Dorothy E. Tetlow

Mrs. Dorothy Ella Kosche Tetlow, 88, of 28 4th Avenue, Cheshire, died unexpectedly on Sunday, July 10, 2011, at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Adams on Jan. 9, 1923, a daughter of the late Richard and Anna (Schoenfelder) Kosche. She attended Adams schools and graduated from the former Adams High School with the class of 1941. Mrs. Tetlow worked for General Electric Co., Pittsfield, for 23 years, rising to supervisor rank in Naval Ordnance Field Documentation until her retirement in 1982. After retirement, she and her late husband continued their extensive travels, crossing the United States 44 times traveling to flea markets and craft fairs in the South and West and spending summers at Lake Champlain. Dot and her "Buddy" Harry Russell spent nine wonderful years together traveling to Alaska, Northern Ireland, Nova Scotia, and throughout the USA. Dot was very proud of her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She highly valued her long time association with General Electric. Known as "GE Dot", she attended the yearly GE stockholders' meetings and felt privileged to personally meet former CEO Jack Welch and current CEO Jeff Immelt in 2001. She was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Adams. She was a longtime member and past Matron of the Fraternal Order of Eastern Star, the Cheshire Council on Aging, serving as secretary, the Cheshire Seniors, and had been the secretary for the General Electric Pensioners club. For years she was a volunteer for Elder Services, worked on the Meal on Wheels, and was an advocate for many seniors with health insurance and other health needs. Her husband, Robert M. Tetlow, whom she married on April 11, 1942, died on August 23, 1994. She is survived by one son, Robert M. Tetlow, Jr., and his wife Lisa of Cheshire; two daughters, Sally Bigelow and her husband James, and Jane Brown and her husband Stephen, all of Adams; seven grandchildren, Christopher and Jenna Bigelow, Jeffrey and Wendy Brown, and Marc, Alex, and Reid Tetlow, two great grandchildren, Aubrey and Cameron Tetlow, one sister Anna Krzeminski of North Adams; and her loving companion, Harry Russell of Dalton. She was predeceased by two sisters, Ella Eichorn and Martha Kosche. FUNERAL NOTICE: A Requiem Eucharist will be held on Friday, July 15, at 10 a.m. in St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Adams, officiated by Rev. Edward King, Rector of All Saints Episcopal Church, North Adams. Burial will follow in Bellevue Cemetery, Adams. Calling hours are Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the PACIOREK FUNERAL HOME, 13 Hoosac St., Adams, which is in charge of arrangements. The family requests the omission of flowers, and suggests memorial donations be made to the Hoosac Hose Company or the Adams Ambulance Service through the funeral home

Dorothy E. Tetlow

January 9, 1923 - July 10, 2011