Obituaries

Gary A. Wowk

Gary A. Wowk, 53, of 2 Doyle Drive died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 8, 1949, son of Andrew Wowk of Pittsfield and the late Edith M. Benson Wowk, he was a 1969 graduate of...

Vito P. "Vic" DiNicola

Vito P. "Vic" DiNicola, 84, of 30 Putnam Ave. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Sambuceto, province of Pescara, Italy, on Dec. 5, 1918, son of Pietro and Lucia Caldarella DiNicola, his...

Alton E. Britigan

Alton E. Britigan, 84, of 56 Cloverdale St. and Hudson, Fla., died Tuesday afternoon at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 14, 1919, son of Clarence and Florence Williams Britigan, he attended...

Dorothy Marie Melideo

Dorothy Marie Melideo, 77, of 24 Fairview Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center, where she had been admitted Oct. 20. Born in Springfield on Jan. 21, 1926, daughter of John and Agnes Irene...

Helen G. Harder

Helen G. Harder, 96, of Bernard Avenue died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born on Jan. 31, 1907, in New Britain, N.Y., she was the daughter of Arthur B. and Addie Carpenter Greenman....

Elma Carreer

Elma Carreer, 93, of Devonshire Estates died Monday at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Lee after a short illness. Born in Greensboro, Vt., on Dec. 25, 1909, daughter of...

Jacqueline R. Register Seely

Jacqueline R. Register Seely, 78, of 70 Stonehenge Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Newton on July 30, 1925, daughter of Thomas D. and Mary J. Cooper Harvey, she was a...

Sylvia Hobson Stokes

Sylvia Hobson Stokes, 59, of Delafield Drive died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield following a brief illness. Born in Providence, R.I., on May 6, 1944, daughter of W.E.D. and...

Alvina Louise Mavrikes Siciliano

Alvina Louise Mavrikes Siciliano, 85, of 67 Arcadia Blvd., Springfield, died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Pittsfield on March 3, 1918, daughter of Enrico and Amelia Montanaro...

Clarence E. Rudd

Clarence E. Rudd, 86, of 89 Lincoln St. died Saturday at home. Born in Fulton, N.Y., on Dec. 31, 1916, son of Charles A. Rudd and Lucille B. Ward Rudd Royer, he was educated in schools there....

Frank Severio Marinaro

Frank Severio Marinaro, 82, of 94 Elaine Drive died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Springfield on Jan. 11, 1921, son of Enzo and Louisa DelGuidice Marinaro, he spent most of his...

Gerhard P. Hoelter

Gerhard P. Hoelter, 96, of Melbourne Place Assisted Living Community died yesterday morning at home. Born in Chicago on Nov. 17, 1906, son of Edward and Eugenia Eleanora Bittner Hoelter, he was...

Joan Desautels-Gorton

Joan Desautels-Gorton, 69, of 176 Columbus Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 18, 1934, daughter of Dr. Antonio P. Desautels and Emma Bliel Desautels,...

Louis Francis Palma

Louis Francis Palma, 78, of 16 Washington Mountain Road, Dalton, died Wednesday afternoon at his home. Born in Pittsfield on May 28, 1925, son of Francesco and Margaret Lazzari Palma, he was a...

Retired Sgt. Maj. Joseph A. Baity Sr

Retired Sgt. Maj. Joseph A. Baity Sr., 85, of 687 Summit Road died yesterday morning at home. Born in Peru, Ind., on Aug. 9, 1918, son of Edward and Lula Holding Baity, he attended schools there....

June Evelyn Rubin

June Evelyn Rubin, 69, of 422 Barker Road died Monday afternoon at home of cancer. Born in Wilmington, Del., on March 4, 1934, daughter of James Bowman Jr. and Evelyn Annand Bowman Gilland, she...

Sandra L. Laine

Sandra L. Laine, 63, of 40 Franklin St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield of diabetes. Born in Adams on Jan. 28, 1940, daughter of Clara R. Rice Crossin of Dalton and the late...

Lillian M. Fortin

Lillian M. Fortin, 102, formerly of 15 Evans Ave., died yesterday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for 3 1/2 years. Born in Saint Felicien, Quebec, on Jan. 20, 1901,...

Gertrude Mildred Rolin Brister

Gertrude Mildred Rolin Brister, 77, of 10 Union Court died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since Oct. 8. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 20, 1926, daughter of Richard M. and...

Bertha R. Perch

Bertha R. Perch, 80, of 111 Partridge Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 13, 1923, the daughter of Israel and Eva Bookless Bialor, she was a 1940 graduate...

Charles "Chuck" Hall Jr

Charles "Chuck" Hall Jr., 58, of 236 Columbus Ave. died Sunday at home. Born on July 13, 1945, in Great Barrington, the son of the late Charles Hall Sr. and Alberta Hoiser Hall, he was educated...

Robert E. Quigley Sr

Robert E. Quigley Sr., 81, formerly of McArthur Street, died Tuesday at Soldiers' Home in Holyoke, where he had resided for 30 years. Born in Salem on Aug. 24, 1922, son of Timothy and Eva...

Josephine P. Palmieri

Josephine P. Palmieri, 72, of 726 Warwick Place, Naples, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died Thursday at Hospice of Naples, Georgeson House. Born on Oct. 20, 1930, the daughter of Pasquale and...

Thomas P. Murphy

Thomas P. Murphy, 66, of 1070 Holmes Road died Thursday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 30, 1937, son of James A. Murphy Sr. and Myrtle E. Smith Murphy, he was a 1955 graduate of St. Joseph's...

Francis M. Cichy

Francis M. Cichy, 66, of Auburn, a native of Pittsfield, died Thursday at St. Vincent's Hospital in Worcester. Born on Nov. 12, 1936, son of Frank and Lillian Borkowski Cichy, he moved to...