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Norwood Obituary: M. Dorothy Butters

Ms. Butters was a former resident of Norwood.

M. Dorothy Butters, 87, of Walpole, formerly of Norwood and S. Yarmouth, Thurs., March 27. Born in Norwood, Aug. 18, 1925, the daughter of David J. Butters and Ruth M. (Morgan), she worked at Ropes & Gray in Boston. She volunteered at many community charities on Cape Cod including, Cape Cod Hospital and St. Pius Church's Hospitality for the Homeless and also was a missionary in Honduras for many years. Dorothy was the dear sister of Joan P. and her husband Paul Charron of Norwood, David J. Butters and his wife "Ginny" of NY, NY, Stephen J. Butters and his wife Mary Alice of Norwood, and the late Elizabeth A. and her late husband Peter Long. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, Apr. 2, at 8:00 AM from the Gillooly Funeral Home, 126 Walpole St., (Rt. 1A) NORWOOD, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:00 AM at St. Catherine of Siena Church, Norwood. Interment will follow at Highland Cemetery, Norwood. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home on Monday, Apr. 1, from 3:00 – 7:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Dorothy's memory to St. Jude Research Hospital, P.O. Box 50, Memphis, TN 38101.

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