Marie Y. Kergaravat Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Marie Yvonne Kergaravat, 84, of Stockbridge, died July 10, 2013, at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Born in Le Cloitre- Pleyben, France January 23, 1929, she was the daughter of Jean Louis and Marie Jeanne Suignard Le Guern. She attended a Catholic boarding school for girls and two years of lycee (a secondary school between elementary school and college) while in France. Mrs. Kergaravat came to this country in 1953, and was employed by the Kimberly Clark Corporation in Lee for 29 years, retiring in 1994. She attended St. Ann's Church in Lenox for many years. She enjoyed her family, home, animals, the outdoors, working in her flower garden, and shopping for furniture. Mrs. Kergaravat and her late husband, Wilfred Joseph Kergaravat, were married in Le Cloitre-Pleyben, France on February 28, 1952. He died in December 23, 2006. She is survived by her son Jean-Claude "JC" Kergaravat and his wife, Kathy of Lee; grandchildren Joel and James Kergaravat of Stoneham, and Brittany Kergaravat of Stockbridge; and one great-grandchild Lexus Faith Hils of Stockbridge. FUNERAL NOTICE: The funeral of Mrs. Marie-Yvonne Kergaravat of Stockbridge will be Monday morning, July 15, 2013, at 11am at the ROCHE FUNERAL HOME in Lenox with the Rev. Christopher J. Waitekus, Pastor of St. Ann's Church, officiating. Burial will follow in the family plot at St. Ann's Cemetery. Calling hours at the funeral home will be from 10am until the time of the funeral. In lieu of flowers, the family is asking that donations be made to The Berkshire Humane Society's cat adoption center, PURRADISE, in care of Roche Funeral Home 120 Main Street PO Box 152, Lenox, MA 01240.