Dorothy Y.

AUBURN Dorothy Y. (Gaspie) Herron, 91, of Auburn, died Thursday, July 7, 2011 at The Meadows of Leicester, following an illness.

Her beloved husband of 57 years, Edward E. "Bud" Herron, Jr. died in 1999.

She leaves her four children, Richard E. Herron and his wife Roberta of Auburn, Patricia M. Schnare and her husband Thomas of Sterling, Robert R. Herron and his wife Denise of Auburn, and Edward E. "Bud" Herron, III and his wife Renee of Shrewsbury, VT; her nine grandchildren, Richard Herron, Jr. of Boylston, Craig Herron of Worcester, Tricia M. Schnare with the US Navy, Thomas Schnare, Jr. of Ashby, Robert Schnare of Sterling, Melissa Herron of Worcester, Matthew Herron of Auburn, Bethany Herron and Edward E. Herron, IV, both of Shrewsbury, VT; her three great grandchildren, Aiden Schnare, Mikayla and Makenzy Herron; her two brothers, Robert Gaspie of Worcester and James Gaspie of Honolulu, Hawaii; several nieces and nephews and her close friend, Albert Incorvati of Westborough, as well as her dear friends past and present at Pakachoag Village in Auburn and Greendale Peoples Church. She was predeceased by her four brothers, John, Walter, Joseph and Charles Gaspie and by her two sisters, Mary Johansson and Florence Gibbs. She was born in Provincetown, MA, a daughter of the late John and Elsie M. (Young) Gaspie. She has lived in Auburn for more than 50 years. As a young woman, Dorothy worked as a waitress for Wong's restaurant in Provincetown and later as an elevator operator at the Slatter Building in...