Gertrude Bial

Gertrude was born in Chelsea, MA, the daughter of the late Myer Israel and Fannie (Raisman) Florence. She graduated from Chelsea High School Class of 1941 and later attended Fisher College and Secretarial School. During WWII, she worked as a volunteer at the Naval Ship Yard. She was president of B’nai Brith in Chelsea, MA, executive secretary at American Biltrite Corporation and co-owner of the Bial Upholstery Company in Boston, MA, with her late husband, Norman Bial.

She is the devoted mother of Louis C. Bial and his late wife Deborah, Roberta Pinta and her late husband Howard, and Scott N. Bial and his wife Lisa, the cherished grandmother of Dr. Erica Bial and her husband Todd Chapin, Lauren Bial Schneider and her husband Eric, Matthew Bial and his wife Dr. Wendy Glaberson, Jennifer Pinta, Natalie Pinta and her husband Kevin Gonsalves, Adam J. Bial, Jason R. Bial, Jack F. Bial and Julia A. Bial, and great grandmother of Jacob, Nehemiah and Dayne Schneider and Jordan Bial. Loving sister of David Florence, Rosalie Cohen and the late Sylvia Sazinsky, Bernard Florence, Dr. Lewis Florence, Dr. Hyman Florence and Leonard Florence.

Funeral services will be held at Stanetsky Memorial Chapel, 475 Washington Street, Canton, MA on Friday, February 2, 2018 at 12 Noon, followed by burial at Sharon Memorial Park, Sharon, MA.

Expressions of sympathy in her memory may be donated to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, www.themmrf.org, or Autism Speaks, www.autismspeaks.org/site/donation.

Gertrude was a homemaker, wonderful friend, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, and will be greatly missed.