Obituaries

Clara J. Dietz

Clara J. Dietz, 88, of 298 Jarvis Ave., Holyoke, and formerly of 21 McArthur St., died yesterday at Holyoke Hospital. Born in Pittsfield on May 15, 1915, daughter of Joseph and Adele Huser Dietz,...

Anthony Michael Eliecer Ante

Anthony Michael Eliecer Ante of 107 Cadwell Road died Saturday at birth at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. He was the son of Jorge Eliecer Ante and Kristi-Lee Lannan, both of Pittsfield....

John F. Sheerin Jr

John F. Sheerin Jr., 59, of 89 Greylock Terrace died Sunday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Pittsfield on June 3, 1944, son of John F. Sheerin Sr. and Mary...

Claire L. Momnie

Claire L. Momnie, 80, of 16 Cortland St., Chicopee, died Sunday at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield. She was the sister of the Rev. Eugene Momnie of Pittsfield. Born in Chicopee on Dec. 4,...

Robert C. Hare

Robert C. Hare, 65, of Main Street, Douglas, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home. Born in Northbridge on Oct. 19, 1938, son of Richard C. Hare of Whitinsville and the late Ruth E....

George Everett Cook

George Everett Cook, 76, of 405 Pittsfield Road, died Friday at Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospital. He had been visiting in Pennsylvania. Born in Unity, Maine, on Oct. 24, 1927, son of James E. and...

Florence Sonya Carmon

Florence Sonya Carmon, 73, of 45 Paul Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 7, 1930, daughter of Frank J. and Sally Olson Killela, she was a...

Richard R. Rabideau

Richard R. Rabideau, 64, of 16A Duncan Drive, South Deerfield, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at North Shore University Hospital in Syosset, N.Y., after suffering a heart attack. Born in...

Elizabeth Matilda Peaslee

Elizabeth Matilda Peaslee, 86, of 10 Keeler St. died Tuesday morning at home. Born March 21, 1918, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wayne, she attended Pittsfield schools. A homemaker, Mrs....

Louis "Larry" Lucaroni

Louis "Larry" Lucaroni, 80, of 1733 Briarwood Drive, Santa Clara, Calif., formerly of Pittsfield, died March 9 at O'Connor Hospital in San Jose, Calif. Born in Pittsfield on May 22, 1923, son of...

Mary C. "Marion" Hurley

Mary C. "Marion" Hurley, 90, died Monday at Jewish Nursing Home in Longmeadow. She was the mother of William J. Hurley of Dalton. Born in Springfield, daughter of Thomas J. and Rosanna B....

Albert C. Hayford Sr., 80

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Albert C. "Buddy" Hayford Sr., 80, of 201 Brown St. died Wednesday, March 31, 2004, at Berkshire Medical Center following a yearlong battle with lung cancer. Born in...

Kevin Matthew Quinn

Kevin Matthew Quinn, 74, of 71 Lexington Parkway died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center after suffering an apparent heart attack earlier at his home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 26, 1929, son...

John J. Quinn Sr

John J. Quinn Sr., 77, of 71 Lexington Parkway died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 8, 1926, son of Dr. John R. and Sara Collins Quinn, he graduated from St....

Mary A. McGovern

Mary A. McGovern, 92, of 34 Daniels Ave. died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield Feb. 14, 1912, daughter of Peter T. and Mary Ann Dunn McGovern, she was a 1930 graduate of Pittsfield...

Norman Andrew Lappies

Norman Andrew Lappies, 83, of 250 Pittsfield Road died yesterday at North Adams Commons. Born in Chatham, N.Y., on April 28, 1920, son of Raymond and Mabel Rathbun Lappies, he attended schools in...

Josephine Theresa Iwanowicz

Josephine Theresa Iwanowicz, 86, of 551 Summit Road died yesterday morning at home. Born in Adams on June 7, 1917, daughter of Joseph and Helen Nida Gwozdz, she was a graduate of the former Adams...

Worthington G. "Bunny" Tucker

Worthington G. "Bunny" Tucker, 87, of 140 Melbourne Road, formerly of Devonshire Estates Retirement Residence and Palm Harbor, Fla., died Thursday at Providence Care Center of Lenox. Born in...

Ida Pozzoni, 90

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ida Pozzoni, 90, of 16 South Merriam St. died Thursday, March 25, 2004, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Canaan, Conn., on Oct. 29, 1913, daughter of Lorenzo and...

Frances R. Kelley

Frances R. Kelley, 93, of Berkshiretown Apartments, 176 Columbus Ave., died Friday at home. Born in Hinsdale on Feb. 2, 1911, daughter of Maurice and Elizabeth Murray O'Brien, she attended...

Evelyn Virginia Fahey

Evelyn Virginia Fahey, 87, formerly of 44 Egremont Ave., died Friday at Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, Storrs, Conn., where she had resided for the past year. Born in Pittsfield...

Florence M. DiCicco

Florence M. DiCicco, 84, formerly of Maud Street, died yesterday morning at Providence Care Center in Lenox. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 25, 1920, daughter of Joseph and Rosina Coiro Sangiovanni,...

William F. "Perch" Kennedy

William F. "Perch" Kennedy, 73, of Cheshire Road died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 25, 1930, son of Robert and Katherine Maloney Kennedy, he was a 1948 graduate of St. Joseph's...

Norah A. Burke

Norah A. Burke, 99, formerly of Lenox, died Saturday at Springside of Pittsfield after a long illness. Born in Steelton, Pa., on Sept. 6, 1904, daughter of Maurice and Catherine O'Connell...

David Shaun Sedgwick

David Shaun Sedgwick, 61, of 31 Salinger Court, Coto de Caza, Calif., formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home after an extended illness. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 23, 1942, son of Volney...