Florence M. Netherwood, 94
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. â€' Florence Mary Netherwood, 94, of Sweetwood Retirement Community, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005, at home.Born in North Adams on March 14, 1911, daughter of Louis P. and Giuseppina Della Bianca Gazzaniga, she graduated in 1927 from Drury High School.
A homemaker, Mrs. Netherwood was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother.
She was a member of First Congregational Church and a former member of its choir. She volunteered at the Women's Exchange and was a Girl Scout leader. She enjoyed playing bridge and golf and was a former member of Taconic Golf Club.
She and her husband, Paul H. Netherwood, celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary April 22.
Besides her husband, she leaves a son, Paul H. Netherwood Jr. of Joppa, Md.; two daughters, Jean N. Seitz of Athens, Ohio, and Judith N. Wright of Williamstown; four grandchildren, David Seitz of Helena, Ala., Jonathan Seitz of Princeton, N.J., Jennifer Wright of Fremont, Calif., and Eric Wright of Conway, S.C.; two great-grandchildren, Holland and Hope Seitz, and nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was predeceased by a sister, Helen Parisien, and by five brothers, Louis, Angelo, Henry, Harold and William Gazzaniga.
FUNERAL NOTICE â€' A memorial service for Mrs. Netherwood will be Monday at 2 in the meeting room of Sweetwood, 1611 Cold Spring Road, Williamstown.
Private burial will be in Parklawn Cemetery in Bennington, Vt. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the VNA & Hospice of North Berkshire in care of FLYNN & DAGNOLI-MONTAGNA HOME FOR FUNERALS, 521 West Main St., North Adams, MA 01247, which is in charge of arrangements.