Doretta (Beaupré) Belter

LAKEVILLE — Doretta (Beaupré) Belter, 86, of Salmon Kill Road, died Dec. 10, 2009, at Noble Horizons.  

She was the widow of J. Henry “Hank� Belter Sr., who predeceased his wife on Oct. 15, 2004.

Doretta was born March 20, 1923, in Great Barrington, Mass., the daughter of the late Catherine G. (McCormack) and Tracy Beaupré.

Doretta graduated from the former Becker Junior College (now known as Becker College).

She worked for the town of Salisbury in the first selectman’s office as the secretary to Charlotte Reid. She also assisted her husband by working as the bookkeeper for the family dairy farm on Salmon Kill Road.  

Doretta was devoted to her family and saw to their every need.  

She enjoyed bowling at the Cove Lanes in Great Barrington and, in later years, golfing with her husband. She was an avid knitter.  She also enjoyed wintering in Venice, Fla., with her husband.

She is survived by four sons, John H. Belter Jr. of South Burlington, Vt., Thomas H. Belter of Lucas, Texas, and James J. Belter and Stephen T. Belter, both of Lakeville; her daughter, Ann B. Torrey of Cheshire, Conn.;  three grandsons; 10 granddaughters; two great-grandsons; and two great-granddaughters.

A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Wednesday Dec. 23,  at 11 a.m. in St. Joseph’s Church in North Canaan.  Calling hours at the Newkirk-Palmer Funeral Home in North Canaan will be that morning from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.  

Memorial donations may be sent to the Salisbury Volunteer Ambulance Service, PO Box 5828, Salisbury, CT 06068.

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