NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Bessie Vallieres, 92, of North Adams died on Monday, May 30, 2022, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. 

Born in Adams on Nov. 16, 1929, the daughter of Joseph E. and Bessie Mae Felix Garceau, her family moved to North Adams when she was a few months old and she attended schools in North Adams.

Dorothy married Paul E. Vallieres on April 26, 1947, at the former St. Francis Church in North Adams, and together they raised 13 children. Paul predeceased her in 1994.

She was employed in her earlier years as an usherette at the Mohawk Theater. She was also a sales lady at the former F.W. Woolworth Store in North Adams and also worked at Model Laundry and White Laundry, and also for the former Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates' Greylock Division in North Adams. She was last employed at the former Sprague Electric, from which she retired in 1952. After retirement, she was self-employed as a domestic for various homes in the Williamstown area.

Dorothy was a communicant of the former Our Lady of the Incarnation Church and later of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in North Adams. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

She is survived by her sons seven sons Arthur R. Vallieres (Janet) of Clarksburg, Joseph E. (Shirley) Vallieres, Robert D. (Elizabeth) Vallieres, Gerard A. (Diane) Vallieres, Thomas J. (Debbie) Vallieres, John E. (Sarah) Vallieres and Mark Vallieres, all of North Adams; her five daughters Dorothy Vallieres, Mary L. (Donald) Blay, Pauline M. Longtin with whom she made her home, Theresa (Richard) Varieur and Polly A. Strange, all of North Adams. She also leaves behind several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

She was predeceased by her son Paul E. Vallieres Jr., her sister Bessie Morin and her brother Joseph E. Garceau Jr.

FUNERAL NOTICE: A Liturgy of Christian Burial for Dorothy Vallieres will be Friday, June 3, at 10 a.m. from St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church. Burial will follow in the family plot in Southview Cemetery. A calling hour will be held from 8:30 to 9:30 Friday morning at Flynn & Dagnoli Funeral Home, West Chapels, 521 West Main St. North Adams.

Memorial donations may be made in her memory to St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church or to any favorite charity of a donor’s choice. To add to the Book of Memories, please visit flynndagnolifuneralhomes.com.