NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  

Jeanne Ellen (Hamelin) Todd, 92, of North Adams, died on Tuesday, October 12, 2021, at the Cape Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Facility in Sandwich, MA.

She was born in North Adams, on September 23, 1929, daughter of the late Leo and Flora (Tessier) Hamelin. She attended schools in North Adams and graduated from the former Notre Dame High School.

Jeanne last worked as a private duty CNA retiring at the age of 80. Earlier she had worked for the former Sweetbrook Nursing Home, General Electric, Sprague Electric, Hollywood Millinery, Hollywood Fashions and the New England Telephone Co.

She was a communicant of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church, North Adams and was a member of Mt. Greylock Bowl. She will be remembered as someone who was very kind and generous.

She is survived by a son, Leo Todd and his wife Ellen of Limerick, ME; three daughters, Linda Todd McKane and her husband Brice of East Sandwich, Deborah Todd Simon and her husband James of Cedarville, and Jamie Rufo Wojcik widow of Peter Wojcik of Adams; her daughter-in-law, Deanna Bertoli Todd, widow of her son Mark Todd of Cheshire; fourteen grandchildren, twenty-one great grandchildren, two nephews, a niece and many cousins.

She was predeceased by her former husband James W. Todd who died in 1996 and her longtime companion Thomas J. Naughton, Sr. who died in 2018

A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, November 20th at 10:00 A.M. in St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church, North Adams.

Burial will follow in Southview Cemetery.

There are no calling hours.

Memorial donations may be made to MPN Research Foundation, which conducts research on blood cancers, at www.mpnresearchfoundation.org.

The PACIOREK FUNERAL HOME, 13 Hoosac St., Adams, is in charge of arrangements.

To leave a message of condolence, please go online to www.paciorekfuneral.com.