Obituaries

Carmen DiGrigoli

Carmen DiGrigoli, 54, of Canton, Ga., a native of Lee, died Friday at home of cancer. Born on Nov. 21, 1947, son of Angelo and Susie Pizzuto DiGrigoli, he was a graduate of Lee High School, where...

Alwina Wood

Alwina Wood, 102, of Providence Care Center, formerly of Northfield and Shelburne Falls, died early Saturday morning at the nursing facility. She was the mother of Helen McCarthy of Lenox. Born in...

Sonya Sokolove

Sonya Sokolove, 92, of 175 West 12th St., New York City, formerly of North Adams, died Thursday afternoon at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Manhattan, N.Y. She moved to New York in 1959 to be with...

Nicholas Mounsey

Nicholas David Mounsey, 18, of Castle Rock, Colo., formerly of Hazelwood Terrace, Pittsfield, died July 27 in Englewood, Colo., in a rock-climbing accident. Born in North Charleston, S.C., on...

Helen Rita Dean

Helen Rita Dean, 77, of 108 Meadow St. died yesterday morning at home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 5, 1924, daughter of Felix and Julia Cavey Duquette, she attended North Adams schools, including...

Dorothy E. Amato

Dorothy Eva Amato, 90, of 489 East Main St. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Cobalt, Ontario, on May 15, 1912, daughter of Frank H. and Eva M. Harris Stockwell, she attended elementary...

Arthur A. Rock Jr.

Arthur Albert Rock Jr., 72, formerly of 892 South Church St. died Tuesday at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown, where he had resided since March 2000. Born in North Adams on Nov. 24, 1929,...

Roger Morrisey Sr.

Roger Joseph Morrissey Sr., 86, a former resident of Quincy Street, North Adams, died Tuesday at Williamstown Commons following a brief illness. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 19, 1916, son of...

Mary I. Tobin

Mary I. Tobin, 87, of 209 Housatonic St., Lenox, a former resident of 92 Seymour St., died yesterday morning at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27, 1914,...

Marie Lafayette

Marie "Marion" Lafayette, 84, of Burlington, Vt., died Saturday at the Starr Farm Nursing Care Center in Burlington. She had suffered a stroke in January 2001 from which she never fully recovered....

John C. Prenguber, 77

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — John C. Prenguber, 77, of 62 Sadler Ave. died Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2002, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had been admitted July 25. Born in North Adams on...

Allison M. Kittler

Alison M. Kittler, 76, of 77 Partridge Road died Monday at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in Deolali, India, on Jan. 12, 1926, daughter of Arthur and Alison McMorran Jones, she moved to Scotland...

Alfred V. Ostrowski, 85

ADAMS, Mass. — Alfred Victor Ostrowski, 85, of 5 Elm St. died Wednesday morning, Aug. 7, 2002, at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in Adams on Sept. 10, 1916, son of Jozef and Katarzyna...

Robert P. Fyler

Robert P. Fyler, 76, of Brea, Calif., a former Pittsfield resident, died July 12 at home of lung cancer. Born in New Haven, Conn., on July 21, 1925, son of Lane K. and Elsie Parmalee Fyler, he...

Lillian DelSoldato

Lillian J. DelSoldato, 65, of State Line Road died yesterday at Willowood Commons, where she had resided for a month. Born in West Stockbridge on Aug. 30, 1936, daughter of William and Carmella...

Helen J. Adams

Helen Jean Adams, 65, of 840 Peaceful Valley Road, North Creek, N.Y., formerly of North Adams, died yesterday morning at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Utica, N.Y., as a result of an automobile accident...

Ruth E. Salvini

Ruth E. Salvini, 95, formerly of School Street, Chester, died Thursday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Chester on June 10, 1907, daughter of Eugene J. and Edna Soule Besancon,...

Robert E. Rohane, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert E. Rohane, 84, of Gibsonton, Fla., formerly of North Adams, died Saturday, July 27, 2002. He was a member of the North Adams City Council during the 1940s. Born in...

Norman V. Blair

Norman Victor Blair, 67, of 46 1/2 Hall St. died Thursday at home after a brief illness. Born in North Adams on Oct. 20, 1934, son of the late James H. and Clara McPhail Blair, he attended North...

Kevin J. Brennan

Kevin James Brennan, 53, of 192 Holmes Road died yesterday morning at home of cancer. Born in Troy, N.Y., on Nov. 28, 1948, son of James F. and Thelma Cunningham Brennan, he graduated from State...

Kenneth MacCuish

Kenneth MacCuish, 96, of Malden died Thursday at McFadden Memorial Manor in Malden. He was the father of Jean M. Dunn of Great Barrington. Born in Malden on Nov. 16, 1905, son of William and...

Georgiana Spellios

Georgiana Spellios, 80, of 654 Dalton Division Road died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since March. Born in Greenfield on Aug. 27, 1921, daughter of Thomas and Penelope...

Salvatore Mangano, 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Salvatore Joseph "Sammy" Mangano, 72, formerly of 378 Cottrell Road, Hoosick Falls, N.Y., and of North Adams, died Thursday, Aug. 1, 2002, at the Vermont Veterans Home in...

Keith A. Witherell, 45

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Keith Allyn Witherell, 45, of 11 Apache Drive died Thursday morning, Aug. 1, 2003, at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center as a result of a motorcycle accident July 29. Born in...

José Garcia

José Garcia, 95, of 162 Bull Hill Road died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Canseco, providence of Leon, Spain, on May 1, 1907, son of Pascual and Fermina Fernandez...