Sheila A. Ruisseaux

December 28, 1922 - December 28, 2013

Sheila A. Ruisseaux 91, formerly of Lenox, died Dec. 28, 2013, at Sweet Brook of Williamstown. Born in Stockbridge on Jan. 28, 1922, the daughter of William and Anna McDonnell Mahan, she attended Lenox schools and was a 1939 graduate of Lenox High School. While living in Lenox, she was a communicant of St Ann's Church and a member of the Rosary Sodality. She was a long-time volunteer for St Ann's Church and for the Lenox community. She and her husband, William E. Ruisseaux, who died March 1,1989, were married in St. Ann's Church, April 27, 1946. She is survived by her daughter, Gail A. Mancivalano and her husband, Joseph, of Estero, Fla.; grandchildren, Johanna M. Mancivalano and her boyfriend, David Wesner, of Newport R.I., and Mitchell J. Mancivalano and his wife, Chris, of Jersey City, N.J.; her sister-in-law, Eleanor Mahan of Lenox, and nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her brother, William Mahan. FUNERAL NOTICE: A Liturgy of Christian Burial at St Ann's Church, followed by burial in St Ann's Cemetery, will be held in the Spring with date and time to be announced in the Berkshire Eagle. In lieu of flowers, donations in Mrs. Ruisseaux's memory may be made to St. Ann's Church in care of the ROCHE FUNERAL HOME, 120 Main Street, Lenox, MA 01240.