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- North Adams Transcript
November 12, 2003
Kerby Simonds, 81, of Stratton Road, Williamstown, died Monday, Nov. 10, 2003, at the North Adams Regional Hospital.
She was born Aug. 29, 1922, in Minneapolis, Minn., daughter of Frederick Kerby and Mary (Winning) Comer. She attended schools in the U.S. and Canada, moving wherever her father, an actor, had roles.
She married John Peebles Boyd in 1943, but was later divorced. She later married David Haskell Simonds, who died in 1996.
In the 1940s, she was the assistant to Lois Long, who wrote the "On and Off the Avenue" page in The New Yorker magazine. In the 1950s, she was an advertising copywriter at Timely Associates in New York City. She worked for the Williamstown News, where she wrote a page called "Village Fair," which had two columns -- "Homespun" and "Serendipity," as well as various items of local interest. In 1974, she was the publicity director for the Williamstown Community Chest. Also, she was a volunteer at the Women's Exchange for 35 years.
She leaves a daughter, Tracy Boyd of Bridgehampton, N.Y.; a son, David Hamilton Simonds of New York City; four stepchildren, Christopher H. Simonds, Sarah M. Simonds, Katherine K. Simonds and Michael E. Simonds; two grandchildren, George and Olivia; and four step-grandchildren, Ann, Katherine, Abigail and Madeline.
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