Turners Falls, MA – Roseanne Ione Emond (Lively), 87, of Turners Falls, passed away with her loving family by her side on January 10, 2026 at home.
Roseanne was born in Charlemont on August 4, 1938, oldest child of Ernest and Irene (Lanoue) Lively. Those who know local history will remember the flood of September 1938. Roseanne always joked about her diapers going down the river. She was a graduate of Arms Academy in Shelburne Falls, the Class of 1955. Upon graduation, Roseanne began work at Dumont Company in Greenfield. Other jobs included working at Highland Village, Riverside Industries, Ken Lang Tax Prep and the Department of Social Services. According to Roseanne, her biggest accomplishment was raising her family. For many years she participated in Relay for Life. Roseanne enjoyed knitting, playing the piano, quilting, traveling, class reunions, companion cats, playing cribbage, and reminiscing about the Lively farm on Legate Hill in Charlemont.
Long time friends and neighbors include Eileen, Bruce, Charlotte, Carol, Tina, Deb, and Donna. She also had many friends in Europe that she continued to maintain contact with after her travels. In recent years, Roseanne attended Our Lady of Peace Church in Turners Falls.
One piece of advice that she frequently said was, “Money isn’t money until you have it in your hand.”
Roseanne was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest and Irene Lively and four siblings, Ernest Jr., Arthur “Bud”, Bethany, Irene and a nephew, Johnny.
Surviving siblings include a brother, John Lively (Turners Falls), sister, Mary Johnson (Turners Falls) and sister, Bonnie Phillips (Georgia). Roseanne is survived by her four children Leslie Campbell (Bob), Lindsey Burt, Bill Gallant (Gina), Ramona Mayo (Bob), ten grandchildren, Jeremiah Page (Sharelle), Amanda Page, Ashley Campbell (Ben), Elizabeth Angove (Dean), Sarah Sintoni, Joanne Kingsley (Tristan), Linda Freeman (Donald), Mark Gallant (Yolanda), William Mayo, Kate McGuire (Steve) and twenty great-grandchildren Gabriel, Maddison, Liam, Julian, Nicholas, Tessa, Dean, Jayden, Kameron. Kaleb, Kristian, Konnor, Marilyn, Sean, Shane, Marcus, Owen, Angeli, Draven, Kinsley and one great- great-grandchild, Hudson as well as several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours will be Wednesday, January 21 at Smith- Kelleher Funeral Home, 87 Franklin St., Greenfield from 4 PM to 7 PM.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, January 22 at 11 AM at Holy Trinity Church, 133 Main St., Greenfield. A reception will follow in the church hall.
There will be a private burial at West Branch Cemetery in Colrain in the Spring.
You can honor Roseanne by sending flowers to Smith-Kelleher Funeral Home or by donating in Roseanne’s memory to Cooley Dickinson VNA and Hospice, 30 Locust Street, Northampton, MA 01060.
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