WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Kathryn Mary (Banas) Roy, 69, of North Hoosac Road died on Sunday, September 4, 2016, at her home. 

She was born on March 21, 1947, in North Adams, a daughter of the late Theodore & Phoebe Emma (Fowler) Banas.

Kathryn attended Williamstown schools and graduated from Mt. Greylock Regional High School and McCann Nursing School with a nursing degree in 1979. She was a licensed practical nurse in the area for many years, working at North Adams Regional Hospital and also at Sweetbrook Nursing Home. She also worked as a nurse in the Head Trauma Unit at Florida Hospital in Orlando. 

She leaves a daughter, Wendy McCarthy, and her husband Robert of Williamstown; a son, Christopher M. Roy, with whom she made her home; grandchildren Cory Roy, Jessica McCarthy and Ashley McCarthy; great-grandchildren including Addison Mae Gazzaille and Connor James McGlodrick; and her sisters, Judy Koloc and her husband Richard of North Adams and Sandy Oakes and her husband George of North Adams. 

She was predeceased by a son, Michael J. Roy. 

Funeral notice: A private graveside service to celebrate the life of Kathryn Mary Roy will be celebrated at Eastlawn Cemetery. Donations in her memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association in care of the Flynn & Dagnoli Funeral-Montagna Home for Funerals, 74 Marshall St. North Adams, MA 01247.