Obituaries

Joseph T. Vella

Joseph T. Vella, 90, of 269 Lenox Ave. died Sunday at Springside Nursing Home, where he had resided for the past year. Born in Cheshire on March 26, 1914, son of Virgilio and Angelina Bertelli...

Joshua Morgan Stracener

Joshua Morgan Stracener, 16, of 35 Glenwood Ave. died Sunday at Children's Hospital in Boston. The cause of death is still under investigation. Born in Walnut Creek, Calif., on May 16, 1988,...

Thaddeus "Teddy" Skubel

Thaddeus "Teddy" Skubel, 75, of 5 Water St. died Monday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Sept. 21, 1929, son of John and Honorato Gajda Skubel, he attended schools...

Norma Amelia Plouffe

Norma Amelia Plouffe, 90, formerly of 90 McIntosh Drive, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Kimball Farms Nursing Center in Lenox for two months. Born in Pittsfield on...

Ingrid L. Dickey,71

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Ingrid Louise Dickey, 71, of 100 Lincoln Drive died Monday evening, Feb. 28, 2005, at home after a long illness. A former longtime resident of North Adams, she moved to...

Mary A. Boris

Mary A. Boris, 83, of 899 South Main St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Great Barrington on Aug. 15, 1921, daughter of Ignatius and Sophia Bazonski Badurski, she...

Margaret Elizabeth "Ma" Barry

Margaret Elizabeth "Ma" Barry, 82, of 174 Eleanor Road died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. She taught math and chemistry at Taconic High School for 20 years, retiring in 1994....

Thomas "Papa Tom" Mosca

Thomas "Papa Tom" Mosca, 74, of 736 East St. died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 13, 1930, son of Gregory and Giovanna Stratotti Mosca, he was a 1948 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Donald Godbout

Donald Godbout, 69, of 125 Smoke St., Barrington, N.H., formerly of North Adams, died Thursday at the Portsmouth (N.H.) Hospital after a period of failing health. Born April 4, 1935, in North...

Beverly E. Enright

Beverly E. Enright, 68, of 92 Raymond Drive, died Thursday morning at home after a long battle with a malignant brain tumor. Born in Copake, N.Y., on July 31, 1936, daughter of John E. Wasuk and...

Joseph John Sorensen

Joseph John Sorensen, 39, of 600 Main St. died Thursday evening at home following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on March 21, 1965, son of John Sorensen of Epsom, N.H., and Patricia P....

Joseph Frank Sinopoli

Joseph Frank Sinopoli, 90, of 709 Peck's Road died Friday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 17, 1914, son of Vito and Maria Salzarulo Sinopoli, he attended local...

Samuel S. Simonetta

Samuel S. Simonetta, 92, of 10 Storm View Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on March 2, 1912, son of Raffaele and Raffaela Manella Simonetta, he...

Harold S. Musselwhite Jr.

Harold S. Musselwhite Jr., 83, 14 Clifford St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on April 24, 1921, son of Harold S. Musselwhite Sr. and Hazel Peterson Musselwhite,...

Evelyn M. Ferroro

Evelyn M. Ferroro, 88, of 2511 Valley Forge Court, Eustis, Fla., formerly of Lenox, died Tuesday evening at Florida Hospital Waterman in Tavares, Fla. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 8, 1916, daughter...

Richard O. Coon

Richard O. Coon, 61, of 374 East Road died Friday at home. Born in Canaan, Conn., on Jan. 6, 1944, son of Manley and Mary Bailey Coon, he attended Housatonic Valley Regional schools there. At age...

Edith P. West

Edith P. West, 96, formerly of 379 East St., Providence Court, died Saturday at Springside of Pittsfield Health Care Facility, where she had resided since 2003. Born in Southwick, England, on...

Ronald O. "Butch" Russell

Ronald O. "Butch" Russell, 66, of 638 Crane Ave. died Saturday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 8, 1938, son of Omer and Julia Brown Russell, he attended local schools. An Air...

Albert M. Haskins Sr.

Albert M. Haskins Sr., 93, of 68 Oswald Ave., formerly of Barefoot Bay, Fla., died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons. He was also a former longtime resident of 15 Boylston St. Born in...

Rose M. Chiorgno

Rose M. Chiorgno, 89, of 379 East St., Providence Court, formerly of Cocoa Beach, Fla., died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 9, 1916, daughter of Joseph and Anna...

John D. Cahill

John D. Cahill, 84, of 19 Pleasant View Drive died Saturday morning at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 12, 1920, son of John E. and Sarah Duffy Cahill, he was a...

Heather M. Torres, 17

STAMFORD, Vt. — Heather Marie Torres, 17, of 483 Lincoln Road died Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 23, 2005, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass., after being injured in an automobile...

Jennie T. Oboyski

Jennie T. Oboyski, 90, former longtime resident, died Wednesday morning at the Putnam General Hospital in Eatonton, Ga. She had made her home with her nephew, Peter McCumiskey, and his wife,...

Cecile L. Martin

Cecile L. Martin, 99, of 89 South St., Berkshire Place, where she had lived for the past 20 years, died there on Sunday, Feb. 20. Born in Woonsocket, R.I., Nov. 9, 1905, daughter of Charles and...

Catherine N. Lane

Catherine N. Lane, 94, of Cliffwood Street died Wednesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in New Lebanon, N.Y., on Dec. 14, 1910, daughter of Thomas and Anna Joyce Nealon,...