Obituaries

Edward J. Hakes

Edward J. Hakes 79, of 34 Commercial St. died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been admitted Nov. 12. Born in Adams on June 12, 1922, son of William H. and Lena...

Wilson Aponte

Wilson Aponte, 44, formerly of 36 Springside Ave., died Nov. 15 of lung cancer at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in West Haven, Conn. Born in Pounce, Puerto Rico, on Jan. 17, 1957, son...

Matthew Loszynski, 86

ADAMS, Mass. — Matthew Peter "Spike" Loszynski, 86, of Millhouse Apartments, 75 Commercial St., died Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001, at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Dec. 13, 1914, son of...

Lawrence Urbano

Retired Superior Court Judge Lawrence B. Urbano, a Williamstown native and former member of that town's Select Board, died Tuesday evening at the Hampshire Care Center in Leeds. Urbano, who lived on...

Alfred J. Calvano

Alfred J. Calvano Sr., 81, of Silver Street died Tuesday at Fairview Hospital. Born March 27, 1920, in Brooklyn, N.Y., son of Salvatore and Provendenzia Circardo Calvano, he attended Brooklyn...

Yolanda Puppolo

Yolanda Maria "Donda" Puppolo, 84, of 380 Ashland St. died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield Nursing Home. Born in North Adams on April 22, 1917, daughter of Geaue and Adele DelDebbio...

Raymond Brownson

Raymond Louis Brownson, 83, formerly of Great Barrington, died Sunday in Brooksville, Fla. Born in Great Barrington on March 28, 1918, son of Edward S. and Cora L. Turner Brownson, he attended...

Martin Wojick Jr.

Martin J. Wojick Jr., 72, of 971 West St. died Saturday as a result of injuries received in an automobile accident in York, Maine. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 6, 1929, son of Martin J. Wojick Sr....

Jack E. Kissinger

Jack E. Kissinger, 67, of RR5, Wellsboro, Pa., formerly of Lee, died Sunday at home. Born in Carlisle, Pa., on Oct. 25, 1934, he was the son of the late Ralph K. and Lorraine Smith Kissinger. He...

Francis C. Bashara

Francis Charles Bashara, 79, of 20 West Housatonic St. died Monday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Adams on April 24, 1922, son of Charles and Christine Mekedeci Bashara, he...

DeEtte Catherine Fyfe

DeEtte Catherine Fyfe, 86, of 54 Williamsburg Terrace died Monday at Craneville Place of Dalton, where she had been a patient since June 1. Born in Albany, N.Y., on April 28, 1915, daughter of...

Charlotte Morris

Charlotte M. Morris, 74, of 3115B Colonial Way, Chamblee, Ga., formerly of Pittsfield, died Nov. 16 at Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth, Ga., of cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 26, 1926,...

Catherine Beaulieu

Catherine Mary Beaulieu, 82, a native and former resident of Church Street, died Monday at her home in Decatur, Ga., where she had resided for the past nine years. Born in Cheshire on Oct. 21,...

William Mahanna

William E. Mahanna, 80, of Santa Barbara, Calif., formerly of Lenox, died Wednesday at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. Born in Lenox on Nov. 22, 1920, son of John and Helen LaBrode Mahanna, he...

Ruth D. Switzer

Ruth D. Switzer, 93, of 170 The Knolls died Sunday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center, where she had resided since 1999. Born in Manhattan, N.Y., on Feb. 13, 1908, daughter of Archibald Battle...

Kenneth Sullivan

Kenneth Hayes Sullivan, 50, of Starboard Lane, York Harbor, Maine, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at York Hospital from injuries he received in an automobile accident earlier in the...

Helen A. Brown

Helen Amelia Collings Brown, 91, of 243 Mohawk Forest Boulevard died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Thursday. Born in North Adams on Feb. 2, 1910, daughter of...

Dorothy Armstrong

Dorothy M. Armstrong, 79, of 155 Marble St. died Saturday at home. Born in Lee on Dec. 24, 1921, daughter of Augustine and Victoria Monachina Julieano, she attended schools there. Mrs....

Alice P. Carson, 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Alice Patricia Carson, 72, of 45 Spring St. died Monday, Nov. 26, 2001, at home. Born in North Adams on June 19, 1929, daughter of Edward and Sarah Giroux Lauzon, she...

Phyllis Mettifogo

Phyllis M. Mettifogo, 83, formerly of 43 Edward Ave., died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for six years. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 11, 1918, daughter of Felix and Antoinette...

Margaret L. Malatesta

Margaret L. Malatesta, 65, of 71 Bishop Parkway died Saturday afternoon at home. Born in Norwich, Conn., on Nov. 18, 1936, daughter of John and Alicia Bellows Aubrey, she was a 1954 graduate of...

Inez E. Mara

Inez E. Mara, 98, formerly of 201 Onota St., died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for 10 years. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 4, 1903, daughter of John B. and Electa LaPointe...

Gladys H. Race

Gladys H. Race, 98, of North Street, Housatonic, died Saturday at Fairview Commons Nursing Home. Born in Housatonic on Sept. 28, 1903, daughter of Walter L. and Ida Hastings Nicholas, she...

Diane E. Vincent

Diane E. Vincent, 49, of 89 Friend St. died Thursday afternoon at home after a long illness. Born in Springfield on July 18, 1952, daughter of the late Robert J. and Ruth Huff O'Dell, she moved to...

Viola Christopher

Viola V. Christopher, 79, of 137 Benedict Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 29, 1922, daughter of Giuseppe and Assunta D'Arcangelo Liccardi, she attended...