Obituaries

Jessie Emma Lowe Venable

Jessie Emma Lowe Venable, 100, formerly of 49 Marion Ave. died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown, where she had resided since 1992. Born in North Adams on Jan. 10, 1902, daughter...

Louis V. Daniels, 68

ADAMS, Mass. — Louis V. Daniels, 68, of 30 John St. died Friday afternoon, Dec. 20, 2002, at North Adams Commons following a brief illness. Born in Adams on Oct. 24, 1934, son of Leo and...

Morris Joseph Roseman

Morris Joseph Roseman, 102, of West Stahl Road, Ashley Falls, died yesterday morning at home. Born in New York City on Jan. 6, 1900, son of Jacob and Miriam Greenspan Roseman, he graduated from...

William P. Lasch

William P. Lasch, 83, of Route 57 died Wednesday at the Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 13, 1919, son of William and Vida Bliss Lasch, he attended...

Rena Rohrkemper

Rena Rohrkemper, 84, of Saginaw, Mich., formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Saginaw. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 7, 1918, daughter of Didimo and...

Josephine B. Salvadore

Josephine B. Salvadore, 82, of 7 Glendale Middle Road died yesterday morning at home. Born in Glendale on Feb. 15, 1920, daughter of Martin and Pauline Kot Barenski, she attended local schools and...

Ethel Louise Battis McClelland

Ethel Louise Battis McClelland, 79, of 2 Tower Ave., died early yesterday morning at Williamstown Commons, where she had been admitted Saturday. She had resided in Clarksburg and North Adams until...

Michael E. Cunningham, 46

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Michael Edward "Slick" Cunningham, 46, of 35 Hall St. died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2002, at the emergency room at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier in...

Julia M. Lominski

Julia M. Lominski, 96, a longtime resident of Putnam Street, Bennington, Vt., formerly of Adams, died yesterday at Centers for Living and Rehabilitation in Bennington. Born in Adams on Feb. 4,...

Harold Victor "Otis" Woodill

Harold Victor "Otis" Woodill, 87, formerly of Bradford Arms, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided for the past 10 months. Born in Webster on Aug. 19, 1915, son of Raymond H....

David F. Tremblay, 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — David F. Tremblay, 81, of 32 College Ave. died Wednesday morning, Dec. 18, 2002, at his home. Born in North Adams on Dec. 26, 1921, son of John and Eliza Beaupre...

Agostino "Gus" Baldessarini

Agostino "Gus" Baldessarini, 80, of 35 Lyman St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Monday following several months of failing health. Born in North Adams on Aug....

Patrick Joseph "Rick" McCaherty

Patrick Joseph "Rick" McCaherty, 52, of 29 Cleveland St. died Sunday at home after suffering an apparent heart attack. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 2, 1950, son of Patrick A. and Louise R. Fournier...

Bernard J. Radke

Bernard J. Radke, 52, of 200 Gale Ave. died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 27, 1950, son of Bernard F. and Bertha Hatch Radke, he was a 1969 graduate of Pittsfield High School. Mr....

Susan Elizabeth Wilbert

Susan Elizabeth Wilbert, 52, of 1 Berkshire Square died Sunday evening at home of cancer. Born in Portland, Ore., on Dec. 30, 1949, daughter of the late Joseph O. and Patricia M. McCluskey...

Anita Jane Zloczower

Anita Jane Zloczower, 44, of 186 Housatonic St. died yesterday morning at home after a 16-year battle with cancer. Born in Queens, N.Y., on Feb. 20, 1958, daughter of Charlotte Levine Zloczower...

Catherine Lipa, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Catherine Mary Lipa, 80, of 171 Houghton St., died Wednesday morning, Dec. 11, 2002, at home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 27, 1922, daughter of Giuseppe and Nicolina A....

John E. Hewitt

John E. Hewitt, 81, of 568 River Road died yesterday morning at the Williamstown Commons in Williamstown. Death followed a long illness. Born in Clarksburg on April 1, 1921, son of Frank and Fanny...

William A. Keenan

William A. Keenan, 67, of 158 Lebanon Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 3, 1935, son of Phillip W. and Theresa Laravee Keenan, he was a 1953 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Christina M. Chichetto

Christina M. Chichetto, 91, of Saratoga Drive died Saturday evening at Brockton Hospital. Born in Dorchester on July 3, 1911, daughter of Angus C. and Mary Scott-O'Brien McInnis, she was a 1929...

Rita Rivers Czubryt, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Rita Aldora Rivers Czubryt, 84, formerly of 11 Hermon Ave., died Sunday, Dec. 15, 2002, at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown, where she had resided since March 19,...

Daniel Edward Ralston

Daniel Edward Ralston, 59, of 154 Bonair Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was a longtime businessman and a former school counselor in North Adams. Born in North Adams on...

Michael N. Layne

Michael N. Layne, 51, of Main Street died Tuesday at his home. Born Jan. 1, 1951, in Boston, son of Evangeline Kantos Layne of East Longmeadow and the late Michael M. Layne, he attended schools...

Ralph Joseph Little

Ralph Joseph Little, 77, of 158 Brooklyn St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield following a brief illness. He was a well-known auto-body repairman and the founder of Little's...

Alba Aulisi

Alba Aulisi, 87, formerly of 33 Terrace Ave., died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since 1999. Born in Chiampo, province of Vicenza, Italy, on April 17, 1915, daughter of...