Mary Lucy Tenney Barbuto

09/17/2006

Mary Lucy Tenney Barbuto, 80, of 166 Orchard St. died yesterday at Sweet Brook Transitional Care and Living Center, 1561 Cold Spring Road, Williamstown. Born in Old Town, Maine, on June 10, 1926, daughter of Joseph and Lillian LePage Aubut, she graduated from Old Town High School. Mrs. Barbuto owned and operated the former Pepper Tree Store on Main Street and, later, on Ashland Street at Post Office Square in North Adams. Before that, she was employed by the former Gale Shoe Co. on Brown Street in North Adams until it ceased operations in the early 1940s. She also worked in the shoe industry in Old Town. She enjoyed sewing handbags and making crafts. Her first husband, Charles Damon Tenney, whom she married July 26, 1947 in Bangor, Maine, died Nov. 19, 1975, in North Adams. She and her husband, Robert Theodore Barbuto Sr., celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary Sept. 17. They were married in Readsboro, Vt. Besides her husband, she leaves a stepdaughter, Lynn Ann Moreau of North Adams; a stepson, Robert T. Barbuto Jr. of Plainfield, Conn.; two brothers, Reginald Aubut of Auburn, Maine, and Napoleon Aubut of Manchester, Conn., and three step-grandchildren. FUNERAL NOTICE -- At Mary Tenney Barbuto's request, there will be no calling hours or funeral. Burial will be in Southview Cemetery, North Adams, at the convenience of the family. FLYNN & DAGNOLI-MONTAGNA HOME FOR FUNERALS, 74 Marshall St., North Adams, MA 01247, is in charge of arrangements. She leaves a stepdaughter-in-law, Leah Barbuto; three step-grandchildren, Marc, Robert and Haley Moreau, and nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. She was predeceased by eight brothers and sisters.

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