Longtime owner of Gloria’s Beauty Shop in North Adams.
Gloria Mary Marony , 94 of North Adams died Friday February 28, 2025 at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born in Clarksburg, Ma. on December 11, 1930 a daughter of the late Aldo Alfred and Pauline (Gregory) Marony. Gloria attended school at St. Joseph Grammer School and graduated form St. Joseph High School with the class of 1949. She also graduated from Rose Phillips Academy of Beauty Culture in 1950. After graduation she established Gloria’s Beauty Shop at 103 Main St. Dowlin Building in North Adams in 1954 and owned and operated it until her retirement in 2013.
She was devoted communicant of the former St. Francis Church in North Adams where she was a member of the Rosary Society and its bowling team. Gloria was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Church in North Adams at the time of her death
Survivors include her brother Erman Marony of Williamstown, nieces, nephews and friends. She was predeceased by her brother Ronald Marony and sister Mary Saunders.
The family would like to thank the staff on the fourth floor at Berkshire Medical Center and members of Hospice Care in the Berkshires for the care and support they provided to Gloria.
A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday March 4, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Church in North Adams. Burial will follow in Southview Cemetery, North Adams, MA. Memorial donations are suggested for St. Elizabeth church through the Flynn& Dagnoli Funeral Home, 74 Marshall St. North Adams, MA. 01247. To add to the Book of Memories, please visit flynndagnolifuneralhomes.com.