Feb 10, 2021 Paula Ann Reed McDonough passed away at her home in Keene Valley on Feb. 5, 2021. She was 67. She was born July 25, 1953, in Plattsburgh to her parents Royce Bradford and Argenta LeClair Reed. She spent her childhood in the North Country while her father worked building many of New York’s interstate highways. She graduated from Keene Central School in 1971. She married the love of her life and high school sweetheart, David McDonough, in 1979 and settled in Keene Valley, where they raised their three children. She was an employee of the town of Keene for over 30 years. After her retirement, she stepped into her second job at McDonough’s Valley Hardware alongside her husband David. She took the reins as “Boss Lady” and kept the store running after his death in 2013. She was a doting “Meme” to her three grandchildren, was a devoted parishioner of St. Brendan’s Church in Keene, and loved traveling with her family.