Elizabeth (Betty) Tatro

Elizabeth Tatro, 88, of Mendon died Tuesday evening at Parkland Medical Center in Derry, NH.

She was born in West Rutland April 30, 1933, the daughter of Bertram and Sarah (Dwyer) Putnam. Betty was a graduate of West Rutland High School class of 1951.

Mrs. Tatro was a member of the Sodality of Christ the King Church, a member of Maple Leaf Quilt Guild, a 20-year volunteer in the Retired Seniors Volunteers Project.

She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She enjoyed knitting, making quilts for her friends and family, doing puzzles on her iPad, bingo, playing slot machines, and scratch-off tickets.

Surviving are children Allen, Sharon (Gene Shorey), Stewart (Karen Sherwin), Clarisse (Nigel Burnet), Rosanna (Shawn Brewster), Randall (Karen Gibbons), Marie (Michael Zukowski), Harley (Linda Wilson), Alicia (Dean Russell), Doreen (Jeffrey Adams), Janine (Thomas Cavanaugh), Lauri (David Proulx), Gary (Danielle Durham), Rebecca, and Sarah (Michael Rau), and 30 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

She was pre-deceased by her husband Frederick Tatro in 1982, by brother John (Jack) Putnam, by grandson Stephen Welch, granddaughter Emily Adams, and son-in-law Adam Smiles.

Visitation will be held Saturday, September 11, 2021 from 11:00 to 12:30 at Clifford Funeral Home in Rutland.

Funeral services will be held Saturday September 11, 2021 at 1:00 pm at Christ the King Church in Rutland.

Burial will follow in Tenney Cemetery in Mendon.

A reception will follow at the Godnick Center.

Contributions may be made SIDS Foundation c/ sids.org/ways-to-help/donate/ To Diabetes Assoc, American Cancer Foundation or to a charity of ones choice.

Arrangements are under the direction of Clifford Funeral Home in Rutland.