Obituaries

Gail McKenna

Gail McKenna, 58, of 27 Eagle Wing Lane died April 9 at home of heart failure. Born in Pittsfield on March 24, 1946, daughter of Ghislaine Durivahee Brogan of Stratford, Conn., and the late...

Julie R. Macchi, 51

PITTSFIELD, Mass. â€' Julie Rae Macchi, 51, of 44 Maplewood Ave. died Wednesday, April 14, 2004, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 14, 1952, daughter of John J. Macchi...

Madeline W. Gleason VanBramer

Madeline W. Gleason VanBramer, 95, a formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at East Pasco Medical Center in Zephyrhills, Fla. Born in Philmont, N.Y., on Feb. 10, 1909, daughter of Harry and...

Robert S. Townend

Robert S. Townend, 83, died Thursday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. He had resided at Melbourne Place for two years. Born in Providence, R.I., on March 21, 1921, son of Daniel and Mabel...

Joyce A. Stolfo

Joyce A. Stolfo, 58, of 27 Abbott St. died Sunday at home after a long illness. Born in Akron, Ohio, on Nov. 6, 1945, daughter of Fred Carpenter and Marie Gardner Carpenter Boykin, she was...

Ruth May Packard

Ruth May Packard, 76, of 139 Hubbard Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pownal, Vt., on Oct. 22, 1927, daughter of George P. and Bertha "Agnes" Jones Kenyon, she was a 1947...

Justine E. Callaghan

Justine E. Callaghan, 77, of 41 Livingston Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 10, 1926, daughter of William H. and Doris Brown Cooney, she was a 1943 graduate of Pittsfield...

Louise E. Musgrove

Louise E. Musgrove, 81, of Dade City, Fla., formerly of Hinsdale, died April 3 in Roanoke, Va. Born in Northampton on May 15, 1922, daughter of Ruth and John Evans, she attended Henry W. Bishop...

Alice Lampron

Alice Lampron, 91, formerly of Berkshiretown Apartments and the Center for Optimum Care, died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 24, 1912, daughter of August and Frieda...

Florence Cole

Florence Cole, 96, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons where she had resided since 1995. Born in Adams on Oct. 5, 1907, daughter of Charles and Marie Russette Cole, she attended Adams schools for...

Floyd J. "Jay" Bennett

Floyd J. "Jay" Bennett, 55, of 215 Dalton Division Road died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Franklin, N.J., on May 28, 1948, son of June Forgacs Bennett and...

Elizabeth M. O'Connor

Elizabeth M. O'Connor, 71, of 40 New York Ave. died Wednesday at home after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 18, 1932, daughter of Vincent and Angie Kepp Lavelle, she...

Eva Marie Evangelisto

Eva Marie Evangelisto, 79, formerly of 32 Monroe St., died Wednesday afternoon at Melbourne Place, where she had resided for three years. Born in Fall River on April 19, 1924, daughter of James...

Stella Marie Carey

Stella Marie Carey, 53, of 27 Easton Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center after a six-year battle with ovarian cancer. Born in North Adams on June 27, 1950, daughter of Lawrence D. and...

Seth Andrew Nieves

Seth Andrew Nieves, infant son of the Rev. Joseph Andrew Nieves and Ruth E. Mendoza Nieves of 30 Thomson Place, died Saturday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, where he was born Feb. 19....

Hope Cimini

Hope Cimini, 72, of 58 Easton Ave. died yesterday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 26, 1932, daughter of Walter L. and Mary A. Hall Murray, she graduated from St. Joseph's...

Harry L. Giguere Jr

Harry L. Giguere Jr., 60, of 11 Day St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center of respiratory failure. Born in Pittsfield on July 17, 1943, son of Antoinette P. Pizzuto Giguere of Pittsfield...

Nancy Hayn

Nancy Hayn, 82, of Cedar Street, West Barnstable, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday, April 3, at Geer Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in North Canaan, Conn. Born in Great Barrington on...

Eleanor L. Kelly

Eleanor L. Kelly, 89, of 379 East St. died Tuesday at Providence Health Care Center of Lenox. Born in West Stockbridge on Aug. 31, 1914, daughter of John L. and Elizabeth Gorman Quirk, she was a...

Daniel G. Raftery Sr

Daniel G. Raftery Sr., 47, of 1167 North St. died yesterday morning at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 21, 1956, son of Frederick and Dorothea Brancazzu Raftery of Lenox, he...

Patricia A. Fairfield

Patricia A. Fairfield, 60, of Warren Street, Hudson, N.Y., died Friday at home. She was the mother of David Fairfield of Dalton. Born in Chatham, N.Y., on Sept. 21, 1943, daughter of Dominick...

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,...