Melania (Dulski) Rivard, 90, of Medway, died, Saturday, September 12, 2009 at the Medway Country Manor Nursing Home. She was the wife of Bertram Rivard who died in 1983.
Born in Medway on November 5, 1918, she was a daughter of the late Adam and Aniela (Sobolewski) Dulski.
Mrs. Rivard was a lifelong resident of Medway and graduated from Medway High School.
A homemaker for most of her life, she had worked at the John Hancock Life Insurance Company in Boston until the age of 36.
She is survived by her daughter, Pola Gorman and her husband, Thomas and two granddaughters, Allison and Hannah Gorman, all of Holliston.
She was mother of the late Lita Rivard who died in 1991 and sister of the late Halina Daleszynski, Eugenia Poremski and Wanda Dulski.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral service on Friday, September 18 at 10 a.m. in the Ginley–Crowley Funeral Home, 3 Barber St. in Medway. Interment will follow at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Medway.
Calling hours will be held on Friday from 9 - 10 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 10 Brookline Place West, Brookline, MA 02445 or the Parkinson's Disease Foundation, 710 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032.