Obituaries

Donald W. Wright Sr., 64

ADAMS, Mass. - Donald W. Wright Sr., 64, of 206 Columbia St. died Saturday, March 4, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital as a result of an alimentary canal disruption. Born in North Adams on...

Carlo S. Pelaccio

Carlo S. Pelaccio, 79, of 38 Dartmouth St. died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since January. Born in Pittsfield on June 1, 1926, son of Salvatore and Splendore Placido...

William Richard Kuczynski

William Richard Kuczynski, 76, of 18 Water St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Fall River on Sept. 6, 1929, son of Boleslaus and Bertha Nowak Kuczynski, he moved...

Henry M. Donahoe

Attorney Henry M. Donahoe, 81, of 3 Whiteholm Road died Saturday at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where he had resided since October 2002. Born in Pittsfield on July 13, 1924, son of Charles...

James H. Vater

James H. Vater, 81, of Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Great Barrington, died Wednesday in Tucson after a long illness. Born July 5, 1924, in Jamaica Plain, son of John T. and Amelia Sceviour Vater, he...

Helen V. Lanoue

Helen V. Lanoue, 96, of 65 Gallup St., North Adams, died Tuesday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Nov. 20, 1909, daughter of John and Sofia Kochanek Walczak, she attended schools in North...

Judy Mae Keech

Judy Mae Keech, 62, formerly of Bradford Street, died Tuesday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Keene, N.H., on Oct. 5, 1943, daughter of Randall and Pauline Porter Rogers, she...

Helen A. Gage

Helen A. Gage, 86, of 30 Chestnut St. died Wednesday morning at her home. Born in Lee on Oct. 25, 1919, daughter of Charles and Laura Brazee Armstrong, she attended Lee schools. She was a...

Richard A. Cabral

Richard A. Cabral, 86, died Sunday morning at his home in the Curtis Apartments. Born on Sept. 5, 1919, in Provincetown, son of Antone and Margaret Tasha Cabral, he was educated in schools in...

Margaret M. Brown

Margaret M. Brown, 87, of 620 Laurel St., formerly of Fuller Street, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Lee on March 21, 1918, daughter of James and Margaret Irwin...

Charles S.F. "Stan" Boudreau

Charles S.F. "Stan" Boudreau, 71, of West Center Road died Tuesday evening at his home. Born in Petit de Grat, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, on May 20, 1934, son of Francis and Violet DeCoste...

Colleen M. Peterson Smead

Colleen M. Peterson Smead, 75, of 193 Elberon Ave., died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since January 2006. Born in New York state on May 5, 1930, daughter of Claude and...

Jessica "Jay" Miner Burnett Pike

Jessica "Jay" Miner Burnett Pike, 93, formerly of 48 Windom Terrace, died Sunday morning at the Belle Reve Nursing Home in Milford, Pa., where she had resided for the last few years. Born in Savoy...

Paul C. Froio

Paul C. Froio, 91, of 93 Lucia Drive died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 21, 1915, son of Antonio and Rose Dastoli Froio, he attended local schools and graduated...

George R. Baumann

George R. Baumann, 83, of North Street died Tuesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 2, 1923, son of George M. and Louise Meyers Baumann, he attended school in...

Phyllis J. (Heath) Twombly

Phyllis J. (Heath) Twombly, 64, of 25 College Ave., North Adams, died Monday, Feb. 27, 2006, at home. Born in Rutland, Vt., on June 10, 1941, she was the daughter of Carlisle and Evelyn (Van...

John R. Grubbs

John R. Grubbs, 89, a longtime resident of Monterey, died Sunday morning at his home on Cronk Road. Born on Aug. 22, 1916, in Addyston, Ohio, son of John and Mary E. Johnson Grubbs, he attended...

Lola A. Gordon-Palma

Lola A. Gordon-Palma, 78, of 79 Doreen St., died Friday evening at home after a long illness. Born on Dec. 19, 1927, in Swifton, Ark., daughter of Rufus and Mary Hatfield Jones, she attended...

Jennie J. Gilardi

Jennie J. Gilardi, 86, formerly of 61 Elberon Ave. died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since January. Born in Hinsdale, Aug. 11, 1919, a daughter of Ignatius and Maria...

Frank Edward Deminoff

Frank Edward Deminoff, 83, of 41 James St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 30, 1922, son of the late Walter and Anna Kosowan Deminoff, he attended local schools...

Paul S. Blanchette

Paul S. Blanchette, 80, of 1 Berkshire Square died Friday afternoon at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Springfield on July 4, 1925, son of Arthur and Anna Smith Blanchette, he came to Adams...

April L. Willey

April L. Willey, 22, of 6 Stonebridge Way died Saturday at home after a long batle with a rare metabolic disorder. Born in Pittsfield on May 25, 1983, daughter of Gary and Janet Willey Willey, she...

Mary Ellen McMahon, 89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mary Ellen McMahon, 89, of 118 Church St., Proprietor's Field, died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006, at Williamstown Commons. Born in the Blackinton section of North Adams on...

Sally Joan Mayhew

Sally Joan Mayhew, 74, of State College, Pa., died Wednesday at the Mount Nittany Medical Center, in State College, Pa. Born in Pittsfield on April 26, 1931, to the late Wilford and Mary L. Ryder...

Tyson Thomas Kueblbeck

Tyson Thomas Kueblbeck, 33, of 18411 South Tapps Drive, East Sumner, Wash., died Tuesday in Tacoma, Wash., from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Born in Great Barrington on Aug. 24,...