Obituaries

Norman H. Babb

Norman Harold Babb, 91, of 320 Pittsfield Road died yesterday morning at Providence Care Center of Lenox. Born in Fairfield, Maine, on Sept. 4, 1909, son of Harold A. and Agnes Grevioux Babb, he...

Paul C. Soldato

Paul C. Soldato, 54, of 35 Williamstown Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 22, 1947, son of Paul A. and Anna Petrousky Soldato, he graduated from Pittsfield...

Ruth M. Masoero

Ruth Mary Masoero, 77, formerly of 85 Boylston St., died Wednesday evening at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for 3 1/2 years. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Jan. 3, 1924,...

Wyoane Gadreault

Wyoane "Peggy" Gadreault, 82, of Boynton Beach, Fla., formerly of Colrain, died June 4 at home. She was the mother of Mary Jo Humphrey of Dalton. Born in Greenfield on Oct. 4, 1918, daughter of...

Sara C. Foote

Sara C. "Sally" Foote, 91, of Williamstown died Tuesday in Williamstown. . Born in Chicago on Nov. 11, 1909, daughter of William N.C. Carlton and Sara Hayden Carlton, she moved to Williamstown in...

Rozalia Jancewicz

Rozalia Jancewicz, 94, formerly of 21 Turner Ave., died yesterday at Wolcott Hall Nursing Home in Torrington, Conn. Born in Machnowka, Poland, on July 12, 1907, daughter of Tytus and Barbara...

Raymond Rarick

Raymond Charles Rarick, 76, of 490 Middle Road died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Friday. Born in North Adams on Sept. 26, 1924, son of Abraham L. and Adelina...

Mary R. Dowling

Mary Ruth Dowling, 74, of 7 Norwich Drive died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Beechwood, Ind., on July 18, 1926, daughter of Jesse and Mary Smitley, she graduated from high school in...

Mary C. Mills

Mary Cornelia Mills, 103, of Kimball Farms, Walker Street, died Monday at home. Born in Sandy Hill, N.Y., now known as Hudson Falls, on March 10, 1898, daughter of Clifford W. Higley Sr. and Alice...

Joseph Borelli

Joseph Borelli, 82, of 65 Columbus Ave., formerly of 717 Tyler St., died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 20, 1918, son of Antonio and Cora Minicello Borelli, he attended local...

Harold Munson Sr.

Harold I. Munson Sr., 88, of 70 Pleasant St. died yesterday at Craneville Place, where he had resided for one month. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 12, 1912, son of George and Isadora Belknapp...

Frederick Chichester

Frederick Chichester, 72, of 11548 Hollyridge Drive, Tyler, Texas, died May 25 at home. He was the husband of the former Neoma A. Joppich of Adams. Born in New Haven, Conn., on April 28, 1929, son...

Dwight Martin

Dwight Martin, 65, of 53 Chase Ave., formerly of Worcester, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on June 9, 1936, son of William Martin and Marion Hazel Martin...

Donna L. Marsh

Donna L. Marsh, 36, of 405 Pittsfield Road died Tuesday at home after a long illness. Born in San Bernardino, Calif., on Feb. 20, 1965, daughter of Irene Morin Colbert and the late Walter Colbert,...

Charles R. Palmer

Charles Raymond Palmer, 90, of 5 Melrose St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Saturday. Born in Adams on April 29, 1911, son of Charles E. and Margaret...

Donald Holcomb Otis

Donald M. Holcomb, 60, of 70 Leonard Road died Saturday at home. Born in Springfield on March 4, 1941, son of George and Virginia Marsh Holcomb, he was a 1959 graduate of Westfield High School. He...

Catherine Simpkins Great Barrington

Catherine Simpkins, 74, formerly of Great Barrington, died Friday at her home in Sebastian, Fla. She was the mother of Andrew Moro of Housatonic. Born in Alford on Dec. 13, 1926, daughter of...

Lillian R. Ritcher, 65

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Lillian Rita Ritcher, 65, of 35 Jordan Ave. died Sunday, June 10, 2001, at North Adams Regional Hospital after a 10-year battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on Jan....

Rose Ann Roe

Rose Ann Roe, 67, of Sun City, Ariz., formerly of Pittsfield, died June 7 at home. Born in Lansingburgh, N.Y., on March 31, 1934, daughter of Fred and Anna Cleary Phelan, she attended Russell Sage...

Roderick Pidgeon

Roderick W. "Pidge" Pidgeon, 90, formerly of 43 Harris St., died Saturday at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, Vt., where he had resided since 1997. Born in Fitchburg on Oct. 5, 1910, son...

Othell Marcus Jones

Othell Marcus Jones, infant son of Marcus O. Jones and Julie N. Polanski of 97 April Lane, was stillborn Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Besides his parents, he leaves two sisters, Mya-Jay...

Louis F.V. Mercier

Louis Francois Valliot Mercier, 86, of Long Lots Road, Westport, Conn., father of Jean Evangeline Whitehead of Great Barrington, died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Washington,...

Irene F. Leitch

Irene Frances Leitch, 82, of 39 Morningside Ave. died Sunday afternoon at Williamstown Commons. Born in West Warren on Aug. 20, 1918, daughter of Ladislaw and Alexandria Ziak Lemanski, she moved...

Helen C. Snyder

Helen C. Snyder, 90, of Kimball Farms Retirement Community, 235 Walker St., died Wednesday afternoon at home. Born in Boston on Nov. 26, 1910, daughter of William and Florence Paterson Stowell,...

Helen Brazee

Helen Brazee, 97, formerly of Marjorie Street, died Saturday at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Lee. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Feb. 10, 1904, daughter of Andrew and...