Obituaries

Richard Lawrence Basile

Richard Lawrence Basile, 82, of 53 Churchill Crest died yesterday at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 16, 1924, son of O. Lawrence and Louise Capucci Basile, he graduated from a Brooklyn...

Lucien Ernest Solak

Lucien Ernest Solak, 77, of Beaumont Drive died Thursday morning at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since April 17. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 24, 1928, son of Joseph and Pauline...

Lewis A. Rote Jr.

Lewis A. Rote Jr., 73, or 15 Home Road died Thursday at his home. Born in Sheffield on Aug. 5, 1932, son of Lewis A. Rote Sr. and Elizabeth Segalla Rote, he attended local schools and was a 1950...

James Terrence MacIvergan

James Terrence MacIvergan, 67, of Hendersonville, N.C., died peacefully on Monday, June 26, 2006, at the Kateri Residence in New York. Born in North Adams on Oct. 16, 1938, son of the late James...

John Arthur LeClair Sr.

John Arthur LeClair Sr., 76, of 35 Rand St. died Thursday morning at the North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on March 28, 1930, son of the late Zephyr Osias LeClair and Lillian Huttle...

Charles I. King

Charles I. King, 80, of 161 Bradford St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 6, 1926, son of Walter J. King Sr. and Theresa Gough King, he was educated in local...

Joseph S. George

Joseph S. George, 93, of Palm Bay, Fla., formerly of Adams died Wednesday at his home. Born in Adams on Sept. 2, 1912, son of Salem J. and Freda Shakar George, he attended Adams schools and...

Harry E. Greenlaw, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Harry Edwin Greenlaw, 74, of 740 Daniels Road died Sunday evening, July 2, 2007, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, following a long illness. Born in Calais, Maine,...

Antonio "Tony" J. Cosentino

Antonio "Tony" J. Cosentino, 82, of 27 Christian Hill Road died Sunday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Lawrence on Feb. 23, 1924, son of Joseph and Clementina Caruso Cosentino, he graduated from...

James E. Altman

James E. Altman, 71, of 37 Bossidy Drive died Sunday at home. Born in Four Oakes, N.C., on Jan. 7, 1935, son of Samuel and Nettie Lee Altman, he graduated from high school in North Carolina....

Alice Agnes Sheldon

Alice Agnes Sheldon, 93, formerly of 103 Main St., died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on June 2, 1913, daughter of Charles and Alice Birch Sheldon, she lived in Pownal,...

Emma McDarby

Emma McDarby, 90, of Lynn Ann Drive died yesterday at the home of her brother, Raymond Bertelli of State Road in Great Barrington, where she had resided since she became ill in May. Born in Lee...

Sophie Kalisz, 94

ADAMS, Mass. — Sophie Kalisz, 94, of 16 Siara St. died Monday, July 3, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Sept. 13, 1911, daughter of John and Mary Banas Leja, she...

Stephen J. Hornyak

Stephen J. Hornyak, 69, of 405 Pittsfield Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 20, 1936, son of Stephen and Ethel St. John Hornyak, he was a 1954 graduate of...

Mona Pauline Gosselin

Mona Pauline Gosselin, 78, of 2334 Government Road, Clayton, N.C., formerly of Pittsfield, died June 26 at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh, N.C., after a long illness. Born in Bear Creek, Ala., on...

Dr. Edward Benjamin Gardner

Dr. Edward Benjamin Gardner, 86, of 600 Laurel St., a former longtime resident of Walker Street in Lenox, died June 27 at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Cambridge on June 15, 1920, son of...

Marion Collins

Marion Collins, 82, of 432 Eagle St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Dec. 26, 1923, daughter of William J. and Gladys Francis Geddes, she graduated from...

Arthur Waring "Skip" Paddock

Arthur Waring "Skip" Paddock, 79, of Holmes Road died Wednesday at home after a brief illness. Born in Orange, N.J., on Aug. 7, 1926, son of Arthur H. and Helen Rochelle Paddock, he graduated...

Ellen M. Kilfeather

Ellen M. Kilfeather, 52, of 226 First St. died Thursday at home of natural causes. Born in Great Barrington on Sept. 2, 1953, daughter of Gordon Carter and the late Gloria Hendershot Carter, she...

Lillian Monica Piwko

Lillian Monica Piwko, 87, of 4 Second St. died yesterday at Medway Country Manor in Medway. Born in Adams on Jan. 20, 1919, daughter of Charles and Katherine Lenartowicz Gutowski, she attended...

Richard Francis Maloney

Richard Francis Maloney, 73, of 329 Norfolk Road, Southfield, died yesterday at home. He was a member of the New Marlborough Zoning Board of Appeals and a former town moderator. Born in...

Sidney Hale Thomas

Sidney Hale Thomas, 87, of 235 Walker St. died Wednesday at Kimball Farms in Lenox. Born in Rutland, Vt., on Feb. 2, 1919, son of Julius C. and Gladys Wells Thomas, he was educated in the Orwell...

John W. Roy

John W. Roy, M.D., of Ellicott City, Md., formerly of Lenox, died at home on Saturday. Born in Pittsfield on May 1, 1920, son of Augustus and Celia McGee Roy, he attended Lenox schools and was a...

Stanley Francis Patryn

Stanley Francis Patryn, 87, of 21 Branch St. died yesterday at home. Born in Adams on June 27, 1919, son of Leon and Sophia Irzyk Patryn, he attended schools in Adams and North Adams, and was a...

Michael D. Gauthier, 45

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Michael David Gauthier, 45, of 423 Pattison Road died Wednesday, June 28, 2006, at his home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 18, 1960, son of David Gauthier of Pownal, Vt.,...