12/11/2020 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Janet Beattie Filiault, 88, of Williamstown, died peacefully on December 11 at Albany Medical Center, after a long decline in health, slipping away from her family quietly in her sleep. Janet was the devoted wife of Edward A. Filiault, and they celebrated their 60th diamond wedding anniversary before his passing in 2018. Janet and Bud met working together at the Boston Store as teenagers, and she mourned every day without him. We fervently believe he welcomed her with open arms and couldn’t wait to have her by his side again. Born during the Great Depression in North Adams to Thomas and Mildred McDonald Beattie, Janet was a lifelong Massachusetts resident who strongly objected, as a devoted Red Sox fan, to moving recently to New York Yankee territory to be nearer to her daughters. She attended Drury High School, graduating from Cushing Academy and Bay Path Junior College, and worked in a bank until her marriage. Janet was a homemaker most of her life, raising her two daughters after she lost her oldest daughter at birth. She became certified as a nursing home activities director and worked at Sweet Brook Nursing Home, after she came to know many of the residents when her mother lived there. She was also a long-time volunteer at North Adams Regional Hospital, logging thousands of hours there until its closure, wheeling people around, filing lab work, and generally acting as a part-time unpaid employee. Janet made many of her closest friends through her volunteer work and loved her lunches with the ladies.