Holyoke, Mass

[Adapted rom the Berkshire Eagle, 18 February 1957.]

Mrs. Elizabeth Reardon Prendergast of Holyoke died Saturday morning in Providence Hospital, following a brief illness.  She was the widow of Patrolman Michael J. Prendergast of the Holyoke Police force.

Survivors include a son, Sgt. Edward M. Prendergast, a state policemen stationed at the Lee barracks.

Mrs. Prendergast was born in Florence, educated in Northampton schools and was a graduate of Northampton Commercial College.  She was an original member of Holy Cross parish, Holyoke.

Services will be conducted tomorrow morning at 8:15 at the John B. Shea Funeral Home, 693 Dwight St., Holyoke, followed at 9 by a Solemn High Mass of Requiem at Holy Cross Church.  Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Northampton.  Friends may call at the funeral home at their convenience.

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[Adapted from the Berkshire Eagle, 17 February 1943.]

Hinsdale.—Mrs. Ella Clark of Main Street received friends and relatives at ther home Sunday in observance of her 85th birthday.  She received flowers and a shower of cards.  Mrs. Clark was born in Holyoke Feb. 14, 1858.  She came to Hinsdale in 1893 with her husband, Wesley Clark, who died in 1920.  Mrs. Clark has a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Sydney Scott of Dalton and two grandchildren, Wesley Clark of Hinsdale and Mrs. Harold Richmond of Dalton.

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