Obituaries

Teresa Dodge

Teresa Dodge, 88, of 88 Liberty St. died yesterday at North Adams Commons, where she was admitted May 31 following a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 18, 1913, daughter of Giacomo and...

Joseph R. Pevay

Joseph Robert Pevay, 69, of Springfield, died Wednesday at home. He was the father of Deborah J. Pevay of North Adams. Born in Somerville on June 18, 1932, son of Joseph and Josephine Bartkovich...

Dayla C. Bechta

Dayla C. Naylor Bechta, 62, of 210 Columbia St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Los Angeles on April 22, 1940, daughter of Otto and Bertha Tenczar Andrews, she...

Catherine Gravel

Catherine B. Gravel, 90, of Bedford, N.H., formerly of 65 Center St., died Monday at Mount Carmel Health Care Center. Born in Adams on Feb. 6, 1912, daughter of John L. and Mary E. Ward Gannon,...

Alta C. Steege

Alta C. Steege, 93, formerly of Chapel Hill, N.C., and Ardmore, Pa., died May 30 at Sweetbrook Continuing Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Dec. 14, 1908, daughter of...

Gerard M. Kimball

Gerard M. Kimball, 79, of 611 State Road, Holy Family Terrace, a longtime resident of Williamstown, died Monday at home. Born in Castleton, Vt., on March 11, 1923, son of Charles Lyman Kimball and...

Jeannette Oparowski

Jeannette Margaret Oparowski, 71, of 51 East Hoosac St. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 5, 1931, daughter of Peter and Blanche Gromaski Lingoski, she was educated in schools...

Percy Larabee Jr.

Percy Ernest Larabee Jr., 83, of 10 Miner St. died Tuesday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center in Williamstown, where he had been admitted May 23. Born in Buckland on Jan. 28, 1919, son of Percy...

Helen Thompson

Helen Thompson, 97, of 4866 Chevy Chase Blvd., Chevy Chase, Md. died Saturday at home. Born in Springfield on June 30, 1904, daughter of George and Nellie Owens Donovan, she attended schools...

John B. Mancini

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — John Burton Mancini, 73, of 59 Chase Ave. died Monday evening, May 27, 2002, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Feb. 24, 1929, son of John Lucien...

Eugene Beaupre

Eugene M. Beaupre, 74, of 10 Grant St. died Saturday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on March 4, 1928, son of Eugene P. and Zepherine Gagnon Beaupre, he attended local...

Gerald Taylor Sr.

Gerald M. Taylor Sr., 81, of 9 Brooks Ave., Newport, R.I., a radio broadcaster and photographer, died Sunday afternoon. He was the father of Holly A. Taylor of Williamstown. Born in Newport on...

Mary Richardello

Mary C. Richardello, 86, of 18 Walnut St. died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Oct. 1, 1915, daughter of Silvio and Louisa Giganti Pieropan, she attended local...

Fred Scerbo, 49

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Fred B. Scerbo, 49, of 60 Harding Ave. died May 21, 2002, at the Center for Living and Rehabilitation of the Southwestern Vermont Medical Auxiliary in Bennington, Vt.,...

Marsha L. Elder

Marsha L. Elder, 54, of 84 Marion Ave. died Sunday at home. Born in Oklahoma City on Sept. 8, 1947, daughter of Leona Plumer Kamp of Edmond, Okla., and the late Walter Kamp Sr., she attended...

Flora L. Kiely

Flora Louise Kiely, 86, of 1612 South Church St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, where she was admitted Wednesday. Born in North Adams on July 27, 1915, daughter of Wilfred...

Rebecca Williams

Rebecca Marie Williams, 24, of 2 Cherry St., died yesterday as a result of an automobile accident on Curran Highway in North Adams. Born in North Adams on March 9, 1978, daughter of John M....

Delima R. Martin

Delima Rosemarie (Gelinas) Martin, 87, of 689 Church St., North Adams, died Thursday, May 16, 2002, at the North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at her home. Born on Nendon...

Martin Flanagan

Dr. Martin E. Flanagan, 73, of Nokomis, Fla., formerly of North Adams, died May 8 at home. Born in Philadelphia on May 23, 1928, son of James and Mary Flanagan, he moved to North Adams in 1940 and...

Stanley Ostrobinski, 87

ADAMS, Mass. — Stanley John Ostrobinski, 87, of 72 East Hoosac St. died Tuesday morning, May 14, 2002, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Oct. 12, 1914, son of John and Anna...

Charles A. Comer

Charles A. Comer, 52, of 8 Rand St., Apt. 25, died Monday at home after a long illness. Born in Shellman, Ga., on Dec. 24, 1949, son of Earl Comer and Curry Logue Comer, he attended schools in...

Moses E. Harwood

Moses E. Harwood, 59, of River Street died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Jan. 8, 1943, son of Walter and Blanche Coppersmith Harwood, he...

Lois A. Degere

Lois A. Degere, 69, of 70 Langlois Ave. died Thursday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Adams on Nov. 17, 1932, daughter of Francis and Rachel Brodeur Kelly, she was a...

Mary Wiswell

Mary Wiswell, 87, of Stone Mountain, Ga., a former resident of Pittsfield, died Thursday at her daughter's home in Stone Mountain. Born in Adams on Jan. 7, 1914, daughter of Henry J. and Mary E....

Mary F. Corrigan

Mary Frances Corrigan, 82, of 11 Randall St. died yesterday at home. Born in Montague on Feb. 5, 1920, daughter of Arthur J. and Helen Firth Courteau, her family moved in 1923 to Adams, where she...