Barbara B. (Burt) Ralicki

August 18, 1922 - February 14, 2021

Barbara Bernice (Burt) Ralicki, passed away on February 14th at the age of 98 at Vero Health & Rehabilitation of S. Hadley. She was born August 18, 1922 in Easthampton to Florence (Salls) and Clinton Burt. Barbara spent her working career with the telephone industry. She was an avid collector of buttons, loved to display them, and won many ribbons in competition. She lived in Sunderland, MA with her pre-deceased husband, Charles V. Ralicki. In her later years she moved to Tucson, AZ and loved the climate there. She would walk every day and volunteered at the complex she lived in. Barbara leaves behind her siblings; Jairus Burt of Easthampton, William Burt of Plainfield, Ruby Lois Bean of Whately, she also leaves behind over twenty nieces and nephews who take very good care of her in her later years. Besides her parents and her husband Charles, she was predeceased by her siblings Shirley Clifford of Tucson, AZ, and Clinton “Bud” Burt of Easthampton. A celebration of life will be conducted on August 18, 2021, COVID permitting. DROZDAL FUNERAL HOME of Northampton has been entrusted with her services.