Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

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Bettencourt Shirley 981208 p11
Shirley Bettencourt, 61;  Final rites are slated here Wednesday for longtime West Side resident Shirley Bettencourt.  She
died last Friday at Memorial Medical Center in Modesto following a short illness.  She was 61.  Born in Tulare, she had
lived on the West Side for 55 years before moving to Modesto.  She had worked as a teachers aide in the Newman Crows
Landing School District and was a member of SPRSI, UPEC, SCEA, and the Tracy Golf and Country Club.  A vigil will
be held this evening, Tuesday, at 7 o clock at the Hillview Funeral Chapel in Patterson.  A Mass will be held Wednesday
at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with burial in Hills Ferry Cemetery in Newman to follow.  Visitation at the
chapel will be from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday.  Survivors include a son, James F. Bettencourt Jr., and a daughter, Rosanne
Christopherson, both of Patterson; a stepson, Gary Bettencourt of Tacoma. Wash.; three grandchildren; and three
brothers, Michael Perry of Washington, D.C., Robert Reed of Colorado, and Marion Cliets of Tulare.  Remembrances
should be sent to T.O.S.C.A., P.O. Box 18, Newman, Calif 95360.