Stella V. (LoPresti) Matt

Stella V. (LoPresti) Matt, 87, of Pawling, N.Y. and more recently of Newburyport, Mass., passed away Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008 at Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport. She was the wife of the late Anton "Toni" Matt.Stella was born in Arlington, Mass. on May 8, 1920, the daughter of the late Frank and Mary (Guarente) LoPresti, and was a graduate of Arlington High School 1939. She was a bank teller at the Former Boston Five Cents Savings Bank in Arlington. Mrs. Matt was a Catholic Daughter, C.C.D. teacher, lector, and parish member at St. Johns Catholic Church in Pawling, N.Y., where she resided for many years before coming to Newburyport.Mrs. Matt survived her husband of 45 years, Toni Matt, an Austrian born hall of fame ski racer who is famous for schussing the headwall at Tuckerman Ravine during the 1939 Inferno Race on New Hampshires Mount Washington.Toni and Stella crossed the country while working with the growing ski industry after World War II. After starting their family at the Big Mountain in Whitefish, Mont., the Matts came east to Pawling, N.Y., where Stella lived until 2004.She is survived by five children, Marydeth Matt, of Everett, Mass.; Carol Zubiel and husband Paul, of Beverly, Mass.; Richard Matt and wife Elaine, and Tracy Matt, all of Naugatuck, Conn.; Francee Quinlan and husband Michael, of Newbury, Mass.; a sister, Gloria Ringland, of Cambridge, Mass.; and eight grandchildren.Calling hours at Horn and Thomes Funeral Home, 83 East Main Street, Pawling, N.Y. will be Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008 from 12 -1:30 p.m. followed by a funeral mass at 2 p.m. from St. Johns Church in Pawling. Burial will follow at St. Johns Cemetery in Pawling, N.Y.