She was a graduate of Minnechaug Regional High School in Wilbraham, Class of 1971, and later attended and graduated from the Katherine Gibbs School in Boston, Class of 1973. For many years, she worked as an instructor with the AnneMarie Dance Centre in Ashland. Besides her parents, she leaves a son, Brian Shadduck of Marlton, N.J.; a daughter, Ali Shadduck of Westborough; four brothers, Robert DeValle of Napa, Calif., Timothy DeValle of Boca Raton, Fla., Gregory DeValle of Anaheim, Calif., and Duane DeValle of Clayton, N.C.; a sister, Katherine White of St. Petersburg, Fla.; a granddaughter, Skylar Shadduck; and a grandmother, Ruth Piers of Framingham.