John F. Segala Sr., 88
John Francis Segala Sr., 88, of 13 Pebble St. North Adams, died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010 at North Adams Regional Hospital.
He was born in North Adams on Oct. 29, 1921, a son of Luigi and Maria Segala. He was educated in North Adams schools and graduated in 1939 from Drury High School.
He was a veteran of World War II, serving as a private first class in the Army with Company L 406th Infantry Regiment in the battles of the Rhineland and Central Europe from July 1944 until his honorable discharge in May 1946.
He began his working career as a mold maker with the former James Hunter Machine Co. Foundry before his Army service. He stayed at the Foundry until 1959 and transferred to the main plant until his retirement in 1981 after 42 years of work.
He was a communicant of St. Elizabeth’s Church and a member of the American Legion Post #125 and the Sons of Italy.
He married Adeline L. Roberts on July 31, 1943, in Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs Church in Adams. She died on April 6, 2009.
Survivors include four sisters, Angelina Downs of Cold Spring, Texas, Mary Therrien and her husband, Ernest, of North Adams, Margaret Stefanski of Adams, whom he raised from early childhood, and Jacqueline Cote and her husband, William, of Adams; two brothers, Frank J. Segala and his wife, Sandy, of North Adams, and Louis C. Segala of Adams;
one stepsister, Rev. Sr. Adele Ceccarelli of Albany, N.Y.; a daughter, Mary Angela Giroux and her husband, David Giroux, of Albuquerque, N.M.; fours sons, John Francis Segala Jr. and his wife, Nancy, of Venice, Fla., Michael Anthony Segala and his wife, Joy, of Suisun City, Calif., Marc Alan Segala and his wife, Donna, of Argyle, Texas, and Neil Andrew Segala and his wife, Susan, of North Adams; 11 grandchildren, Eric, Michelle, Nicole, Jennifer, Michele, Susan, Jenafer, Marc Jr., Maria, Alexander and Diana; three great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.
He was predeceased by a brother and a sister, Joseph A. Segala on Feb. 26, 1976 and Catherine "Kay" Griswold on Dec. 15, 1991.
FUNERAL NOTICE Funeral services for John Francis Segala Sr. will take place Friday, March 5, 2010 at 10:15 a.m. at the Flynn & Dagnoli-Montagna Home for Funerals, Central Chapels, 74 Marshall St., North Adams, followed by a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 11 at St. Elizabeth’s Church. Burial will follow in Southview Cemetery, North Adams. Calling hours will be Thursday, March 4, 2010 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial donations are suggested for the VNA & Hospice of North Berkshire through the funeral home, 74 Marshall St., North Adams, MA 01247.