Ellen Ann DePaoli, 84
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ellen Ann DePaoli, 84, of 409 Walker St., died Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, at her home.
Born in North Adams on Nov. 11, 1928, the daughter of Alfred R. and Florence Dubie Dickinson, she attended Drury High School.
Mrs. DePaoli was employed in many area schools, including as cafeteria manager at Drury High until her retirement. She had worked at the former Sprague Electric Co. and at the former Mountainview restaurant in Clarksburg.
She lived an active life and loved walking, swimming, kayaking, canoeing and, memorably, maintaining her lawn. She was a communicant of St. Anthony of Padua Church, where she sang in the choir and was a member of the Rosary Society.
Her husband, Olympio J. DePaoli, whom she married on June 19, 1947, died on May 8, 1999.
She and her husband enjoyed many years of traveling, bowling and playing cards, especially at their camp in Windsor.
She leaves four daughters, Susan Sucharzewski and her husband, Leon, of Concord, N.C., Janice Buck and her husband, Alfred, of North Adams, Lynn Perotti of Pittsfield and Marie Allard of North Adams; a son, James DePaoli of North Adams; two brothers, Alfred 'Bud' Dickinson and his wife, Elizabeth, and David Dickinson and his wife Arlene, all of North Adams; and eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren: Amy Zambotti and her daughters, Kacie and Kaitlin, Gina Meyers and her husband, John, and their children Mia and Owen, Jennifer Mills and her husband, Gerald; Allison Billard, John Perotti and his wife, Gretchen, April Perotti, Peter Allard and Nicole Allard, and many nieces and nephews.
Her four brothers, Louis, Edmund, Francis and Bobby Dickinson, predeceased her.
FUNERAL NOTICE — The funeral for Mrs. DePaoli will be Thursday, Sept. 26, at 10:15 a.m. from Flynn & Dagnoli-Montagna Home for Funerals, Central Chapels, 74 Marshall St., North Adams, followed by a Funeral Mass at 11 at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church. Burial will follow in Southview Cemetery.
Calling hours will be Wednesday, Sept. 25 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial donations are suggested to the American Cancer Society or the Berkshire Food Project in care of the funeral home.