WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Rosemary Alice Danaher, 57, of Williamstown, Mass., died at Berkshire Medical Center Hospital Pittsfield on October 30, 2018, after a long battle with cancer.

She was born April 30, 1961, in North Adams, Mass., daughter of the late Robert J. and Alice I. (Clark) Danaher of Williamstown, Mass. She attended the Williamstown schools and graduated from Mount Greylock R.H.S. in 1979, where she was active in sports and other clubs, including playing on the varsity field hockey team.

She continued her education, receiving a BA degree in Audiology, Hearing & Speech Impediments at Our Lady of the Elms Catholic College in Chicopee, Mass.

Rosemary resided for a number of years at Deerfield, Ill., where she worked for a marketing firm, later returning home to help provided medical care for her younger brother; Allen, her parents prior to their deaths.

She traveled extensively in her youth visiting many countries; she enjoyed playing tennis and bicycling. She was an avid reader on many topics and enjoyed writing poetry and was accepted into the American Poetry Anthology for the best new poets of 1989, having several of her poems published. She enjoyed the fine arts and regularly attended concerts at the Clark Art Institute and Tanglewood as well as others. She was a member of St Patrick’s Church in Williamstown and the Elms College Alumni.

Besides her parents and her brother Allen, who predeceased her, she leaves a brother, Robert J. Danaher Jr., and his wife Nancy of Waitsfield, Vt.; a sister, Lisa Monique and her husband Michael Kelly of Fayetteville, Ga.; a sister, Julie Ann-Marie Danaher & Ernest Nicklien of Williamstown; a brother, Darryl F. Danaher, and his wife Bonnie of Yorba Linda, Calif.; and aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends.

Funeral notice: A Liturgy of Christian Burial for Rosemary Danaher will be celebrated Friday, July 19, 2019, at 11 a.m. at Sts. Patrick and Raphael Church in Williamstown. Burial will follow in Eastlawn Cemetery. Contributions in her memory can be made to the Allen E. Danaher Scholarship Fund at Mountain One Bank in Williamstown or to the American Cancer Society in care of FLYNN & DAGNOLI-MONTAGNA HOME FOR FUNERALS CENTAL CHAPEL, 74 Marshall St. North Adams, MA 01247. To add to the Book of Memories, please visit www.flynndagnolifuneralhomes.com.