Obituaries

Orville G. Heath, Jr.

Orville G. Heath, Jr., 87, of Pine Road and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, died June 23, at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born May 29, 1920, in Monterey, he was the son of Orville Gregory...

William H. Beck

William H. Beck, 77, of Fulton, N.Y., died Saturday at Vassar Hospital in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Mr. Beck was a former resident of Becket. Born in New York state on June 10, 1930, he was the son...

Florence Williams

Florence Williams, 92, of Meadow Street in South Lee, died Wednesday morning after a short illness. Born in Lee on Nov. 27, 1914, daughter of Carl and Lillian Brush Elsensohn, she was educated in...

Francis J. "Ruby" Olszewski

Francis J. "Ruby" Olszewski, 79, of 11 Wyantenuck St., died Wednesday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Great Barrington on April 11, 1928, son of Joseph and Katherine Krzynowek Olszewski, he attended...

Maurice E. Larrivee

Maurice E. Larrivee, 81, of 55 Pease Terrace, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Housatonic on May 13, 1926, son of Ulric and Rosanna Mercier Larrivee, he moved to...

Elizabeth "Sis" Naventi

Elizabeth "Sis" Naventi, 78, died Tuesday of Alzheimer's disease at Laurel Lake Center, where she had resided for two years. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 4, 1929, daughter of Raymond J. and Kathleen...

Mary A. Kelley

Mary A. Kelley, 70, of Brown Memorial Court, died Monday at home. Born in Bronxville, N.Y., on July 6, 1936, daughter of Samuel and Catherine Thompson Corbitt, she was a 1954 graduate of Lee High...

Valentina Makarova Whitehead

Valentina Makarova Whitehead, 20, of Alford Road, died of cancer Saturday at home. Born in Lodeynove Pole, Russia, on Nov. 25, 1986, she lived in Russia until being adopted by Peter and Jean...

George E. Frulla

George E. Frulla, 82, of 80 Richmond Ave., died Tuesday at home. He was a former member of the Zoning Board of Appeals and of the building committee in the construction of Lee High...

Ashley Remington Johnson

Ashley Remington Johnson, 26, of High Street, West Stockbridge, died Tuesday at home. Born in New Britain, Conn., on May 27, 1981, son of Carl Johnson and Susan Gill Johnson Glasser. Ashley...

Angelo J. Bettega

Angelo J. Bettega, 87, of 46 Railroad St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Gambellara, Italy, on Oct. 31, 1919, son of Tullio and Agnes Capitanio Bettega, he moved...

Cecelia Eileen Elizabeth Gaarn

Cecelia Eileen Elizabeth Gaarn, 47, of Heaton Court, 5 Pine St., died Tuesday at Fairview Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Great Barrington. Born in New York City on Sept. 15, 1959,...

David R. Hill

David R. Hill, 79, of Lake Mansfield Road, died Monday at Bridgeport (Conn.) Hospital. He spent summers as a child in Great Barrington and retired to the house built by his grandfather. Born...

Pearl A. Spigarolo

Pearl A. Spigarolo, 83, of 123 Lumbert Crossroad, Southfield, died yesterday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Aug. 3, 1923, daughter of Hampton and Bertha...

Doris C. Redeker

Doris C. Redeker, 104, died Saturday at Laurel Lake Assisted Living Center. She was a longtime resident of Rochester, N.Y., before moving to Lee in 2000. Born in Breslau, Germany, on Nov. 30,...

Andrew Ruthven Bridges

Andrew Ruthven Bridges, 15, of Main Street, died at home on Saturday. Born in Spartanburg, S.C., on Sept. 3, 1991, son of the Revs. Frances Ruthven and Steven Bridges, he moved to Stockbridge in...

Craig A. Paul Sr.

Craig A. Paul Sr., 54, of 533A Main St. died Sunday at home after a long illness. Born in Pownal, Vt., on Oct. 10, 1952, son of the late George A. Paul Sr. and Helen Owens Paul, he moved to the...

John F. Shaw

John F. Shaw, 60, of 276 East St., died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 29, 1947, son of John and Priscilla White Shaw, he moved to Albany, N.Y., at an early age and was a 1967...

Patricia Claire Webber

Patricia Claire Webber, 84, of Middle Road, Rockport, formerly of Great Barrington, died Wednesday at Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester. Born in Gloucester on Nov. 29, 1922, daughter of...

Rita Pierce

Rita Pierce, 70, of 155 Marble St., formerly of Savoy, died yesterday at home. She was postmaster of Richmond from 1991 to 2000. Born in Lenox on Nov. 7, 1936, daughter of Henry M. and Dorothy...

Henry Blanchet

Henry Blanchet, 91, of 28 Prospect St., died Thursday at home. Born in Youngsville, La., on July 15, 1915, son of Kossuth and Rose LaBlanc Blanchet, he was a 1933 graduate of Lafayette (La.) High...

Arthur J. Ivey, 60

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Arthur J. Ivey, 60, of 80 Taconic Ave., died Monday, May 7, 2007, at home after a long battle with lung cancer. Born in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 18, 1946, son of...

Sandra Irene Hamilton

Sandra Irene Hamilton, 64, of 21 Crossway St., Apt. 205, formerly of McNerney Road, Becket, died Saturday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield after a long illness. She moved to Lee a year...

Peter D. Fraser Jr.

Peter D. Fraser Jr., 47, of Devon Road died Friday evening when the all-terrain vehicle he was driving struck a tree on the Hollywood Club property in Colton, St. Lawrence County, N.Y. Born in...

William H. Fairfield

William H. Fairfield, 69, of Jacob's Ladder Road, died Saturday at the home of his sister Dorothy "Betty" Bangs of 829 Ashley Falls Road, Ashley Falls. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 20, 1938, son of...