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PostHeaderIcon DOROTHY JAYNE CZECZOT of AMHERST, MASS, October 21, 1922 – October 6, 2015

 

 

                                   

 

 

 

Amherst, Dorothy Jayne (Hatch) Shumway Czeczot, passed away on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at the home of her son, Alan, in Amherst. She would have been 93 on October 21. 

 

She was born in Springfield, Ma on October 21, 1922 to the late Frank E. and Irene (Phelps) Hatch. Dorothy graduated from Technical High School in Springfield in 1940. She attended the Womens’ College of the University of North Carolina, Mass State, and Northampton Commercial College.

 

For many years she worked as office manager for her former husband’s business, Philip. E. Shumway, Inc./ General Contractor. She owned and operated The Viking, a women’s dress shop, located both in Northampton and South Hadley. She was also a real estate broker in the area. 

 

She is survived by her son Alan Shumway and his family of Amherst, Ma and her daughter, Jayne Shumway and family of Gilmanton, NH., her daughter in law, Ann Marie Shumway and family of Stuart, FL., her two step daughters, Mary Garboski and family of Pelham, NH and Paula Silva and family of Dacona, CO., Dorothy is also survived by her sister, June Torrey of Cape Elizabeth, ME. and her family, her sister in law, Fran Hatch of Conway, Ma. and her former husband, Philip E. Shumway of Amherst, MA. Dorothy was loved by her 10 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren

and 1 great-great grandchild. 

 

She was predeceased by her son, Scott Shumway of Amherst in 1977, her husband of 24 years, Edwin Czeczot in 2011, and her brother Harold Hatch of Conway, MA in 2014. 

 

Private funeral services will be held Saturday Oct. 10, 2015 at the Douglass Funeral Service, Amherst. The services will be conducted by the Rev. Stuart S. Shumway, her nephew, a minister at First Baptist Church of Stuart, Florida. Private burial will follow in Wildwood Cemetery, Amherst. 

 

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in Dorothy’s name to the Friends of the Amherst Senior Center c/o Bangs Community Center, 70 Boltwood Walk, Amherst, MA 01002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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