Obituaries

Frank X. McWilliams

Frank X. McWilliams, 83, of 10 Main St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Staten Island, N.Y., on Jan. 21, 1923, son of Andrew F. and Helen Flynn McWilliams, he...

Lois B. Lepicier

Lois B. Lepicier, 75, of 533 Cold Spring Road died Tuesday at home. Prior to moving to Williamstown in 1968, she had lived in Cheshire. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Aug. 7, 1931, daughter of...

Lois Laptew

Lois Laptew, 70, of College Highway, Southampton, died Tuesday at home. She was a former resident of Hinsdale. Born in Chesterfield on Nov. 7, 1935, she was the daughter of Louis and Ella...

Sister Rose Bernard Donna CSJ

Sister Rose Bernard Donna CSJ, the former Mary Agnes Donna, 97, died yesterday at Albany Medical Center. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 77 years. Born in Dalton on...

Susan E. Donelan, Ph.D.

Susan E. Donelan, Ph.D., 51, of Wayand, died Sunday at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston following a three-year battle with inflammatory breast cancer. Born in Dorchester on June 11,...

Carol A. Dimaina Thompson

Carol A. Dimaina Thompson, 62, of 17 Egremont Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 31, 1943, daughter of the late John R. and Matilda Banus Villanova, she...

Edna D. Pelletier

Edna D. Pelletier, 94, of Union Court died Sunday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for three days. Born in Lawrence on Jan. 29, 1912, daughter of James and Delia Robidoux...

Grace Hakes

Grace Hakes, 78, of 3 Myrtle St. died Saturday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Wilmington, Vt., on Sept. 18, 1928, daughter of Henry P. and Isabella Cardinal Arigoni, she...

Raymond L. Garand, 71

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Raymond Lionel Garand, 71, of 1175 Main St. died Friday, Sept. 29, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Sept. 27, 1935,...

Sylvia Conte Reid

Sylvia Conte Reid, 86, of Yarmouth died Sunday at the Mayflower Place Nursing Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 1, 1920, daughter of Ottavio and Lucia Lora Conte, she...

Deanna Rose Litano

Deanna Rose Litano, 39, of 341 West St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 1, 1967, daughter of Louis C. Litano Jr. and Mary Ratigan...

Enes L. Grassis

Enes L. Grassis, 93, of Sylvan Road, Monterey, died yesterday at Timberlyn Heights, where she had resided for the last several years. She had been a summer resident of Monterey since 1950 and a...

Michael M. Ferris, 86

NORTH ADAMS,Mass. - Michael M. Ferris, 86, of 26 Chase Ave. died Monday, Oct. 2, 2006, at his home. Born in Danbury, Conn., on Sept. 27, 1920, son of George and Sadie Matney Ferris, he moved to...

Nancy McGlynn Doan

Nancy McGlynn Doan, 82, of 51 Dorchester Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Adams on July 17, 1924, daughter of Joseph A. and Augusta Dach McGlynn,...

Carolyn M. Casteel

Carolyn M. Casteel, 74, formerly of 76 Lexington Parkway, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons where she had resided for several years. Born in Kansas City, Mo., on July 5, 1932, daughter of...

Rosemary Frances Bush

Rosemary Frances Bush, 74, of 54 Winter St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 31, 1931, daughter of Philip D. and Mary J. Monterosso Litano Mathes, she was...

Robert Allen Bodine

Robert Allen Bodine, 57, of 338 Maple St. died Sunday at home after an eight-month battle with bladder cancer. Born in Lewes, Del., on April 26, 1949, and adopted at birth by Robert A. and Jane...

Joseph M. Blair

Joseph M. Blair, 68, of 201 Mohegan St. died yesterday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 17, 1938, son of the late Milton and Elizabeth Russell Blair, he was a 1956...

Walter Bieniek

Walter Bieniek, 88, formerly of 66 Park St., died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Savoy on Oct. 1, 1917, son of Kazimierz and Katarzyna Glowacki Bieniek, he moved to...

Doris N. Vallone

Doris N. Vallone, 80, of 349 Lenox Ave. died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in West Stockbridge on July 9, 1926, daughter of Giulio and Rose Sondrini Delmolino, she attended schools...

Mary E. Reilly

Mary E. Reilly, 87, of 92 Mohegan St. died Wednesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 7, 1919, daughter of George and Mary Favre Dausch, she graduated from St. Mary's High School in Lowell...

Eleanor Louise Previtali

Eleanor Louise Previtali, 71, formerly of 379 East St. died Thursday at the Hannah Duston Health Care Center in Haverhill. Born in Pittsfield on June 1, 1935, daughter of Abrian and Lucy Daly...

Lino E. Piantoni

Lino E. Piantoni, 74, of 40 Richmond Lane died yesteday at his home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 16, 1932, son of Erminio and Lucy Cattaneo Piantoni, he was educated there and graduated from...

Stanley Henry Leja

Stanley Henry Leja, 89, of 44 East Hoosac St. died Thursday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Sept. 16, 1917, son of John and Mary Banas Leja, he attended Adams schools....

Valmore S. Cloutier Sr.

Valmore S. Cloutier Sr., 72, formerly of 490 Savoy Road died Thursday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Nov. 8, 1933, son of Valmore R. and Mildred Stone Cloutier, he attended schools...