Obituaries

Pamela Jean Drosehn

Pamela Jean Drosehn, 54, of 191 Middlefield Road died Monday at home of cancer. Born in North Adams on Aug. 11, 1950, daughter of Elizabeth A. Galeucia O'Dell of Zephyrhills, Fla., and the late...

Tessie M. Borsuk

Tessie M. Borsuk, 86, of Moseley, Va., a former resident of Pittsfield and Dalton, died Sunday at Our Lady of Hope Health Center in Moseley. Born in West Warren on June 10, 1918, daughter of...

Kaley Rose Mahoney Nicotra

Kaley Rose Mahoney Nicotra, 6, of Chestnut Lane died Saturday evening at home after a three-year battle with brain cancer. Born in Boston on Nov. 1, 1998, daughter of Nicholas and Kelly J....

Sidney Jaffe

Sidney Jaffe, 88, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown Apartments, died Saturday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 14, 1916, son of Louis and Lillian Levine Jaffe, he was a 1933 graduate...

Cathleen J. Glass

Cathleen J. Glass, 49, of 59 Third St., died early Friday morning after being stricken at home. Born in Cincinnati on March 12, 1955, daughter of Raymond and Melanie Dylewski Stupak of...

Margaret H. Cavanaugh

Margaret H. Cavanaugh, 86, of North Hill Assisted Living in Needham, formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday at North Hill. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 12, 1918, daughter of Thomas P. and Helena...

Frank J. Maffuccio

Frank J. Maffuccio, 87, of 57 Ontario St. died yesterday at home. Born in Monteforte Cilento, province of Salerno, Italy, on Dec. 10, 1916, son of Giuseppe and Carmella Mondeli Maffuccio, he...

Gordon A. Spinney

Gordon A. Spinney, 71, of 21 Ann Drive died Saturday at home. Born in Greenville, Maine, on March 9, 1933, son of Albert and Violet Stilwell Spinney, he was a graduate of schools there. He...

Frank Everett Rice Jr

Frank Everett Rice Jr., 39, of 205 Ashmere Road died early Monday morning on Old Windsor Road from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Pittsfield on May 26, 1965, son of Frank...

Martha Jacqueline "Jackie" Morin

Martha Jacqueline "Jackie" Morin, 57, of 19 Pleasure Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 28, 1947, daughter of Gilbert and...

Edith M. Galvagni

Edith M. Galvagni, 88, of 334 Merrill Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 23, 1916, daughter of Giovanni and Giovanna Saracco Cavallo, she attended local...

Lydia Quinn

Lydia Quinn, 94, died Tuesday afternoon at Curtis Manor Retirement Home, where she had resided for four years. Born in Dalton on March 7, 1910, daughter of Otto and Lydia Kellar Bachli, she...

Jean E. Moran Colby

Jean E. Moran Colby, 80, of 56 Pollock Ave. died Wednesday at home. Born in Housatonic on Sept. 21, 1924, daughter of Eugene and Julia Dunn Bourquard, she was educated in local schools and was a...

Concetta Penna

Concetta Penna, 100, formerly of Providence Court Apartments, died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since August 1999. Born in Polia, province of Catanzaro, Italy, on Sept....

Edward Francis McHendry

Edward Francis McHendry, 97, formerly of Riverview West Apartments, died Wednesday at Noble Hospital in Westfield after a brief illness. He had resided at Harbor Side Health Care in Westfield for...

George Carson Lennox

George Carson Lennox, 85, formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 18, 1919, son of John and Lillian Mason Lennox, he was educated in Pittsfield schools. He was a...

Joseph L. Franklin Sr

Joseph L. Franklin Sr., 58, of 11 Wallace Place died Thursday evening at home. Born in Ashley Falls on May 27, 1946, son of Bertha Kittle Franklin of Great Barrington and the late Frank M....

Patricia May Donovan

Patricia May Donovan, 74, of 69 Nottingham Drive died Thursday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 1, 1930, daughter of James E. and Winifred Leahy Donovan, she was a 1947 graduate of St. Joseph's...

James Joseph Cullen

James Joseph Cullen, 90, formerly of 16 Gordon St., died Friday at Port St. Lucie (Fla.) Nursing Home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 12, 1914, son of James F. and Kathryn C. Donovan Cullen, he was a...

Peter C. Betti

Peter C. Betti, 86, of Montvale Road, Gardner, a formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday evening at Hayward Memorial Hospital in Gardner. Born in Pittsfield on April 6, 1918, son of Cleto and...

Mary Jane White

Mary Jane White, 57, of 14 Crane Ave. died Friday evening at UMass Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 21, 1946, the daughter of Fred and Blanche Mason Demary, she was a 1964...

Dorothy A. Ward

Dorothy A. Ward, 85, of 64 Cleveland St. died Saturday afternoon at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 6, 1919, daughter of Frederick J. and Anna Hopper Carpenter, she was a 1937 graduate of...

William P. Quinn

William P. Quinn, 79, of 327 High St., a longtime Dalton educator, died Saturday at home after a long illness. Mr. Quinn was a former chairman of the Dalton Housing Authority. Born on March...

Rhoda Agnes Plaza

Rhoda Agnes Plaza, 89, formerly of 111 Mountain Drive, Cranston, R.I., died Saturday at Berkshire Place, where she had resided for two years. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 8, 1915, daughter of...

Ilario L. "Lolly" Menin

Ilario L. "Lolly" Menin, 93, formerly of 12 Melrose Ave., died Friday at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Lee, where he had resided since July. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 18,...