Betty BUTLER

PITTSFIELD -- Betty Biron, 86, formerly of 485 Crane Ave., died yesterday at Curtis Manor Rest Home in Dalton, where she had resided for six years. Born in Pittsfield on March 29, 1919, daughter of Ralph J. and Helen Slager Butler, she was a 1937 graduate of Pittsfield High School. She also graduated from the former Berkshire Business College. Mrs. Biron was employed as an office manager by Blue Cross Blue Shield, retiring in 1968 after 16 years of service. Before that, she was an assistant personnel director at the former England Brothers department store. She was a member of First United Methodist Church. Her husband, Donald R. Biron Jr., whom she married Aug. 3, 1968, died Sept. 15, 1991. She leaves her niece, Deborah Whitehouse Robitaille of Pittsfield, whom she raised. FUNERAL NOTICE -- Betty Butler Biron died in Dalton on Friday, Nov. 4. Loving grandmother to Lindsay Grace Robitaille and Jarrett Alan Robitaille. She also leaves nephews Donald Whitehouse of Valkaria, Fla., and Jeffrey Whitehouse of Pittsfield; a niece, Jeanne Butler Boino of Pittsfield, and many other great-nieces and -nephews. She was predeceased by a brother, Pittsfield Mayor Donald G. Butler, and four sisters, Grace Whitehouse, Helen McDermott, Margurite Butler and Florence Trombley. The funeral will be Monday, Nov. 7, at 2 at DWYER FUNERAL HOME. Burial will follow in Pittsfield Cemetery. Calling hours will be tomorrow, Nov. 6, from 5 to 8 at the funeral home. She also leaves her extended family at Curtis Manor Retirement Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to HospiceCare in the Berkshires in care of the funeral home. Published in The Berkshire Eagle on 11/5/2005.