Obituaries

John W. Bergen

John William Bergen, 91, of 2425 Ashdale Drive, Austin, Texas, a former resident of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at Christopher House Hospice in Austin. Born in Patterson, N.J., on March 29, 1910,...

Helen E. Dean

Helen E. Dean, 76, formerly of Curtis Manor, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Haverhill on Sept. 14, 1924, daughter of William L. and Elizabeth Cahill Phair, she was a...

Barbara Boeglin

Barbara Ruth "Bobbi" Boeglin, 59, of Budd House, 185 Marble St. died Thursday morning at home. Born in Newark, N.J., on April 15, 1942, daughter of Mary Barones Boeglin and the late Julius J....

Ann F. Hoffman

Ann F. Hoffman, 73, of 35 Delancy Ave. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 1, 1927, daughter of L. Hobart and F. Ethel Martin Merritt, she was a 1944 graduate of...

Josephine Campedelli, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Josephine "Pep" Campedelli, 85, of 115 Phelps Ave., died Wednesday, April 18, 2001, at her home. Death followed a brief illness. Born in Piani di Albanesi, Italy, on...

Ralph E. Strange, 65

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ralph Emerson Strange, 65, of 119 Sullivan St. died Tuesday, April 17, 2001, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on May 14, 1935, son of Florina...

Louis F. Decker

Louis Francis Decker, 65, of Atlantic Beach, Fla., formerly of Lenox, died Sunday at Baptist Medical Center-Beaches in Jacksonville, Fla. Born in Lenox on Sept. 15, 1935, son of Frank and Helen...

Edna Finkle

Edna Finkle, 80, of Canaan-Southfield Road died yesterday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Torrington, Conn., on Sept. 27, 1920, daughter of Frederick and Anna Seedorf Hastedt, she moved with her...

Aldo L. Galvagni

Aldo L. Galvagni, 82, of 332 Merrill Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 14, 1919, son of Giovanni and Rosa Galvagni Galvagni, he attended local...

Jacqueline Ann Peck

Mrs. Jacqueline Ann (Miller) Peck, 69, of 343 Cross Road, Clarksburg, MA, died Wednesday afternoon April 18, 2001, at the North Adams Regional Hospital where she was admitted on Monday, April...

William J. Newell

William J. Newell Sr., 75, formerly of 40 Willard Place, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 19, 1925, son of George and Marie Vanderlee Newell, he was educated in...

Rose L. Cianfarini

Rose L. Cianfarini, 85, formerly of 98 Cromwell Ave., died Thursday, April 12, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since 1994. Before entering the nursing home, she had...

Robert Lorenzini

Robert A. Lorenzini, 83, of 3506 Hancock Road died at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. an engineer and the holder of many patents, he had resided in Hancock for the past 31 years, moving from...

Olive C. Pudlo

Olive Cathleen Pudlo, 97, of 10 Briggs St. died Monday at Willowood Health Care Center in North Adams. Born in North Adams on Aug. 26, 1903, daughter of Patrick and Sarah Murphy Prendergast, she...

Lucia R. Johnson

Lucia R. "Lucy" Johnson, 91, of 66 Roselyn Drive died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Bromptonville, Quebec, Canada, on Sept. 21, 1909, one of 17 children born to Napoleon J. and Rose D....

Louise Samboruk

Louise V. Samboruk, 79, of Our Lady of the Meadows at 1 Pinnacle St., Richford, Vt., a former resident of Great Barrington, died Monday at Fletcher Allan Hospital in Burlington. Born in Lee on...

Lawrence G. Botto

Lawrence G. "Sonny" Botto, 60, of 24 Ventura Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center of lung cancer. Born in Hinsdale on Sept. 14, 1940, son of the late Lawrence and Edna Grover Botto, he...

Joseph Carmody

Joseph Edward Carmody, 75, of 1009 Peck's Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 12, 1925, son of John T. and Elise B. Bourquin Carmody, he was a 1943 graduate of...

James LaFleche Jr.

James E. LaFleche Jr., 52, of 717 Waxwing Court, Kissimmee, Fla., died Tuesday, April 3, of a heart attack. He previously had been a resident of Cheshire for 10 years. Born in Adams on Jan. 7,...

Frederick Besancon Jr.

Frederick J. Besancon Jr., 50, of Ruidoso, N.M., a former resident of Otis, died Monday at home. Born in Great Barrington on March 1, 1951, son of Frederick Besancon Sr. and E. Marie Tracy...

Evelyn B. Cahalan

Evelyn B. Cahalan, 90, formerly of 23 East Alford St., died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since 1999. Born in South Lee on May 16, 1910, daughter of Michael and Mary Coles...

Dorothy Rudisill

Dorothy Kay Rudisill, 60, of 170 Old Stockbridge Road, and Houston, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center after a 30-year battle with multiple sclerosis. Born on San Banard, Texas, on Dec. 18,...

Dorino B. Blasioli

Dorino B. "Tony" Blasioli, 81, of Waltham died Sunday in Deaconess-Waltham Hospital. Born in Italy, son of Dominic and Mamie DeSantis Blasioli, he emigrated to the United States at a young age...

Dixon Hall Daniels

Dixon Hall Daniels, 79, of 7 Daniels Ave. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. He was a longtime Adams businessman and civic leader. Born in Adams on Sept. 30, 1921, son of Rupert B....

Zora M. Rozinak

Zora M. Rozinak, 80, a resident of Sweetwood Continuing Care Community, died Wednesday at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on Nov. 1, 1920, daughter of Bedrich and Karla...