric Co., and later as cafeteria manager at the former Hoosac Cotton Mill on Union Street in North Adams. She then went to work in Boston at the Women's City Club. Mrs. Pinsonneault was a longtime communicant of Notre Dame du Sacre Coeur Church and was a member and past president of Le Circle Français of North Adams. She and her husband, Douglas Paul Pinsonneault, were married Jan. 3, 1942, at Notre Dame du Sacre Coeur Church in North Adams. Mr. Pinsonneault died Nov. 22, 1978. She leaves two sons, Patrick P. Pinsonneault of Pensacola, Fla., and Michael J. Pinsonneault of Bennington; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. FUNERAL NOTICE -- Services will be held from the MAHAR AND SON FUNERAL HOME on Thursday, June 30, 2005, at 10:30 a.m. with a prayer and then from Sacred Heart Saint Francis de Sales Church at 11 a.m. where the Liturgy of Christian Death and Burial will be offered. Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Burial will take place in the family lot in Southview Cemetery in North Adams. If friends desire, contributions in memory of Thérese Roseanna Pinsonneault may be made to either the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center Auxiliary Scholarship Fund or one's favorite charity through the funeral home, 628 Main St., Bennington, VT 05201. Survivors include two daughters-in-law, Babe of Pensacola and Gail of Bennington; six grandchildren, Eric Pinsonneault, Monique Cohen and Shaun Pinsonneault, all of Austin, Texas, Douglas and Todd Pinsonneault both of Bennington, and Karen Pinsonneault of Pensacola; three great-grandchildren, Shay, Madeleine and Sophia Cohen, all of Austin, Texas; several nieces, nephews grandnieces and grandnephews. She was predeceased by five brothers, Arthur, Philip, Ernest, Patrick and Emanuel Landry, and three sisters, Elfeda Landry, Alice Thunberg and Rosalie Potvin. Published in The Berkshire Eagle on 6/29/2005.