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Arline Gromatski
April 11, 2005
Arline Gromatski, 86, of 34 Thomas Road died Monday at home after a brief battle with cancer.
Born in Greenfield on Feb. 4, 1919, daughter of Tyler T. and Juliette Nepton Nash, she was a 1936 graduate of Greenfield High School.
She moved to Pittsfield in 1941, residing on Doreen Street, and to Orange in 1966, later returning to Pittsfield.
She and her husband, Edward Gromatski, owned and operated Orange Stationery and Gifts in Orange for a number of years. Previously, she had been an employee trainer at the former Neisner Bros. Department Store in the Allendale Shopping Center for 10 years. After retiring, she became a self-taught upholsterer.
She was a communicant of St. Charles' Church, where she was a Eucharistic minister for many years. She also was a volunteer driver for Elder Services of Berkshire County, and was an enrolled member of the Abenaki Indian Nation of Missisquoi in northwestern Vermont.
She was known for her carrot cake.
She and her husband celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary April 5. They were married in Holy Trinity Church in Greenfield.
Besides her husband, she leaves a son, Edward Gromatski of Ocala, Fla.; two daughters, Arline "Peachy" Jacquot of St. Pete Beach, Fla., and Carol Nepton of Berkshire, Vt.; a brother, Tyler Nash of Pittsfield; a sister, Juliette Reynolds of Middletown, R.I.; eight grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.
FUNERAL NOTICE -- The funeral for Arline Nash Gromatski, age 86, who died April 11, 2005, will be Thursday at 10:15 from DEVANNY-CONDRON FUNERAL HOME, with a Liturgy of Christian Burial celebrated at 11 at St. Charles' Church by the Rev. Peter A. Gregory, pastor.
Burial will follow in St. Joseph's Cemetery. There will be no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, if friends desire, memorial donations may be made to HospiceCare in the Berkshires or to St. Charles' Church in care of the funeral home.
She is survived by her grandchildren Michael Gromatski, Joseph, Tyler, Robert and Ted Mottor, Stephen and Christopher Jacquot, Edward Gromatski and Bonnie Reynolds, and her seven great-grandchildren.
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