Obituaries

Lewis L. Miner

Lewis L. Miner, 89, of 1031 West Main St., Housatonic, died yesterday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Otis on April 20, 1911, he moved as a foster child to Lee and worked for many years on the farm...

Virginia Hannigan

Virginia M. Hannigan, 78, of 53 Winship Ave. died Saturday afternoon at Blake Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, Fla. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 28, 1922, daughter of Frank and Lucy Driscoll Weir,...

Donald Carmel Sr.

Donald Lewis Carmel Sr., 79, of 8 Old Mill Drive, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., died yesterday at Vassar Brothers Hospital in Poughkeepsie. Born in Dalton on May 28, 1921, son of William and Catherine...

Francis N. Young, 93

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Francis Napoleon Young, 93, of 69 Williams St., died Thursday, April 5, 2001, at his home. Death followed a brief illness. Born in Poultney, Vt., on Sept. 20, 1907, a...

Margaret Lancto

Margaret R. "Peg" Lancto, 58, of Rickard Street, and a former longtime resident of Williamstown, died Wednesday at home. Born in Williamstown on June 13, 1942, she was the daughter of Margaret...

William Pilot Jr.

William James Pilot Jr., 85, of 17 Willow Cove died Thursday morning at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox, where he had resided for three weeks. Born in North Adams on Feb. 14, 1916, son...

Norma Maragaret (Luscia) Roy

Mrs. Norma Margaret (Luscia) Roy, 89, formerly of 511 Barbour St., North Adams, MA, died Tuesday, April 3, 2001 at the Sweet Brook Health Care Center in Williamstown, MA. She had resided there since...

Rose M. Burns

Rose M. Burns, 76, of 2 School St., Hatfield, a former resident of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. Born in Siderno, Italy, on May 27, 1924, daughter of...

Richard E. Gould

Richard E. Gould, 73, of 2507 Berwick Court, Henderson, Nev., died Monday of pulmonary failure. He was the husband of the former Elda Ricalzone, a native of Pittsfield. Born in Newark, N.J., on...

Jennie Calderella

Jennie L. Calderella, 96, formerly of 236 Connecticut Ave., died Monday at Craneville Place in Dalton, where she had resided since 1997. Born in Easton, Pa., on Sept. 8, 1904, daughter of Giuseppe...

Herbert Harrison

Herbert E. Harrison, 102, formerly of 50 East Housatonic St., died Monday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Fall River on Jan. 19, 1899, son of Albert and Elizabeth Oldham Harrison, he began...

Francis Callahan

Francis N. Callahan, 75, of 15 Narragansett Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 13, 1925, son of John J. and Mary Nally Callahan, he was a 1943 graduate of the former Dalton...

Bruno Buda

Bruno Buda, 75, of 2 East View Drive died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center after suffering an apparent heart attack at home. Born in Adams on April 25, 1925, son of Albert and Aniela Sudacki...

Seymour Goldstein

Seymour "Sy" L. Goldstein, 81, of Pixley Hill Road died yesterday at home. Born in New York City on Feb. 4, 1920, son of Jacob and Sadie Goldstein Goldstein, he attended New York schools and...

Rosemarie St. Pierre

Rosemarie St. Pierre, 48, of 110 Johnson St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on July 26, 1952, daughter of Honore J. and Rachel Moreau Godbout, she attended...

Herman C. Brown

Herman C. Brown, 86, of 109 Housatonic St. died Saturday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee, where he had resided for two years. Born in Waterford, N.Y., on Sept. 20, 1914, son of Richard and Lorena...

Carol A. Pacheco

Carol A. Pacheco, 58, of 94 B Pomeroy Ave. died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center after a long battle with cancer. Born in Putnam, Conn., on Dec. 25, 1942, daughter of Aurore Benac...

Audrey Turner

Audrey Turner, 79, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Martin Memorial Medical Center in Stuart, Fla. Born in Carnforth, Lancashire, England, on May 29, 1921, daughter...

Mr. Edward Lawrence Moreau

Mr. Edward Lawrence Moreau, Sr., 77, of 611 State Road, Holy Family Terrace, North Adams, MA died Friday, March 30,2001 at the Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA. He was born in North...

Elaine L. Donsbough

Elaine L. Donsbough, 62, of 122 Cottage Street, Great Barrington, died at her home Wednesday, March 28. Born in Great Barrington June 8, 1938 she was the daughter of William and Virginia Viola...

Elsie Wellspeak

Elsie Wellspeak, 90, of 7312 Sheephead Drive, Hudson, Fla., formerly of Adams, died Friday at Richey Manor Health Care Center in Richey, Fla. Born in Adams on March 16, 1911, daughter of Joseph P....

Mary E. Gore

Mary E. Gore, 84, formerly of 105 Livingston Ave., died yesterday morning at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on July 29, 1916, daughter of John and Helen Kretchmer Gore, she was...

Jason Kirshen

Jason Kirshen, 75, of 145 East New Lenox Road died yesterday at home. Born in Boston on Dec. 5, 1925, son of Simon and Frances Menkes Kirshen, he attended schools there and was a graduate of...

Grace McLaughlin

Grace K. McLaughlin, 94, of Lenoir, N.C., formerly of 45 Bel Air Ave., died Tuesday at Caldwell Memorial Hospital in Lenoir. She moved to North Carolina in 1994. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 13,...

Florence Buffoni

Florence J. Buffoni, 77, of Marble Street died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Great Barrington on Aug. 10, 1923, daughter of Charles E. and Mary Olaray Sermini, she was a graduate...