Theresa Ann (Kot) Macchi, 98, of Great Barrington, passed away peacefully Friday, June 6, 2025, at Fairview Hospital surrounded by her three loving daughters. She was born in Van Deusenville on May 27, 1927, daughter to Michael and Kathryn (Zajac) Kot. She was educated in Housatonic, Dewey Middle School, and Searles High School.
Theresa worked as a switchboard operator for New England Telephone Company, as a Dewey School lunch aide, as presser at the Jenifer House, and as a top collater at Kwik Print. She was a communicant of Saint Peter’s Church in Great Barrington and was a member of the Egremont Country Club golf league and played in area tournaments with her daughter Kady, winning many times. She also played in bowling leagues at the Cove Bowling Lanes for many decades, earning a lot of individual accolades, and she bowled in local and regional tournaments with her sister Mary, winning awards and trophies. Theresa was also a Sheffield Art League member, where she enjoyed doing decorative painting, especially watercolors. She enjoyed being a homemaker, tending to her flower gardens, going to tag sales and auctions, and singing in her church choir, and she always had a quick comeback to make you laugh.
Theresa’s husband Silvio P. Macchi Sr., whom she married on November 22, 1952, in Saint Peter’s Church, predeceased her on October 8, 2012. She is survived by her three daughters, Rosemary (Rose) Baumann of Great Barrington, Kathryn (Kady) Macchi of Great Barrington, and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Macchi of Ashley Falls; her brother John Kot of Great Barrington; her six grandchildren, Rachael Armstrong, Brittany Cooley, Lauren Molk, Crystal Bernard, John Litchfield, and Sammantha North; her eight great-grandchildren, Devin North, Amber Ryan, Renee Ryan, Jeffrey Ryan, Lily Bernard, Clare Cooley, Charlotte Cooley, and Easton Armstrong; one great-great-granddaughter, Nina Baudry; as well as many nieces, nephews, and their spouses and family pets. In addition to her husband, Theresa was predeceased by her son Silvio P. Macchi Jr. in 2002; four brothers, William Kot, Amelian Kot, Stanley Kot, and Joe Kot; and her four sisters, Adella Lynch, Helena Love, Sophie Wetmore, and Mary Biasin.
A Funeral Mass for Theresa will be held on Saturday, June 14, at 10 a.m., with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at Saint Peter’s Church in Great Barrington, with Reverend William P. Murphy Pastor officiating. Burial will follow in Saint Peter’s Cemetery. Family will receive friends on Saturday, June 14, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., at the Birches-Roy Funeral Home, 33 South St., Great Barrington, MA 01230. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy in Theresa’s memory may be made to Saint Peter’s Church in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be made through the funeral home’s website.
