Obituaries

Amelia Walsh Paris

Amelia Walsh Paris, 91, of 87 Highland Ave. died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons Health Care Facility, where she had resided for nine months. Born in Lee on June 23, 1914, daughter of Amedeo and...

Andre E. Martell Sr.

Andre E. Martell Sr., 62, of 504 North Hoosac Road died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Dec. 3, 1943, son of the late Edward P. and Aldea Beauvais Martell, he...

Mary E. LaFontana

Mary E. LaFontana, 52, of 235 North Plain Road, Housatonic, died Saturday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Springfield on Feb. 24, 1953, daughter of Bertha Magdalenski LaFontana and the late Leo J....

Allan E. Kelly

Allan E. Kelly, 75, of 32 Broadway St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 22, 1930, son of George T. Kelly Sr. and Daisy Wixon Kelly, he was a 1948 graduate of...

David Keefner

David Keefner, 63, of Berkshire School Road died Saturday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in Great Barrington on July 7, 1942, son of Benjamin and Dora Race Keefner, he attended...

Dorothy M. DeSanty, 78

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy M. DeSanty, 78, formerly of 78 Richview Ave., died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2006, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on May 30, 1927, daughter of Antonio W. Bellard...

Sophie T. Bombardier

Sophie T. Bombardier, 82, of 31 Lanesborough Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 27, 1923, daughter of Stanley and Josephine Kacensky Stodulski, she was a...

John Asklipious

John Asklipious, 71, of Buel Street died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Flushing, N.Y., on July 25, 1934, son of Alice Fassios Asklipious and the late Otto Asklipious, he moved to...

Mary Emelia Whitman

Mary Emelia Whitman, 86, formerly of 57 Cromwell Ave. died Wednesday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since October 2005. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 16, 1919, daughter of...

Raymond K. Smith

Raymond K. Smith, 90, of Great Barrington Road died Thursday morning at Kimball Farms in Lenox. A lifelong resident of West Stockbridge, he was born on Oct. 14, 1915, son of John P. and Jennie M....

Eldora Jean Ramsay

Eldora Jean Ramsay, 76, formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at Northampton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where she had been a resident for 50 years. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 16, 1930,...

Duncan Weet MacKenzie

Duncan Weet MacKenzie, 73, of 35 Longview Terrace died Tuesday at the Williamstown Commons after a long battle with cancer. Born in Scarsdale, N.Y., on May 2, 1932, son the late Duncan R....

Roma Kathleen Lanier

Roma Kathleen Lanier, 89, of 4 Columbia St., died Tuesday evening at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams on March 22, 1916, daughter of Peter and Mary Bachinske Martin, she...

Cynthia J. Gauthier

Cynthia J. Gauthier, 69, of 72 Kearney Ave., died Tuesday at her daughter's home at 276 Mountain Drive. Born in Hanover, N.H., on March 22, 1936, daughter of Lucien and Medora Duplessis Couture,...

Louise Frances Farrugo

Louise Frances Farrugo, 69, a resident of Hillcrest Commons for the past 18 months and a former resident of Central Annex, 99 Second St., died Monday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in...

Regina Sitkus

Regina Sitkus, 88, of Westerhook Road died Sunday evening at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Home in Great Barrington. Born on June 5, 1917, in Great Barrington, she was the daughter of Josef and...

Ernest P. Laurent, 55

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Ernest Perry Laurent, 55, of 182 East Main St., died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2006, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield as the result of a brain injury related to a...

Paul A. Klein

Paul A. Klein, 90, of Goodrich Street died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. A native and lifelong resident of Stockbridge, he was born on Dec. 18, 1915, in Stockbridge,...

Nancy P. Froio

Nancy P. Froio, 94, of Sugar Hill Senior Living Community in Dalton died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. She was formerly of 806 Williams St., and had resided at Sugar Hill since October...

John D. Coletsos

John D. Coletsos, 73, of 222 Dawes Ave. died Monday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Athens, Greece, on Oct. 22, 1932, a son of Demetrios and Irini Vitalioti...

Vincent M. Barnett Jr.

Vincent M. Barnett Jr., 92, of 1611 Cold Spring Road, professor emeritus at Williams College and former president of Colgate University, died Saturday at home. Born in Whittier, Calif., on Sept....

Joseph Charles Taylor

Joseph Charles Taylor, 43, of 69 Fort Hill Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center after being diagnosed with cancer a month ago. Born in Pittsfield on April 10, 1962, son of Charles F....

William H. Marley

William H. Marley, 66, of 84 Leona Drive and 283 East Main St., Norton, died Sunday at Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro. Born in North Adams on July 9, 1939, son of Clayton H. and Eliza...

Amelia A. "Amy" Christopher

Amelia A. "Amy" Christopher, 88, of Berkshire Place died there Saturday. She was a former longtime resident of Springfield. Born in Forino, province of Avellino, Italy, on May 15, 1917,...

Lansdale Boardman

Lansdale Boardman, 87, of Kimball Farms Retirement Community, 235 Walker St., died Sunday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Lloyd Harbor, N.Y., on Sept. 6, 1918, son of Bradford and...