Obituaries

Nellie J. "Jane" Vickery Hill

Nellie J. "Jane" Vickery Hill, 85, of 30 Lucille St. died yesterday at home after a long illness. Born in Nassau, N.Y., on July 25, 1917, daughter of Alfred and Nellie Thayer Houghtlin, she moved...

Charles V. Parise

Charles V. Parise, 76, of 20 Stearns Ave. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 9, 1925, son of Joseph and Maria Puyia Parise, he attended local schools. An Army...

Ronald L. Scace

Ronald L. Scace, 66, of 21 Perrine Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 7, 1936, son of Raymond L. and Gladys M. Musgrove Scace, he was a 1953 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Ralph R. Kirby

Ralph R. Kirby, 76, of 322 Carrington St., Henderson, Nev., formerly of 43 Richard Drive, Pittsfield, died Friday at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas of an apparent heart attack. Born...

Harold D. Douville

Harold D. Douville, 73, of 14 Stockbridge Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was a former member of the Dalton Finance Committee and served as treasurer of the...

Harold D. Douville

Harold D. Douville, 73, of 14 Stockbridge Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was a former member of the Dalton Finance Committee and served as treasurer of the...

Carmen Marguerite Ochs

Carmen Marguerite Ochs, 77, of Rose Manor died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Turgeon, Quebec, Canada, on June 27, 1925, daughter of Almord and Rose Durand Tremblay, she was a 1943...

Betty Ann Dickson

Betty Ann Dickson, 43, of 218 Pine Glen Court, Englewood, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Friday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27, 1958, daughter of Robert M. and E. Louise Mellon...

John Albert Heaton

John Albert Heaton, 81, of 29 Morewood Drive died yesterday morning at home. He was manager of the Pittsfield Municipal Airport for 40 years, retiring in 1985. Born in Eaton Rapids, Mich., on...

Mr.C.Henry Kruidenier

Mr.C.Henry Kruidenier, 93, died Thursday August 22, 2002 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, MA. following a brief illness. He had resided at Kimball Farms in Lenox since December 1989. The...

Margaret A. Unsworth

Margaret A. Unsworth, 79, of Poppy Hill Drive, Johnston, R.I., died Monday at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, North Providence. She was the mother of Thomas E. Unsworth of Dalton. Born in Providence,...

Joseph W. "Luther" Kubica

Joseph W. "Luther" Kubica, 50, of Voorheesville, N.Y., a native of Pittsfield, died Saturday at the Community Hospice Inn at St. Peter's in Albany. Born on Jan. 23, 1952, son of Harriett Kubica...

Ruth Marion Witherow

Ruth Marion Witherow, 87, of 151 Heights of Hill St., Whitinsville, formerly of Pittsfield and Worthington, died Monday at St. Camilla's Nursing Home in Whitinsville. Born in New Haven, Conn., on...

Charles Frederick Larkin

Mr. Charles Frederick Larkin, 40 of Main Street in Dalton died Thursday night August 15,2002 at his home in Dalton following a long illness. Born September 9, 1961 in Great Barrington he was the...

William Stanhope

William Sterling Stanhope, 55, of Topeka, Kan., a native of Pittsfield, died Tuesday in Topeka. Born in Pittsfield on May 7, 1947, son of Irene Auger Stanhope of Pittsfield and the late James...

Marion Freehoffer

Marion L. Freehoffer, 95, of Orlando, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Aug. 3 at Alterra Clairbridge, an assisted-living facility in Orlando. Born in Egremont on Jan. 18, 1907, daughter of...

Helen Mangiardi

Helen Marie Mangiardi, 78, of 29 Lakewood Drive died Wednesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center, where she had been admitted Aug. 2. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 4, 1923, daughter of Joseph and...

Frank M. Segala

Frank M. "Chet" Segala, 72, of 38 Hazelwood Terrace died Wednesday at home, following a brief illness. Born in Malcesine sul Garda, Province of Verona, Italy, on Feb. 11, 1930, son of Frank and...

Bertha Kreger

Bertha Kreger, 94, formerly of 214 Park Ave. died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since January 1996. Born in Poland on Feb. 1, 1908, daughter of Harry and Yetta...

Norman Bellinger

Norman Ray Bellinger, 80, of Ballentine, S.C., a native of Pittsfield, died Tuesday. Born on Dec. 3, 1921, son of Rudson R. and Zilpha Barnes Bellinger, he graduated from the former Dalton High...

Charles Bradford

Charles Edward Bradford, 79, of Beverly, formerly of Pittsfield, died Aug. 6 at Ledgewood Rehabilitation in Beverly after a long bout with Alzheimer's disease. Born Oct. 20, 1922, in Tulsa,...

Sanford Hartman

Sanford H. Hartman, 94, of 235 Walker St., Kimball Farms Retirement Community, died Monday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Cleveland on May 23, 1908, son of Jacob and Malvina...

Rev. Ronald Lussier

The Rev. Ronald P. Lussier, 74, pastor of St. George Church in the Chicopee Falls section of Chicopee, died Monday. He was a former pastor of Holy Family Church in North Adams. Born in Chicopee on...

Paul Rapkowicz

Paul H. Rapkowicz, 75, of 125 Euclid Ave. died Monday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 2, 1926, son of Harry and Rose Sidak Rapkowicz, he attended local schools...

Jean Rufo

Jean Rufo, 71, of Agawam, formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday at home. Born Jan. 21, 1931, in Pittsfield, daughter of Leon and Anna Tarantino Dragone, she was a 1948 graduate of Pittsfield High...