Bernadette M. Barbeau

Bernadette Marie (Fortini) Barbeau, 71, of 81 Holbrook St., North Adams, died on Friday, Oct. 26, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital.
She was born in North Adams on Feb. 16, 1936, a daughter of Frank E. Fortini and Pauline C. (LeGrand) Fortini. She was educated in North Adams schools and graduated from Drury High School in 1955.
She was last employed in the cafeteria of Drury High School until her retirement in 1993. Before that, she was employed with the former Florini’s Italian Gardens Restaurant, the Pedrin’s Dairy Bar, the former Coury’s Drive-in Theater and the former Sprague Electric Co., all of North Adams.
She was a communicant of St. Anthony of Padua Church and a former longtime communicant of Notre Dame du Sacre Coeur Church of North Adams. She enjoyed playing bingo, crocheting, reading, doing crossword puzzles and cryptograms. She also enjoyed spending summers at Lake Camp in Cassayuna, N.Y., since 1980.
She leaves her husband, Richard Arthur Barbeau, whom she married on July 14, 1956, in St. Anthony of Padua Church, North Adams; two sons, Mark Edward Barbeau and his wife, Laurie, of North Adams and Paul Ernest Barbeau of North Adams; two sisters, Veronica Landry and Barbara Rondeau of North Adams; two brothers, Robert Fortini of North Adams and William Fortini of Adams and the state of Florida; three grandchildren, Mandy Morin, Justine Barbeau and Steven Barbeau; nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.
She was predeceased by a sister, Rita Pedrin, and three brothers, Donald, John and Frank Fortini.

FUNERAL NOTICE -- Funeral services will take place Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 10:15 a.m. from the Flynn & Dagnoli-Montagna Home for Funerals, West Chapels, 521 West Main St., North Adams. A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 from St. Anthony of Padua Church, 64 Marshall St., North Adams. Burial will be in Southview Cemetery, North Adams.
Calling hours at the funeral home are today (Monday, Oct. 29) from 4 to 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are suggested for the Multiple Sclerosis Society through the funeral home.