Obituaries

Anna M. Dydynczuk, 92

ADAMS, Mass. — Anna Mary Dydynczuk, 92, of 26 Richmond Lane died Friday morning, Oct. 24, 2003, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on April 1, 1911, daughter of John and Mary Ciula...

Timothy Rockford Whalen

Timothy Rockford Whalen, 39, of Warner Road, South Egremont, died yesterday at home. Born in Great Barrington on July 3, 1964, son of Hannah Wyman Whalen Agar of Egremont and the late John Mason...

Sylvia Hobson Stokes

Sylvia Hobson Stokes, 59, of Delafield Drive died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield following a brief illness. Born in Providence, R.I., on May 6, 1944, daughter of W.E.D. and...

Alvina Louise Mavrikes Siciliano

Alvina Louise Mavrikes Siciliano, 85, of 67 Arcadia Blvd., Springfield, died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Pittsfield on March 3, 1918, daughter of Enrico and Amelia Montanaro...

Clarence E. Rudd

Clarence E. Rudd, 86, of 89 Lincoln St. died Saturday at home. Born in Fulton, N.Y., on Dec. 31, 1916, son of Charles A. Rudd and Lucille B. Ward Rudd Royer, he was educated in schools there....

Malcolm L. "Mel" Picard

Malcolm L. "Mel" Picard, 68, of 118 Church St., Proprietor's Field, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Aug. 29, 1935, son of Walter and Corrine Archambeau...

Frank Severio Marinaro

Frank Severio Marinaro, 82, of 94 Elaine Drive died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Springfield on Jan. 11, 1921, son of Enzo and Louisa DelGuidice Marinaro, he spent most of his...

Gerhard P. Hoelter

Gerhard P. Hoelter, 96, of Melbourne Place Assisted Living Community died yesterday morning at home. Born in Chicago on Nov. 17, 1906, son of Edward and Eugenia Eleanora Bittner Hoelter, he was...

Joan Desautels-Gorton

Joan Desautels-Gorton, 69, of 176 Columbus Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 18, 1934, daughter of Dr. Antonio P. Desautels and Emma Bliel Desautels,...

Louis Francis Palma

Louis Francis Palma, 78, of 16 Washington Mountain Road, Dalton, died Wednesday afternoon at his home. Born in Pittsfield on May 28, 1925, son of Francesco and Margaret Lazzari Palma, he was a...

Marjorie Graham Horelly, 72

GREAT BARRINGTON — Marjorie C. Graham Horelly, 72, of 12 Ramsey Ave. died Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2003, at home. She had battled cancer for 14 years. Born in Great Barrington on April 11, 1931,...

Doris Loraine Charon

Doris Loraine Charon, 81, of 31 Grove St. died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she had been admitted Sept. 30. Born in Adams on Feb. 18, 1922, daughter of Emile and...

Retired Sgt. Maj. Joseph A. Baity Sr

Retired Sgt. Maj. Joseph A. Baity Sr., 85, of 687 Summit Road died yesterday morning at home. Born in Peru, Ind., on Aug. 9, 1918, son of Edward and Lula Holding Baity, he attended schools there....

June Evelyn Rubin

June Evelyn Rubin, 69, of 422 Barker Road died Monday afternoon at home of cancer. Born in Wilmington, Del., on March 4, 1934, daughter of James Bowman Jr. and Evelyn Annand Bowman Gilland, she...

Sandra L. Laine

Sandra L. Laine, 63, of 40 Franklin St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield of diabetes. Born in Adams on Jan. 28, 1940, daughter of Clara R. Rice Crossin of Dalton and the late...

Lillian M. Fortin

Lillian M. Fortin, 102, formerly of 15 Evans Ave., died yesterday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for 3 1/2 years. Born in Saint Felicien, Quebec, on Jan. 20, 1901,...

Gertrude Mildred Rolin Brister

Gertrude Mildred Rolin Brister, 77, of 10 Union Court died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since Oct. 8. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 20, 1926, daughter of Richard M. and...

Dominic Joseph Blasi

Dominic Joseph Blasi, 79, of 42 Sperry Ave. died early yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been admitted Oct. 9. Born in North Adams on Nov. 28, 1923, son of Joseph...

Joan Rozell

Joan Rozell, 79, of Proprietor's Field, 118 Church St., died Sunday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Toronto on Oct. 12, 1924, daughter of Francis and Gertrude Dowd Walsh, she attended schools...

John Perras

John Perras, 60, of 28 Railroad Square, Nashua, N.H., a native of North Adams, died Saturday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Nashua as a result of a motor vehicle accident. Born on Jan. 27, 1943, in...

Bertha R. Perch

Bertha R. Perch, 80, of 111 Partridge Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 13, 1923, the daughter of Israel and Eva Bookless Bialor, she was a 1940 graduate...

Charles "Chuck" Hall Jr

Charles "Chuck" Hall Jr., 58, of 236 Columbus Ave. died Sunday at home. Born on July 13, 1945, in Great Barrington, the son of the late Charles Hall Sr. and Alberta Hoiser Hall, he was educated...

Robert E. Quigley Sr

Robert E. Quigley Sr., 81, formerly of McArthur Street, died Tuesday at Soldiers' Home in Holyoke, where he had resided for 30 years. Born in Salem on Aug. 24, 1922, son of Timothy and Eva...

Josephine P. Palmieri

Josephine P. Palmieri, 72, of 726 Warwick Place, Naples, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died Thursday at Hospice of Naples, Georgeson House. Born on Oct. 20, 1930, the daughter of Pasquale and...

Thomas P. Murphy

Thomas P. Murphy, 66, of 1070 Holmes Road died Thursday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 30, 1937, son of James A. Murphy Sr. and Myrtle E. Smith Murphy, he was a 1955 graduate of St. Joseph's...