Obituaries

Esther B. Rivest, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Esther Barbara Rivest, 79, of South Hadley, a native of North Adams, died Saturday, June 2, 2001, at Meadowood Nursing Home in South Hadley after a short illness. Born on...

Elvenia Johnson

Elvenia A. Johnson, 96, formerly of Billings Street, died Friday evening at Buckley Manor in Greenfield. She moved to Greenfield in 1985. Born in Lenox on March 22, 1905, daughter of William N....

V. Carmello Stracuzzi

V. Carmello F. Stracuzzi, 82, of 111 Stearns Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in Taormina, province of Messina, Sicily, on Oct. 3, 1918, son of Rosario and Carmella Stracuzzi Stracuzzi, he...

M.M. Ellsworth-Durant

Margaret M. "Peggy" Ellsworth-Durant, 60, of 202 Dewey Ave. died Wednesday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield because of complications from surgery. Born in Pittsfield on March 27, 1941,...

Matilda Villanova

Matilda I. Main Villanova, 81, formerly of 10 Union Court Apartments, 10 Union St., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Laurel Lake Assisted Living in Lee for a year and a...

Francis LaPointe

Francis John "Frenchy" LaPointe, 40, of 1156 Russell Drive, Mount Pleasant, S.C., a native of North Adams, died Monday at home. Born in North Adams on April 7, 1961, son of Marguerite Theresa...

Frances M. Mace

Frances M. Mace, 82, of 62 Charles St., a former longtime resident of Chelmsford, died Wednesday afternoon at Sweet Brook Care Center. Born in Arlington on May 20, 1919, daughter of Oscar and Mary...

Antonio Scapin Sr.

Antonio J. Scapin Sr., 78, of 130 Tamarack Ave. died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Lee on Dec. 11, 1922, son of Eugenio and Angelina Maule Scapin, he attended Lee schools. He served in the...

Walter Richardson Jr., 77

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Walter Charles Richardson Jr., 77, of 60 Bachand Ave. died Wednesday morning, May 29, 2001, at home. Born in Adams on March 25, 1924, son of Walter C. and Elizabeth I....

Rev. Douglas Berndt

The Rev. Douglas James Berndt, 75, of 183 Fowler Road, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, former rector of St. George's Church in Lee and former vicar of the Church of the Good Shepherd in South Lee, died Sunday...

John F. Daly

John F. "Jack" Daly, 64, of 31 Henry Ave., owner and operator of Rita Marie's restaurant on Route 7 in Lanesboro, died yesterday morning at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on July 4,...

H. Norton Schell

H. Norton Schell, 93, formerly of 90 Candlewood Drive, died May 14 at Willowood Health Care Center. Born in North Adams on June 20, 1907, son of Harlan P. and Elizabeth Horton Schell, he graduated...

Frank C. Pullaro

Frank C. Pullaro, 87, of 176 Columbus Ave., Apartment 112 B, Berkshiretown Apartments, died Wednesday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. He was admitted May 17. Born in Pittsfield on Aug....

Benjamin F. Bates

Benjamin F. Bates, 78, formerly of 35 Linden St., died Tuesday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had resided for three years. Born in Holyoke on May 28, 1923, son of Thomas E.W....

Vincent E. Welch

Vincent E. Welch, 82, of 68 Chickering St. died Tuesday at home. Born in Great Barrington on March 13, 1919, son of Patrick and Anna Geraghty Welch, he was a 1937 graduate of the former Searles...

Phyllis Larkin

Phyllis Larkin, 95, formerly of Knob Street, died yesterday at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Home, where she had been a resident since April 1998. Born in Magnolia on April 21, 1906, daughter of...

Peter N. Amandos

Peter Nick Amandos, 75, of 56 Maplewood Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 11, 1926, son of Nick and Lopa Giftos Amandos, he attended local schools and...

Laura M. Bona

Laura M. Bona, 79, of 3 Wheatley Drive died yesterday at home. Born on Leominster on Nov. 5, 1921, she was the daughter of Joseph and Sarah Fournier Malanson. Mrs. Bona moved to Stockbridge in...

Kenneth Jones

Kenneth E. Jones, 89, of 113 Main St. died Monday at home. Born in Bangor, Maine, on April 23, 1912, son of Franklin and Nellie Young Jones, he attended schools there and was a 1934 graduate of...

Joseph Bormolini

Joseph J. Bormolini, 69, of Stockbridge Road and Brookville, Fla., died May 16 at home in Brookville. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 21, 1931, son of Guiseppi and Anna Bonfato Bormolini, he attended...

Isabella Goodair

Isabella Goodair, 100, of 253 Dawes Ave. died Monday at home. Born in Rickmansworth, England, on April 1, 1901, daughter of Hugh W. and Isabella Southall Goodair, she attended schools in England....

Irene Mongue

Irene Mongue, 87, of 360 West Housatonic St., Pittsfield, a former longtime resident of Worthington Road, East Windsor, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Cleveland on Oct. 20,...

Carolyn F. Westwood

Carolyn F. Westwood, 78, of 154 Windsor Bush Road, died Monday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston of complications following heart surgery in March. Born in Boston on Feb. 19, 1923,...

Albert C. Fisk

Albert C. Fisk, 82, of 845 North Main St. died Monday at Sweetbrook Care Center in Williamstown, where he had been a resident since February 1999. Born in Chicago on April 27, 1919, son of Albert...

Everett Emprimo

Everett W. Emprimo, 82, of 5 Home Place, Winsted, Conn., formerly of Great Barrington, died yesterday at home. Born in New Marlboro on May 21, 1919, son of Frank and Mary Finkle Emprimo, he...