Obituary of Albert M. Stanley

" Hadley- Albert M. Stanley, 93, of Bay Rd., died Friday in Sunbridge of Hadley Nursing Home. Born in Roxbury, MA on May 31, 1913, he was the son of the late Arthur and Evelyn (Morton) Stanley and has lived in the area since 1924. Mr. Stanley worked at the U-Mass Farm and Page Lab in the early 1950’s prior to working at Amherst College as a groundskeeper, retiring in 1974. Albert also ran a dairy farm in S. Amherst for five years. In his leisure he enjoyed working in his gardens and taking walks on the mountain range. He was predeceased by his wife Dorothy (Clem) Stanley in 1986, a brother John, a stepdaughter Dolly Clem and his best friend Gordon Cook. He is survived by three sons, William A., and his wife Carolyn of Young, AZ, John A. and his wife Madonna of Hadley and Thomas E. and his wife Linda of Leeds. Albert will also be missed by nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren. A Funeral service will be on Wednesday, September 27 at 10:00 a.m. at the Beers & Story Belchertown Funeral Home, 10 Maple St., (Rte.202) followed by burial in S. Amherst Cemetery. Calling hours will be Tuesday from 6:00-8:00 p.m. For those wishing, donations may be made in his memory to Sunbridge of Hadley arts and crafts fund, P.O. box 720, Hadley, 01035 or to VNA and Hospice at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton, 01060. "