Obituaries

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...

Robert G. Ashton, 81

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Robert George Ashton, 81, of 80 Langlois Ave., The Spruces, and 214 Third St., West Nokomis, Fla., died Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2001, at Bon Secoeurs Hospital in Venice, Fla.,...

Loretta Kenney

Loretta M. Kenney, 86, of 82 Second St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Aug. 9, 1915, daughter of Edward and Jenny DePelteau Curry, she attended Pittsfield...

Lawrence Farmer

Lawrence "Pat" James Farmer, 73, of 140 Bunce Road, Ashley Falls, died Monday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in Quebec, Canada on Dec. 27, 1927, son of John Buzzell and Catherine...

Elizabeth Gaither

Elizabeth Walker Gaither, 81, of Kimball Farms, 235 Walker St., formerly of 97 Leroi Drive, Pittsfield, died Monday at home. Born in Haverhill on July 21, 1920, daughter of Tom P. and Ruth Ann...

Sylvia F. Flink

Sylvia Fay Flink, 74, of Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Pittsfield, died Nov. 12 at La Rosa Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing in Tucson. Born in Pittsfield on June 10, 1927, daughter of Richard and...

Ruth E. deSousa

Ruth E. deSousa, 79, of 149 Louis Road, Springfield, a former resident of Tyringham, died Sunday at East Longmeadow Nursing Home. She was a former member of the Tyringham School Committee and former...

Marie B. Knight

Marie B. Knight, 90, of Side by Side, 120 Onota St., died Sunday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Norwich, Conn., on Sept. 16, 1911, daughter of Theodore and Anna Moreno Holmes, she...

Louis P. Lemay Jr.

Louis P. Lemay Jr., 74, of 65 Concord St., Nashua, N.H., a former resident of Pittsfield, died Thursday evening at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua. Born in Springfield on Nov. 3,...

Emilia Vazquetelles

Emilia L. Vazquetelles, 97, of Stockbridge Road died yesterday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Isabela, Puerto Rico, on Nov. 2, 1904, daughter of Onofre and Pascasia Galvan Lopez, she was educated...

Doris Meloveck

Doris M. Herlihy Meloveck, 78, of Pomeroy Manor died yesterday afternoon at Craneville Place of Dalton. Born in Richmond, Va., on Jan. 23, 1923, daughter of William and Lillian Alderman Flynn, she...

Rosemary J. Cook

Rosemary J. Cook, 67, of 39 Newell St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 7, 1934, daughter of Charles J. Monteleone Jr. and Mary Carlo Monteleone, she...

Richard M. Davine, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Richard Michael Davine, 77, of 1474 South Church St. died Saturday evening, Nov. 17, 2001, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Rutland, Vt., on Dec. 17, 1923, son...

Mary V. Brown

Mary Victoria Brown, 81, of 41 Notch Road died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Cynthia Morin of West Castleton, Vt. Born in North Adams on Dec. 30, 1919, daughter of John and Louise...

Josephine Livecchi

Josephine Livecchi, 88, of Fenn Street died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had been a resident since July. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 12, 1913, daughter of Santos...

Eugenia Quirico

Eugenia M. Quirico, 86, of 1282 East St. died Sunday at Berkshire Place, 89 South St., where she had resided since July. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 10, 1915, daughter of Luigi and Lucia Giovanetti...

Mathew Nazzewski

Mathew Nazzewski, 90, of 9 1/2 Richmond Lane died yesterday morning at home. Born in Fulton, N.Y., on Dec. 25, 1910, son of Victor and Anna Topor Nazzewski, he moved to Stamford, Vt., as a child...

Marya Cunningham

Marya E. Cunningham, 48, of Becket died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Manchester, N.H., on Aug. 22, 1953, daughter of June Richard Dahl Dawson of Suncook, N.H., and the late Henry...

Mary A. DeGrenier, 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. â€' Mary Alice DeGrenier, 86, formerly of 195 Elberon Ave., died Thursday morning, Nov. 15, 2001, at Hillcrest Commons, where she had been admitted March 17, 2000. Born in...

Marjorie Palmer

Marjorie Doris Palmer, 80, of 20 Hawley Road, a former resident of Adams, died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Adams on May 31, 1921, daughter of Frank J. and Florence Faucogney Charbonneau,...