Obituaries

Edmund Jenks Burdick

Edmund Jenks Burdick, 95, formerly of 85 Eagle St., died Monday at the Sweet Brook Care Center, where he had been admitted Feb. 11, 1999. Born in Adams on July 1, 1907, son of Elmer and Mary...

Charles T. Hunt Jr., 76

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Charles T. Hunt Jr., 76, of 10 Cummings Ave. died Monday, Oct. 21, 2002, at home. He was the father-in-law of acting Gov. Jane Swift, who is married to his son, Charles T....

Dana J. Gibeau, 56

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Dana James Gibeau, 56, of 288 Shadowland Cove died Monday, Oct. 21, 2002, at University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. Born in North Adams on June 28, 1946,...

Paul D. Blanchard

Paul D. Blanchard, 80, of Wallingford, Pa., died Sunday at Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital in Darby, Pa. Born in North Adams on Jan. 19, 1922, son of Floyd D. and Florence Eldredge Blanchard, he...

Virginia A. Sanginetti

Virginia A. Sanginetti, 74, of 325 Fenn St. died Saturday at home. She was co-owner and dispatcher for Fenn Street Towing Service until 1992. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 25, 1928, daughter of...

Thaddeus Stanley Dziegiel

Thaddeus Stanley Dziegiel, 81, of 128 North Summer St. died early yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital shortly after being admitted. Born in Adams on May 19, 1921, son of Stanislaw...

Isabella Lancashire

Isabella Lancashire, 103, of 67 Smith Ave. died Thursday at North Adams Commons in North Adams, where she was admitted Sept. 2. Born in Village Drum, County Monaghan, in southern Ireland, on May...

Claude H. Burke

Claude H. Burke, 100, of New Marlborough Road died Friday morning at Laurel Lake Center in Lenox, where he had been a resident since March. Born in Monterey on Feb. 9, 1902, son of John T. and...

Thomas Ventura

Thomas Ventura, 96, of 1 Berkshire Square died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. Born in Palermo, Sicily, on Jan. 10, 1906, son of Salvatore and Alfonsa Scanella Ventura, his...

Exilda Helen Beauchamp

Exilda Helen Beauchamp, 96, of 13 Phelps Ave. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Readsboro, Vt., on Oct. 14, 1906, daughter of Adelor and Josephine Scarbo Gelinas, she was educated there....

Anna V. Grillone, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Anna Veronica Grillone, 79, of 45 Furnace St. died Thursday, Oct. 17, 2002, at North Adams Regional Hospital, after she was admitted because of a brief illness. Born in...

Frances Elizabeth Paradise

Frances Elizabeth Paradise, 81, of 94 Belden St. died Wednesday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Sunday. Born in North Adams on Nov. 7, 1920, daughter of Harry...

Bert E. Benson, 73

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Bert Edward Benson, 73, of 66 Pines Lodge Park, died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2002, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was police chief in Clarksburg from 1954 to...

Theresa A. Brothers, 68

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Theresa A. Brothers, 68, of 15 Morningview Drive died Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2002, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Dec. 1, 1933, daughter of Arduino B....

SisterMary Cantalicia Filip

SisterMary Cantalicia Filip, 105, died yesterday at the Holy Family Infirmary of the Felician Sisters' Convent in Enfield, Conn. Born in Adams on Dec. 29, 1896, daughter of Joseph and Catherine...

Howard J. Delisle, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Howard Joseph Delisle, 79, of 121 Johnson St. died Monday, Oct. 14, 2002, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Nov. 27, 1922, son of Israel Joseph...

Angelena A. Colo, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Angelena Anna Colo, 84, of 73 Veazie St. died Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002, at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided since 2000. Born in North Adams on Jan. 11, 1918,...

Annie L. Litano

Annie L. Litano, 85, formerly of 312 Wahconah St., died yesterday morning at Springside Nursing Home. Born in Stuyvesant Falls, N.Y., on April 21, 1917, daughter of John and Carrie (Crabtree)...

Louise Suzanne Girardey

Louise Suzanne Girardey, 83, formerly of 110 Housatonic St., died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 20, 1918, daughter of Francis A. and Ernestine Oeschger Chaourt,...

Shirley F. Roberts

Shirley F. Roberts, 70, of 12 Sunnyside Drive died yesterday at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington, where she had resided since November 1999. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 24, 1931, daughter of...

Hazel Merriam Geraghty

Hazel Merriam Geraghty, 103, formerly of Meadowvale, Apt. B1, 35 Adams Road, died Sunday morning at Sweet Brook Health Care Center, where she had resided since April 20, 1994. Born in Pittsfield...

Maria Dorotea Jaroslava Hybler Krofta

Maria Dorotea Jaroslava Hybler Krofta, 85, of Yokun Ave. died yesterday at home. Born October 27, 1916, in Jaroslav, which is now part of Poland, she was the daughter of Marie Swoboda and Julius...

The Rev. James Sherman Chase

The Rev. James Sherman Chase, 85, of South Egremont died yesterday morning at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington, where he had resided since February 2001. Born in Mechanic Falls, Maine, on May...

Gerald Edward Varuzzo

Gerald Edward Varuzzo, 81, of 1386 South Church St. died yesterday at Williamstown Commons, where he had resided since March. Born in North Adams on Nov. 4, 1920, son of Joseph and Frances Myers...

Janet E. "Snookie" Seelig

Janet E. "Snookie" Seelig, 61, of 50 Cook Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in New Marlboro on Nov. 7, 1940, daughter of Luella P. Hart Keefner, she was a 1958...