NATICK: Antoinette “Toni” Arthur, age 80, a lifelong resident of Natick, died peacefully on Friday morning, September 20, 2013, at the Miriam Boyd Parlin Hospice Residence in Wayland after a brief illness.
Toni was born in Natick on November 2, 1932, one of the twelve children of Sotir and Eleanora (Ndini) Arthur. She was a 1950 graduate of Natick High School.
After 32 years of employment with Telecron/General Electric, Toni worked with Commonwealth Gas/NStar until her retirement in 1998. She had been involved throughout her life with the Albanian Orthodox Church of the Annunciation and was a member of the Albanian Women’s Society, Vetetima.
Antoinette will be remembered for her kindness and love shared with family and friends. She enjoyed traveling.
She is survived by four sisters, Vasilika Verdi and her husband Arthur of Hadley, Flora Busconi of Hopkinton, Pauline Steffon of Auburn, and Loretta Gentilotti and her husband James of Mendon; two brothers, Louis Arthur and his wife Lori of Stratford, CT, and Thomas Arthur and his wife Patricia of Ashland; and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, and cousins. She was also the sister of the late Nicholas, Arthur, Vingo, George, and Dorothy Ann Arthur.
Her funeral services will be held at the Albanian Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, 37 Washington Street, Natick, on Friday, Sept. 27th at 10:00a.m. Burial will follow at Dell Park Cemetery.
Visiting hours will be held at the John Everett & Sons Funeral Home, 4 Park Street at Natick Common, on Thursday from
4 – 7p.m.
Donations may be made in Antoinette’s memory to Albanian Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, 37 Washington Street, Natick, or The Justin Bailey Scholarship Fund, c/o Middlesex Savings Bank, 6 Main Street, Natick, MA 01760.