Obituaries

Millie Priest

Millie Priest, 89, formerly of Birch Grove Drive died July 3 in Annapolis, Md., following a short illness. Born in Feura Bush, N.Y., on Feb. 23, 1913, daughter of Arthur O. and Bertha Mary...

Ida Soldato, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ida "Edith" Soldato, 85, formerly of Bartlett Avenue died Tuesday morning, July 9, 2002, at Hillcrest Commons. Born in the town of Florida on Sept. 16, 1916, daughter of...

Arlene E. Huddy

Arlene Elizabeth Huddy, 84, of 105 Ventura Ave. died Tuesday afternoon at Craneville Place in Dalton, where she had resided since May. Born in Pittsfield on June 12, 1918, daughter of Oscar M....

Stanley Wheeler

Stanley J. Wheeler, 83, of 299 Pittsfield Road died Monday morning at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Lenox on Oct. 26, 1918, son of Frank S. and Martha Mauersberger Wheeler, he was a graduate...

John R. Coffill

John R. Coffill, 80, formerly of 23 East Alford St. died Sunday evening at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided for two years. Born in Adams on July 8, 1921, he attended local schools. Mr....

Rosemary A. Naughton

Rosemary A. Naughton, 76, of 97 Connecticut Ave. died Sunday evening at Hillcrest Commons, where she had been a patient since July 1. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 31, 1926, daughter of Pittsfield...

Gerard Levesque

Gerard Levesque, 70, of 20 Riverview Homes died Sunday at home. Born in St. Donat, Quebec, Canada, on Nov. 9, 1931, son of Louis and Alice Halle Levesque, he attended school there. He moved to...

Elizabeth Gardner

Elizabeth "Libby" Barker Gardner, 75, of Walker Street died Sunday at home after a diagnosis of cancer in May. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., on Sept. 7, 1926, daughter of Ralph and Miriam Abrams Epstein,...

Elaine Carnevale

Elaine M. Carnevale, 85, of 88 Calumet St. died Saturday evening at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for five years. Born in Pittsfield on July 27, 1916, daughter of Emile and Helene...

Clara P. Tini

Clara P. Tini, 90, formerly of Rose Manor Apartments died Sunday at Craneville Place of Dalton, where she was admitted in April 1999. Born in New York City on Oct. 24, 1911, daughter of Angelo and...

Anthony Pacholec

Anthony S. Pacholec, 75, of 54 Stoneybrook Drive, Millis, formerly of Pittsfield, died Friday at Metro West Medical Center in Framingham. Born in Holyoke on May 8, 1927, son of Stanley and...

Anna M. Demary

Anna M. Demary, 68, of Englewood, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died July 1 at home. She moved to Englewood in 1989. Born on Aug. 18, 1933, daughter of Francisco and Angela Amendologinon DeVanna,...

Theodore H. Lieberman

Theodore H. Lieberman, 72, of 13 Muirfield Drive, Lenox, and 3040 Grand Bay Blvd., Florida, died July 3, 2002 at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in New York City, son of the late Jacob and...

Albert Dambrauskas

Albert J. Dambrauskas Jr., 54, of 42 Southpoint Drive, Amherst, formerly of 311 Osceola Road, died Wednesday at home. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on June 16, 1948, son of Albert J. Dambrauskas Sr....

Effie Pechewlys

Effie Pechewlys, 86, formerly of Appleton Avenue, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Nashua, N.H., on Aug. 10, 1915, she attended Nashua schools. She had resided in Pittsfield since...

Dorothy M. Potter

Dorothy M. Potter, 51, of 80 Bay State Road died Monday at home after a brief illness. Born in Stewartstown, N.H., daughter of Richard Smith and Warnetta L. Potter, she attended schools there and...

Michael J. Cullen

Michael J. Cullen, 61, of Clearwater, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Mease Hospital in Dunedin, Fla. Born in Pittsfield on June 6, 1941, son of Donald F. Cullen Sr. and Katherine...

Floyd J. Morse

Floyd J. Morse, 85, of 34 Burr Drive died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. He served on the Board of Appeals and on the Conservation Commission. Born in Burlington, Vt., on April 12, 1917,...

Florence L. Voss

Florence L. Voss, 83, of 170 Appleton Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Shoreham, Vt., on Oct. 26, 1918, daughter of Henry R. and Emma L. Mohrmann Voss, she graduated from high...

Wilfred F. Amlaw

Wilfred Francis Amlaw, 76, of 84 Cheshire Road died Saturday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center, where he was admitted Friday. Born in North Adams on May 4, 1926, son of Frank and Wilma Raymond...

Norman Oppermann

Norman V. Oppermann Jr., 83, of 44 Huron St. died Saturday afternoon at home. Born in Gladstone, N.J., on May 30, 1919, son of Norman V. and Mable Mettzler Oppermann, he moved to Stockbridge as a...

Julius H. Naventi

ulius H. "Mickey" Naventi, 81, of 59 Salisbury Court, formerly of Chapel Street in East Lee, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. He moved to Pittsfield in 1995. Born in Lee on May 20, 1921,...

William Haines

William E. Haines, 65, of 51 Noblehurst Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in West Stockbridge on March 5, 1937, son of Emery and Rose Hains Haines, he was a 1955 graduate of...

Elizabeth Derivan

Elizabeth M. Derivan, 88, of No. 8 Pine Hill, Kimball Farms, died Tuesday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 8, 1914, daughter of William J. and Catherine Conry...

Warren Vincent

Warren Ashley Vincent, 79, of 83 East St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 13, 1922, son of J. Alexander and Emma Louise Ashley Vincent, he was a 1940...