Betty Barsch, 76, of Yarmouth Port passed away on June 3, 2024. Annette Fiscina, the dearest person in her life, and her pup Tina Rose were by her side.

Betty was born during a blizzard to Josephine Barsch and Adolf Reitmeister in Flushing, New York. Betty was a kind and generous and loving person. She was devoted to her family who affectionately called her Bonnie.

She was a wonderful friend to all whom she knew and loved everyone unconditionally. Betty was very talented and accomplished in many different paths in her career. She showed her special talents when at the age of sixteen she sent a short story to the producers of Bonanza, a very popular television series. They loved it and turned it into one of their weekly shows. She started her work career in banking and acquired an Associate Degree from the Institute of Banking in Manhattan. Though she loved banking her great love was working directly with people. While working in Revlon and Random House Books she found her love for computers and training others to use them. She developed her Public Relation skills while Director of Training for Random House. She used those skills to roll out projects across the country.

For many years, Betty was a Women’s Society Board Member at St. Pius X as well as the Co-Chair of the Publicity Committee where she would send out the newsflashes, do the weekly bulletin inserts, and manage all the publicity for the summer and Christmas church fairs. In addition, she and Annette would dress up as Mrs. Clause and her Elf for the Children’s Corner and do crafts with the kids at the fair. The flower in her hair and her bubbly personality brought so much laughter and enjoyment to the room.

Her faithful devotion to Sr. Faustina, the Divine Mercy, the Blessed Mother, and St. Joseph was inspiring and comforting to many of us. Betty was compassionate, love filled, and had a strong faith in God. She spearheaded a prayer chain which went around the world 24 hours a day joining all faiths as one voice to pray for one purpose. She left an indelible presence to all who knew and loved her. As a member of the Prayer Warriors, Betty was always willing to pray for your intentions and kept you in her heart during tough times. We can now pray for Betty as she has made this final journey home to our heavenly Father and is now one with all the angels and saints. Betty will be missed by everyone whose life she touched.

Visitation will be held on Friday, June 7, 2024, from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at Hallett Funeral Home, 273 Station Avenue, South Yarmouth, MA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, June 8, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Pius X Church on Station ave. Burial will follow at the Chandler Gray Cemetery, West Yarmouth, MA.

In lieu of flowers, can be made to Best Friends Animal Society or St. Jude’s Research Hospital. If you have a local charity which you support, please feel free to do so.