Obituaries

Patricia Anne Shine

Patricia Anne Shine, 74, of 146 Thornliebank Road, died Friday at home. She was a winter resident of Hutchinson Island in Florida. Born in Boston on April 3, 1931, daughter of Stephen and Mary...

Rita Rain Quimby

Rita Rain Quimby, 72, a resident of Timberlyn Heights nursing home, died there Feb. 28 after a long illness. Born in Pittston, Pa., on Nov. 17, 1933, daughter of Albert E. and Margaret Touhill...

Lillian Clairmont Harrington

Lillian Clairmont Harrington, 94, formerly of 882 Savoy Road, died Friday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on June 26, 1911, daughter of William and Emma Norman Brassard,...

Eveline A. Geno, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Eveline Antoinette Geno, 86, of 93 Cleveland Ave., Apartment 41, died Friday, March 17, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Valley Falls, R.I., on Oct. 21,...

Mary Harwood Cook

Mary Harwood Cook, 93, died Thursday morning at Sweet Brook Care Centers. She had been a resident of Devonshire Estates in Lenox from 2000 to 2002 and of Melbourne Place in Pittsfield from 2002 to...

Frederick K. Bressette

Frederick K. Bressette, 83, of Sagamore Beach, died Wednesday at Jordan Hospital in Plymouth. He taught at Drury High School for 10 years and was a professor at the former North Adams State College...

Richard Antonangeli

Richard Antonangeli, 75, of 279 Elm St., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 7, 1930, son of Louis and Cecelia Antonangeli Antonangeli, he was educated in...

Dr. Lincoln Eramo

Dr. Lincoln Eramo, M.D., 88, of 16 Williams St., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had resided in Craneville Place since July 2001. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 12, 1918, son of...

Merle Patrick Wynn

Merle Patrick Wynn, 99, of Bow Wow Road, died Wednesday at Great Barrington Health and Rehabilitation Center, where he had resided since 2002. Born in Sheffield on April 24, 1906, son of Merle A....

Frederick S. Simon, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Frederick Salem Simon, 88, of 335 State St. died Monday, March 13, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on April 16, 1917, son of Salem G. and...

Foster D. Boice

Foster D. Boice, 78, of Lenox Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 25, 1927, son of Howard W. and Avis Drake Boice, he attended Carson Long Military Academy...

Dominic Francis Sangiovanni

Dominic Francis Sangiovanni, 87, of Medway died Monday at his home. Born in Pittsfield on May 25, 1918, son of Guiseppe and Rosina Coiro Sangiovanni, he graduated from St. Joseph's High School...

Lois Eloise Ferris

Lois Eloise Ferris, 92, formerly of 6 Main St., the Curtis, died Monday afternoon at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where she had resided for the past three years. Born in North Scriba, N.Y.,...

Rev. Robert H. Cummings

The Rev. Robert H. Cummings, 84, of 203 Summit Ave., Plainfield, died Tuesday morning in his home following a long illness. Formerly, he served St. Mark's Church of Adams. Born in Beverly on...

Maureen Stapleton

Maureen Stapleton, 80, a star of the Broadway stage, movies and television, died Monday morning at home. Born in Troy, N.Y., on June 21, 1925, daughter of John and Irene Walsh Stapleton, she as a...

Christine A. Stafford-Shaw

Christine A. Stafford-Shaw, 69, formerly of Pittsfield, a resident of 787 S.W. 33rd Street, Palm City, Fla. for the past 20 years, died Monday at her home. Born in Pittsfield, Dec. 24, 1936,...

Phillip V. "Tootie" Nicola Jr.

Phillip V. "Tootie" Nicola Jr., 52, of 1270 North St., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 7, 1953, son of Phillip V. Nicola Sr. and Teresa Hugabone Nicola, he was...

George William Juno

George William Juno, 20, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., and Adams died early Saturday morning in Palm Beach County, Fla., as the result of a motor vehicle accident. Born in North Adams on April 16,...

Nancy J. Brosnihan, 73

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Nancy Jean Brosnihan, 73, of 165 North St. died Sunday morning, March 12, 2006, at Noble Hospital in Westfield, where she was admitted on Feb. 19, 2006. Born in...

Alexander Mark Bashara

Alexander Mark Bashara, 15, of 151 Bull Hill Road died Sunday as a result of injuries sustained in a snowboarding accident at Jiminy Peak. Born in Pittsfield on April 30, 1990, son of Mark and...

Beatrice I. Todd

Beatrice I. Todd, 91, of 176 Columbus Ave., died at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility on Thursday. She had resided there for three months. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 14, 1914, daughter of...

Leona E. Ostrander, 97

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Leona Eva "Babe" Ostrander, 97, of 45 Spring St., died Saturday evening, March 11, 2006, at North Adams Commons. Born in Lynn on July 16, 1908, daughter of William and...

James C. Messana Sr.

James C. Messana Sr., 79, of 47 Rhode Island Ave., died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 12, 1927, son of Ignazio and Altonza Vaccaro Messana, he graduated from...

Eleanor M. "Corky" Corrigan Hanlon

Eleanor M. "Corky" Corrigan Hanlon, 91, formerly of 120 Pollock Ave., died Saturday at Timberlyn Heights in Great Barrington, where she had resided for the past year. Born in Adams on Dec. 18,...

Claire Mae Hurlbut Fortini

Claire Mae Hurlbut Fortini, 76, of 94 Lincoln St., died Sunday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted on Friday. Born in North Adams on Jan. 27, 1930, daughter of...