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BROCK, MARY, 100
BROCK, MARY, 100, a longtime resident of the North Barre Manor, died January 8 at Woodridge Nursing Home in Berlin, where she had been a patient since October 2010. Her family had been at her bedside. Born Sept. 16, 1911, in Barre, she was the daughter of Carlo and Antonia (Mancini) Stefanazzi, and had attended Barre schools. She was the widow of the late Pietro Baratelli and Harold Brock. Locally, Mary had been involved in food preparation at the former Granite City Coop Creamery and later at the soda fountains at Fishman's and Newberry's department stores in Barre. Making holiday decorations for family and friends, playing bingo, and taking her grandchildren fishing were her favorite pastimes. Her memberships included the former North Barre Chapel, the Queen Esther Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 7 of Waterbury, and Mackenzie-Webster Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 790 auxiliary. Survivors include her daughter Delina Loati and her husband, Ronald, of Barre; five grandchildren; as well as 10 great-grandchildren. She was also predeceased by her parents; her daughter Rosa Hefner; two brothers, Ugo and Eugene Stefanazzi; and her sister, Eliza King.
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