Theresa Fortini

Theresa Fortini 1928 - 2008 CHESHIRE Theresa Marie Fortini, 79, of 482 Savoy Rd., died Tuesday evening, Oct. 28, at the home of her son, Daniel, in Greenfield. Born in Hartford, Conn., on Dec. 26, 1928, daughter of Oscar and Leona Morriseau Pinsonneault, she came to Adams as a child and was raised by her grandmother and aunts after the early death of her mother. She attended Adams schools and graduated from the former Adams High School in 1946. Mrs. Fortini worked for several years for the former Waverley Fabrics in Adams. She was a communicant of St. Mary of Assumption Church in Cheshire. She enjoyed bingo, sewing, knitting, spending time with her family and grandchildren and being vary active with her husband in the Adams Lodge of Elks who was a long time member. She leaves her husband, William R. Fortini, whom she married on Feb. 5, 1949, three sons, William R. Fortini Jr., of Oceanview, Hawaii, Daniel Fortini and his wife, Barbara, of Greenfield, and James Fortini and his wife, Sallyann, of Chesterfield., two daughters, Maryellen McGonagle, and her husband Patrick, of Oakland, Calif., and Lori Carr of Lebanon, N.H., one brother, Leo Pinsonneault and his wife, Joan, of Cheshire. Nine grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. One sister, Pauline Couture is deceased. FUNERAL NOTICE: Services for Theresa Marie Fortini will take place Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. from the TROTTIER PRINGLE FUNERAL HOME, 6 Summer St., Adams, With the Rev. David Raymond, Pastor of St. Mary's Church in Cheshire, officiating. Burial will follow in Bellevue Cemetery in Adams. Calling hours at the funeral home will be Saturday from 11:30 a.m. until the time of the service. Donations in her memory can be made to Hospice of Franklin County through the funeral home.