Bette Stephanie Gusmerini

08/31/2003

Bette Stephanie Gusmerini, 67, of 71 Howland Ave. died yesterday morning at home after a battle with cancer. Born in Adams on May 9, 1936, daughter of Elizabeth Smachetti Volpi of Adams and the late Albert Volpi, she was a 1954 graduate of the former Adams High School and attended the Long Island School of Nursing. Mrs. Gusmerini was employed as a dispatcher for St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Trucking Corp. until retiring in 1990. She was a communicant of the Parishes of Notre Dame-St. Thomasâ€™ and St. Stanislausâ€™ and a member of the Sons of Italy. She enjoyed flower gardening, especially roses. She and her husband, Joseph R. Gusmerini, were married Dec. 17, 1955, in St. Thomasâ€™ Church. Besides her husband and mother, she leaves three daughters, Gail A. Porter of Hicksville, N.Y., Lori J. Appleton of Lake Placid, N.Y., and Lisa M. Olsen of Pawlet, Vt.; a sister, Dorothy Davis of Adams, and eight grandchildren. FUNERAL NOTICE -- A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated for the life of Bette Volpi Gusmerini on Thursday at 12:30 in Notre Dame Church. Burial will follow in Bellevue Cemetery. A visitation period will be held Thursday from 10 to noon, prior to the church service. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to the VNA & Hospice of Northern Berkshire, 135 Curran Highway, North Adams, MA 01247, or through MCBRIDE FUNERAL HOME, which is in charge of arrangements.

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