ATTLEBORO – Barbara A. (Butler) Botelho, wife of the late Joseph R. Botelho, died at the Life Care Center of Attleboro on Sept. 4, 2014.
She was 81.
Born in Taunton, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Alice (Burton) Butler.
A 1951 graduate of Taunton High School, she later received degrees in business and education from Bridgewater State University and Bryant College.
Employed as a business manager by the New Attleboro Reality Co. for over twenty-five years, she had previously taught second grade at the Bliss School in Attleboro, and had worked for the former Fernandes Supermarkets.
She was a communicant of St. John the Evangelist Church in Attleboro.
Mrs. Botelho enjoyed camping, skiing and spending time at her vacation home in Madison, NH.
She cherished the company of her family, especially her grandchildren.
Survivors include two sons, Michael J. Botelho and his wife Diane Blagman of Potomac, MD and Joseph R. Botelho, Jr. and his wife Kathleen of Berkley; three daughters, Sandra M. Childs and her husband Brad, and Susan McNary and her husband James, all of Attleboro, and Sally Waitt and her husband Tom of Sheridan, IN; fourteen grandchildren; a niece and a nephew.
She was also the sister of the late Thomas Butler.
Her funeral will be held from the Silva Funeral Home, 80 Broadway, Taunton on Thursday, Sept. 11th at 9 a.m. followed by a funeral mass at St. Anthony Church, Taunton at 10 a.m.
Burial will be at St. Joseph Cemetery in Taunton.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend.
Calling Hours will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday, Sept. 10th from 5 to 8 p.m.
www.silvafuneralhome.com.