Obituaries

Helen Mangiardi

Helen Marie Mangiardi, 78, of 29 Lakewood Drive died Wednesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center, where she had been admitted Aug. 2. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 4, 1923, daughter of Joseph and...

Frank M. Segala

Frank M. "Chet" Segala, 72, of 38 Hazelwood Terrace died Wednesday at home, following a brief illness. Born in Malcesine sul Garda, Province of Verona, Italy, on Feb. 11, 1930, son of Frank and...

Bertha Kreger

Bertha Kreger, 94, formerly of 214 Park Ave. died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since January 1996. Born in Poland on Feb. 1, 1908, daughter of Harry and Yetta...

Norman Bellinger

Norman Ray Bellinger, 80, of Ballentine, S.C., a native of Pittsfield, died Tuesday. Born on Dec. 3, 1921, son of Rudson R. and Zilpha Barnes Bellinger, he graduated from the former Dalton High...

Margaret Shaffer

Margaret Elizabeth Shaffer, 97, of Brewster, formerly of Otis, died Tuesday at Epoch Senior Care in Brewster. Born in New York City on Feb. 23, 1905, daughter of George and Anna Hall Raino, she...

Charles Bradford

Charles Edward Bradford, 79, of Beverly, formerly of Pittsfield, died Aug. 6 at Ledgewood Rehabilitation in Beverly after a long bout with Alzheimer's disease. Born Oct. 20, 1922, in Tulsa,...

Sanford Hartman

Sanford H. Hartman, 94, of 235 Walker St., Kimball Farms Retirement Community, died Monday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Cleveland on May 23, 1908, son of Jacob and Malvina...

Rev. Ronald Lussier

The Rev. Ronald P. Lussier, 74, pastor of St. George Church in the Chicopee Falls section of Chicopee, died Monday. He was a former pastor of Holy Family Church in North Adams. Born in Chicopee on...

Peter Borie

Peter Borie, 88, of Yale Hill, Stockbridge, and Philadelphia, died Saturday at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. Born in Philadelphia on Sept. 12, 1913, son of Adolphe and Edith Pettit...

Paul Rapkowicz

Paul H. Rapkowicz, 75, of 125 Euclid Ave. died Monday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 2, 1926, son of Harry and Rose Sidak Rapkowicz, he attended local schools...

Marie L. Gattuso

Marie Louise Gattuso, 84, of 48 College Ave. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on May 10, 1918, daughter of Alfred and Roseanne Lanier Lefebvre, she attended...

John C. O'Brien

John C. "Jack" O'Brien, 32, of 3332 Eliot St., Denver, died Thursday at St. Anthony's Central Hospital in Denver after being stricken at home with an apparent heart attack. Formerly of 20 Longview...

Jean Rufo

Jean Rufo, 71, of Agawam, formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday at home. Born Jan. 21, 1931, in Pittsfield, daughter of Leon and Anna Tarantino Dragone, she was a 1948 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Edward J. Bishop

Edward J. Bishop, 77, of Bourg, La., a native of Hinsdale, died July 31. Born on Feb. 13, 1925, son of Thomas and Clara Briggs Bishop, he attended local schools. An Army veteran of World War...

Rosa P. Maurer

Rosa P. Maurer, 84, of 59 Circular Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 17, 1918, daughter of Antonio and Virginia Curcio Parisi, she attended local...

Joseph M. Tracy

Joseph Murray Tracy, 87, of 49 Main St. died Sunday at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Mr. Tracy served on the Stockbridge School Committee from 1950 to 1968 and on the Berkshire Hills...

James C. Allen

James C. Allen, 70, of 305 Fenn St. died Saturday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Aug. 29, 1931, son of Clifford E. and Mary Louise Lecuyer Allen, he attended local...

Helen C. Gallivan

Helen Catherine Gallivan, 89, of 20 Summer St. died Sunday morning at Craneville Place of Dalton, where she was admitted several years ago. Born in Worcester on Aug. 5, 1913, daughter of Frank J....

Frances MacArthur

Frances A. MacArthur, 76, of 362 South Main Road died Saturday afternoon at home. Born in Chelsea on Nov. 14, 1925, daughter of Charles G. and Mabel Frances Butt Bearce, she attended schools in...

Exilda Bianco

Exilda "DeeDee" Bianco, 96, formerly of 51 Chestnut St., died Sunday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center, where she had resided since 1997. Born in North Adams on Sept. 6, 1905, daughter of John...

Edward C. Perkins

Edward C. Perkins, 83, of Tyringham and Bethlehem, Pa., died Monday morning at home in Tyringham. Born in Ridgefield, Conn., on July 31, 1919, son of Edward N. and Kate Riggs Perkins, he was...

William Nacorchuk

William Nacorchuk, 83, of 68B Highview Drive died Friday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 29, 1919, son of Anthony and Anastasia Kowchuk Nykorchuk, he was a 1938...

Sharon Hamblin

Sharon Hamblin, 49, of Route 23B, Claverack, N.Y., a native of Egremont, died yesterday at Hospice in the Catskills in Hudson, N.Y. Born on May 18, 1953, daughter of Donald and Grace Taylor...

Leonard Hoffman

Leonard A. Hoffman, 74, of Cherry Plain and Malone, N.Y., died yesterday morning of cancer at home in Malone. He was the father of Patricia Schmidt of Windsor. Born in Cherry Plain, son of Michael...

Jeannine A. Macchi, 72

PITTSFIELD, Mass. â€' Jeannine A. Macchi, 72, of 48 Adam St. died Saturday, Aug. 10, 2002, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 7, 1929, daughter of Anthony and Roseanna...