Obituaries

Ronald J. Meloveck, 63

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Ronald J. Meloveck, 63, of 10 Depot St., Housatonic, died Sunday, Aug. 6, 20006, at Fairview Hospital. Born in Mount Clair, N.J., on March 28, 1943, son of Francis...

Richard L. du Pont

Richard L. du Pont, 52, of 2 Lahey Crossroad died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 20, 1954, son of Richard H. and Yvonne Hillmaye du Pont, he was a 1972 graduate of Lee High School and...

Richard A. Dupras

Richard A. Dupras, 58, of 235 Prospect St. died yesterday morning at home Born in Adams on Oct. 14, 1947, son of Donald E. and Louise A. Bombardier Dupras, he was a 1965 graduate of the former...

Jean C. Leuchtenberger

Jean C. Leuchtenberger, 75, of Prospect Street died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsburgh on Oct. 13, 1930, daughter of Carl and Jean Newell Carlson, she graduated from Peabody...

Kenneth Vaughn Ellsworth

Kenneth Vaughn Ellsworth, 89, of Cromwell, Conn., formerly of Becket, died yesterday at the Masonic Home in Wallingford, Conn. Born in Island Falls, Maine, on March 26, 1917, son of Ernest and...

Betty Ann Turner

Betty Ann Turner, 77, of 46 Railroad St. died Thursday at home. Born in Great Barrington on Dec. 22, 1928, daughter of Frank and Eva Humes Rood, she attended schools in Mill River. She...

Robert C. Boldyga Sr.

Robert C. Boldyga Sr., 64, of 1416 Gabriel Dr., Norfolk, Va., died Monday at home after a brief illness. Born in Great Barrington on May 14, 1942, son of Stephen F. and Rita Collins Boldyga, he...

Lydia Farr

Lydia Farr, 95, formerly of Bostwick Gardens, died yesterday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, where she had resided since 1994. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 2, 1910,...

Maryellen D. Lake

Maryellen D. Lake, 76, of 88 King Arthur Drive died Sunday at Laurel Lake Center in Lenox due to complications from a series of illnesses. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Aug. 29, 1929, daughter of...

Margaret O. Noonan

Margaret O. Noonan, 93, of Little Rock, Ark., formerly of Academy Street, died Tuesday at Hospice Home Care in Little Rock. Born in Lee on July 16, 1913, daughter of James T. and Julia Egan...

Robert M. Southworth Jr.

Robert M. Southworth Jr., 29, of 24 Silver St. died Sunday after being hit by a train while traveling in Surf Beach, Lompuc, Calif. Born in Springfield on June 17, 1977, son of Barbara Ann Riel...

James Joseph "Doc" Soluri

James Joseph "Doc" Soluri, 72, of Becket died Monday, July 10, at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Born in Niagara Falls, N.Y., on Aug. 10, 1933, son of Joseph and Margaret Morasco Soluri,...

Charles J. "Moose" Koloski

Charles J. "Moose" Koloski, 89, of Glendale Middle Road died Wednesday at home. Born in the village of Glendale on Dec. 19, 1916, son of Frank and Frances Dombrowski Koloski, he attended schools...

Lucille E. Ruel

Lucille E. Ruel, 81, of East Street died yesterday at home. Born in Passaic, N.J., on Feb. 16, 1925, she was the daughter of Hugh and Viola Collins. She lived in Queensbury, N.Y., for 12...

David Arthur Faivre

David Arthur Faivre, 60, formerly of North Plain Road, Housatonic, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had lived at Laurel Lake Rehabilitation Center in Lee for seven years. Born in...

Antonio "Tony" J. Cosentino

Antonio "Tony" J. Cosentino, 82, of 27 Christian Hill Road died Sunday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Lawrence on Feb. 23, 1924, son of Joseph and Clementina Caruso Cosentino, he graduated from...

Emma McDarby

Emma McDarby, 90, of Lynn Ann Drive died yesterday at the home of her brother, Raymond Bertelli of State Road in Great Barrington, where she had resided since she became ill in May. Born in Lee...

Dr. Edward Benjamin Gardner

Dr. Edward Benjamin Gardner, 86, of 600 Laurel St., a former longtime resident of Walker Street in Lenox, died June 27 at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Cambridge on June 15, 1920, son of...

Alma B. King

Alma B. King, 91, of Lake Avenue died yesterday at Laurel Lake Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Lee. Born in Springfield on Dec. 27, 1914, daughter of Barsam and Almas Donabed Barsam, she...

Edna M. Taggart

Edna M. Taggart, 94, of Blue Hill Road died yesterday at home. Born in her family home in Valhalla, N.Y., on April 29, 1912, daughter of Louis and Mary Stevens Hatfield, she attended high school...

Elise Robbins "Wendy" Rowe

Elise Robbins "Wendy" Rowe, 74, of 3111 Sierra Road, formerly of Stockbridge, died Friday at Westland House in Monterey, Calif. Born in New York on Aug. 10, 1931, daughter of William and Elise...

Leora M. Smith

Leora M. Smith, 74, of Wareham, formerly of Becket, died Saturday at Tobey Hospital in Wareham. Born in West Springfield on Dec. 20, 1931, daughter of Ralph R. and Leora Williams Johnson, she...

Joan R. Olshansky

Joan R. Olshansky, 73, of Squaw Peak Road died late Friday evening at her home following a brief illness. Born March 11, 1933, in New York, daughter of the late Benjamin and Sylvia Scheiner...

Rita S. Drake

Rita S. Drake, 87, of Meadow Street died yesterday at her home. Born in Stockbridge on June 19, 1918, daughter of Mark and Harrier Schilling Drumm, she was a 1935 graduate of Williams High...

Charlotte C. Mountain

Charlotte C. Mountain, 89, of 55 East Center St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 29, 1917, daughter of Clifton and Rose Hebert Coons, she was a 1934 graduate...