DOROTHY RUTH SALDO, 86, of 21 Forest Place, Pittsfield, died Tuesday
night at Hillcrest Commons where she had resided the past year.
Born in Pittsfield, March 3, 1921, the daughter of William and Hope Miller
Peaslee, she was educated in Pittsfield schools.
Mrs. Saldo had been employed as an assembler at General Electric Company
for 15 years retiring in 1982. She had previously worked as a presser at the former
Shallet Cleaners in Pittsfield for 15 years.
She enjoyed sewing, decorating cakes, cooking, baking, and being with her
family.
Her husband, Antonio J. Saldo, whom she married July 2, 1938, in New Lebanon,
New York, died December 8, 1992.
Mrs. Saldo is survived by a son, Pittsfield Police Officer Richard A. Saldo of
Pittsfield; a daughter, Suzanne Bilotta of Pittsfield; two brothers, Douglas Peaslee of
Port Richey, Florida, and Robert Peaslee of Pittsfield; eight grandchildren and two great
grandchildren. She was pre-deceased by a daughter, Joan Bertoldi who died in 1983 and
a grandson, Livio Bertoldi who died in 1982.

FUNERAL NOTICE: Funeral services for DOROTHY RUTH SALDO, who died Tuesday, November
27, will be Monday, December 3, at 11:00 a.m., at DERY FUNERAL HOME, with Rev.
Joseph Nieves, Pastor of Christian Assembly Church, officiating. Burial will follow in
St. Joseph's Cemetery. Calling hours will be Sunday, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., at the Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Mrs. Saldo may be made
to the Alzheimer's Association or to HospiceCare in The Berkshires, both in care of the
Funeral Home, 54 Bradford Street, Pittsfield.
Mrs. Saldo is also survived by her daughter-in-law, Susan Saldo, and two sons-
in-law, Lou Bilotta and Livio Bertoldi; eight grandchildren, Leone (Lee) and his wife Lisa Bilotta, Antonio (Tony) and his wife Leah Bilotta, Juliana Bilotta, Jaycee Saldo, Andrea Saldo, Lisa Bertoldi and her husband William Sayre, Laura Bertoldi, and Luciana (Lucy) Bertoldi; and two great grandchildren, Samuel and Andrew Bilotta, children of Leone and Lisa.
She was pre-deceased by a brothers, William, Louis, and Kenneth Peaslee, and
sisters, Grace Beals and Marguerite "Peg" Keefner.