Velta Berzins, 85
Dateline: Norton, MA
Velta (Puiselis) Berzins, age 85, of Norton, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in the comfort of her home. She was the beloved wife of Kredo Berzins, Sr., with whom she recently celebrated sixty-five years of marriage on May 7, 2025.
Born in Jelgava, Latvia on April 13, 1940, she was a loving daughter of the late Ansis and Anete (Baumanis) Puiselis.
At the young age of 4, along with her mother and sister, Velta moved to Germany and as a 15-year-old teenager, she relocated to the United States, first settling in Hempstead, New York. She was a 1958 graduate of Hempstead High School and then met her future husband Kredo. The couple lived in Florida for five years and finally moved to Norton, where she has made her home since 1968.
Mrs. Berzins later returned to school, graduating with an Associate’s Degree from Fisher Junior College in Attleboro. Prior to retiring, she had been employed for seventeen years as a Quality Inspector at Texas Instruments in Attleboro.
Velta’s family was the essence of her life and she was ever-so-proud and happy of being a grandmother. Throughout the years, she also displayed her love for family with the role of a dedicated caregiver to her mother, mother-in-law , as well as to her cousins.
A member of the Latvian Lutheran Church, Velta enjoyed performing with the Chaminade and Norton Singers, where she shared her beautiful voice as a soloist. She enjoyed reading and when younger, ran races in Germany. Mrs. Berzins was also quite proud of her ability to speak three languages and will be deeply missed by her adoring family and all who knew and loved her.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by her devoted children, Dzintra Donato of Norton, Kredo Berzins, Jr. and his wife Cara of Norton, Daina Loiselle and her husband Robert of Attleboro and Liga Cogliano and her husband John of Foxboro. She was the treasured grandmother of Aleksandra Donato of Norton, Miranda Howard and her husband Ben of Norton, Ance Berzins of Norton and Zaiga Berzins of Norton. She was the dear sister of Aina Siering of Bluffton, South Carolina and the loving aunt of Raymond Siering of California and Aina DeLorenzo of California.
Relatives and friends are cordially invited to attend an hour of visitation on Thursday, May 15th from 10:00-11:00 A.M. at the Norton Memorial Funeral Home, 19 Clapp Street (Off Route 140, Taunton Avenue) Norton.
A funeral service will be held at the conclusion of visitation on Thursday at 11:00 A.M. at the Norton Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will follow at the Gardens Cemetery in West Roxbury.
Floral tributes are acceptable or those wishing may remember Velta with a donation in her memory made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105.
To send her family a message of condolence, please visit www.nortonmemorial.com