Dorothy (Mello) Cote, age 86, of Fall River passed away January 29, 2011. She was the wife of the late William Thomas Cote and the daughter of the late Manuel S. & Virginia (Almeida) Mello. Dorothy was a homemaker and previously a sales associate at Newbury’s then a cloth inspector at Borden City Mills. She was also a communicant of St. Michael Church.
Dorothy was the mother of the late Richard F. Cote and his wife Diane Marie of Portsmouth, RI, sister of Gabriel & wife Lorraine Mello of Somerset, grandmother of Shelly Cote Olson and her husband Jonathan York Olson Sr., Richard Francis Cote Jr. and his wife Kimberly, great grandmother of Richard Francis Cote III, Isabella Rose Cote, Robert Thomas Cote, & Jonathan York Olson Jr. She was the beloved aunt to Jeffrey Mello, the late Russell Mello and to several nieces & nephews.
Her funeral will take place from the MANUEL ROGERS & SONS FUNERAL HOME 1521 N. Main St., Fall River on TUESDAY with Visitation from 9:30–10:30 A.M. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Michael Church at 11:00 A.M. Interment in St. Patrick Cemetery.