Obituaries

Mary E. Klahn

Mary E. Klahn, 81, of Summer Street died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Lee on Nov. 9, 1920, daughter of Harold and Dorothy Buckbee Soules, she moved to Sheffield at...

Louis Novaris Sr.

Louis Novaris Sr., 97, of 22 Pembroke Ave. died Wednesday evening at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Marseille, France, on Oct. 4, 1904, son of Joseph and Maria Cougliou Novaris, he moved to Pittsfield...

Jane Perry

Jane O'Gara Perry, 70, of 72 Oak St. Ext. died Wednesday evening at the home of her daughter, Diane M. Kelly, at 227 Raymond Ave., Dalton. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 13, 1932, daughter of Martin...

Eleanor Bender

Eleanor M. Bender, 87, of 548 South St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Amsterdam, N.Y., on Nov. 7, 1914, daughter of John and Anna Soppa Siegle, she graduated...

Elmira F. Hollister

Elmira F. Hollister, 80, of Pittsfield died Monday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 26, 1921, daughter of Philip and Ruby Clark O'Bert, she attended local schools. Mrs....

Areitta M. Rado

Areitta M. Rado, 81, of 29 Benton St., Winsted, Conn., a native of Great Barrington, died Tuesday at home. Born in Great Barrington on July 28, 1921, she was the daughter of Clayton and Ethel...

Clovis M. Lambert

Clovis M. "Curly" Lambert, 82, of 118 Church St., Proprietor's Field, Williamstown, died Tuesday, June 11, 2002, at the Sweet Brook Health Care Center, Williamstown. Born in Worcester on Nov. 9,...

Richard L. Ginthwain, 60

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard L. Ginthwain, 60, of 15 Chickering St. died Monday, June 10, 2002, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 16, 1942, son of Kristantos and...

Marcel E. Hinkell, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Marcel Edgar Hinkell, 75, of Shelburne, formerly of North Adams, died Sunday, June 9, 2002, at Anchorage Nursing Home in Shelburne after a brief stay. Born in North...

Jovina Osnato

Jovina Osnato, 88, of Castle Hill Road, Glendale, died Saturday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in New York City on Sept. 19, 1913, daughter of Henry and Pauline...

Bernadette Ford

Bernadette E. Ford, 80, of 6605 Pointe West Boulevard, Bradenton, Fla., formerly of 125 North St., died Monday at Blake Hospital Medical Center in Bradenton, where she was admitted Friday. Born in...

Virginia I. Storti

Virginia I. Storti, 86, of Beachtree Commons, Silver Street, died Saturday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 11, 1915, daughter of Thomas F. and Irene O'Brien Graham, she was...

Katherine Dupuis

Katherine Louise Dupuis, 84, formerly of 62 Churchill Crest, died Sunday at Haywood Hospital in Gardner, where she had been a patient since May 7. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 10, 1917, daughter of...

Blanche Banach

Blanche Banach, 83, of 220 Grove St. died Saturday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in Housatonic on April 6, 1919, daughter of Joseph J. and Aleksandra Ptak Zarimba,...

Arthur E. Peltosalo

Arthur Everitt Peltosalo, 80, of Gibson Island, Md., a former resident of Pittsfield, died Friday at home after a lengthy battle with prostate cancer. He was a former GE vice president and head of...

Teresa Dodge

Teresa Dodge, 88, of 88 Liberty St. died yesterday at North Adams Commons, where she was admitted May 31 following a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 18, 1913, daughter of Giacomo and...

Julia M. Kolano

Julia M. Kolano, 88, of Davis Street, Ludlow, died Saturday at HealthSouth Hospital in Ludlow. She was the mother of Patricia E. Brien of Pittsfield. Born in Wilbraham on Nov. 1, 1913, she was the...

Eleanor M. Bryan

Eleanor M. Bryan, 93, of 52 Wahconah Heights died Saturday afternoon at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Middlefield on Oct. 14, 1908, daughter of George W. and Mary Agnes Cody Bryan, she...

Lina Elizabeth Drake

Lina Elizabeth Nason Drake, 83, of Columbia Arms, 65 Columbus Ave., died yesterday at home. Born in Dover, N.Y., on Sept. 5, 1918, daughter of Harry and Blanche Hufcut Winship, she graduated from...

Kenneth L. Hart

Kenneth L. Hart, 43, of Dalton Avenue died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Great Barrington on Jan. 29, 1959, son of Edith Pixley Hart of Pittsfield and the...

Joseph R. Pevay

Joseph Robert Pevay, 69, of Springfield, died Wednesday at home. He was the father of Deborah J. Pevay of North Adams. Born in Somerville on June 18, 1932, son of Joseph and Josephine Bartkovich...

Dorothy Hankey

Dorothy R. Hankey, 75, of 70 Cottage Lane, Ashley Falls, died Wednesday at home. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., on Jan. 16, 1927, daughter of Arthur and Anna Hesselberg Kimble, she moved to Great...

Dayla C. Bechta

Dayla C. Naylor Bechta, 62, of 210 Columbia St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Los Angeles on April 22, 1940, daughter of Otto and Bertha Tenczar Andrews, she...

David R. Rehbein

David R. Rehbein, 66, of 79 Lakeshore Drive, West Brookfield, formerly of Pittsfield and Lenox, died Wednesday at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Born in Springfield on Feb. 24, 1936, son of Edwin...

Angelina Carnevale

Angelina Carnevale, 93, of 152 Cole Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Canton, N.Y., on Oct. 8, 1908, daughter of James and Marie Concolina Russo, she attended schools there...