Obituaries

Edna Finkle

Edna Finkle, 80, of Canaan-Southfield Road died yesterday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Torrington, Conn., on Sept. 27, 1920, daughter of Frederick and Anna Seedorf Hastedt, she moved with her...

Aldo L. Galvagni

Aldo L. Galvagni, 82, of 332 Merrill Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 14, 1919, son of Giovanni and Rosa Galvagni Galvagni, he attended local...

Jacqueline Ann Peck

Mrs. Jacqueline Ann (Miller) Peck, 69, of 343 Cross Road, Clarksburg, MA, died Wednesday afternoon April 18, 2001, at the North Adams Regional Hospital where she was admitted on Monday, April...

William J. Newell

William J. Newell Sr., 75, formerly of 40 Willard Place, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 19, 1925, son of George and Marie Vanderlee Newell, he was educated in...

Rose L. Cianfarini

Rose L. Cianfarini, 85, formerly of 98 Cromwell Ave., died Thursday, April 12, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since 1994. Before entering the nursing home, she had...

Robert Lorenzini

Robert A. Lorenzini, 83, of 3506 Hancock Road died at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. an engineer and the holder of many patents, he had resided in Hancock for the past 31 years, moving from...

Olive C. Pudlo

Olive Cathleen Pudlo, 97, of 10 Briggs St. died Monday at Willowood Health Care Center in North Adams. Born in North Adams on Aug. 26, 1903, daughter of Patrick and Sarah Murphy Prendergast, she...

Lucia R. Johnson

Lucia R. "Lucy" Johnson, 91, of 66 Roselyn Drive died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Bromptonville, Quebec, Canada, on Sept. 21, 1909, one of 17 children born to Napoleon J. and Rose D....

Louise Samboruk

Louise V. Samboruk, 79, of Our Lady of the Meadows at 1 Pinnacle St., Richford, Vt., a former resident of Great Barrington, died Monday at Fletcher Allan Hospital in Burlington. Born in Lee on...

Lawrence G. Botto

Lawrence G. "Sonny" Botto, 60, of 24 Ventura Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center of lung cancer. Born in Hinsdale on Sept. 14, 1940, son of the late Lawrence and Edna Grover Botto, he...

Joseph Carmody

Joseph Edward Carmody, 75, of 1009 Peck's Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 12, 1925, son of John T. and Elise B. Bourquin Carmody, he was a 1943 graduate of...

James LaFleche Jr.

James E. LaFleche Jr., 52, of 717 Waxwing Court, Kissimmee, Fla., died Tuesday, April 3, of a heart attack. He previously had been a resident of Cheshire for 10 years. Born in Adams on Jan. 7,...

Frederick Besancon Jr.

Frederick J. Besancon Jr., 50, of Ruidoso, N.M., a former resident of Otis, died Monday at home. Born in Great Barrington on March 1, 1951, son of Frederick Besancon Sr. and E. Marie Tracy...

Evelyn B. Cahalan

Evelyn B. Cahalan, 90, formerly of 23 East Alford St., died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since 1999. Born in South Lee on May 16, 1910, daughter of Michael and Mary Coles...

Dorothy Rudisill

Dorothy Kay Rudisill, 60, of 170 Old Stockbridge Road, and Houston, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center after a 30-year battle with multiple sclerosis. Born on San Banard, Texas, on Dec. 18,...

Dorino B. Blasioli

Dorino B. "Tony" Blasioli, 81, of Waltham died Sunday in Deaconess-Waltham Hospital. Born in Italy, son of Dominic and Mamie DeSantis Blasioli, he emigrated to the United States at a young age...

Dixon Hall Daniels

Dixon Hall Daniels, 79, of 7 Daniels Ave. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. He was a longtime Adams businessman and civic leader. Born in Adams on Sept. 30, 1921, son of Rupert B....

Zora M. Rozinak

Zora M. Rozinak, 80, a resident of Sweetwood Continuing Care Community, died Wednesday at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on Nov. 1, 1920, daughter of Bedrich and Karla...

Tyler J. Roberts

Jay Roberts, 20, of 129 Gibbs Road died Thursday in Blandford. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 11, 1980, son of David and Sandy Moyer Roberts, he received his GED in Great Barrington. Mr. Roberts...

Philip E. Kalker

Philip E. Kalker, 68, of 94 Ide Road and Hilton Head Island, S.C., died at his Williamstown home Sunday after a long illness. He was a former member of the Planning Board and Finance Committee....

Marie A. Shultis

Marie A. Shultis, 94, died Saturday at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Home and Alzheimer's Center in Great Barrington. Born in Lee on June 29, 1906, daughter of Evi and Alma Har-rington Shultis, she...

Irmgard B. Waller

Irmgard B. Waller, 82, of Devonshire Estates died yesterday at Kimball Farms Nursing Center. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, on May 20, 1918, daughter of Wilhelm and Lilly Engel Brill, she attended...

Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers, 81, of Melbourne, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died April 8 at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 17, 1919, daughter of Ralph and Rose Teti...

Felicia A. Banas

Felicia Alice Banas, 88, of 69 North Summer St. died early yesterday at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams on May 18, 1912, daughter of John and Katherine Krawczyk Jamros, she...

Dr. Helena G. Miller

Dr. Helena deKay Gilder Miller, 87, of 10450 Lottsford Road, Mitchellville, Md., a summer resident of Tyringham, died April 6 at home in Mitchellville. She was the last surviving granddaughter of...