Obituaries

Richard A. Peppe

Dr. Richard A. Peppe, 75, of Northampton, formerly of Great Barrington, died yesterday at the Northampton Veterans Hospital after a long bout with cancer. Born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on April 27,...

Lillian Asselin

Lillian Mayo Asselin, 88, of 56 Glendale Road died Monday at Fairview Commons. Born in Chicopee on Jan. 12, 1914, she was the daughter of Adolph and Melissa Ungerer Mayo. She graduate from...

Dorothy Mange

Dorothy M. Mange, 79, formerly of Beartown Mountain Road in South Lee, died Monday evening at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 27, 1922, daughter of...

Judy Ann Kot

Judy Ann Clouser Kot, 45, of 10 Manville Street, Great Barrington, dies Saturday, July 6, 2002 at home. She was born in Great Barrington, daughter of the late Floyd and Margaret Winters Clouser,...

William O'Brien Jr.

William H. O'Brien Jr., 84, of 375 Marble St. died Saturday at Holyoke Soldiers' Home, where he had lived for two years. He had served on the Board of Selectmen, the Housing Authority and the Board...

Irving Axelrod

Irving Axelrod, 79, of 106 Lake Buel Road, a winter resident of West Palm Beach, Fla., died Tuesday at Fairview Hospital after being stricken a short time earlier at home. Born in Luboml, Poland,...

Dorothy O'Brien

Dorothy R. "Dottie" O'Brien, 78, formerly of Stockbridge, died June 14 at Martin Memorial Medical Center in Stuart, Fla. Born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., she moved to Stuart 21 years ago. While in...

Jean M. Scarpa

Jean M. Scarpa, 71, of Christian Hill Road died yesterday morning at Fairview Commons. Born in Dalton on Sept. 28, 1930, daughter of Frederick and Frances McKenna Danforth, she attended local...

Francis C. Lis

Francis C. "Butch" Lis, 84, of 431 Monterey Road, formerly of Housatonic, died yesterday at Fairview Commons. Born in Great Barrington on June 19, 1918, son of Joseph and Virginia Zdun Lis, he...

Cynthia McHugh

Cynthia Ann New McHugh, 61, of 12 Highland Drive died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long battle with cancer. Born in Great Barrington on Oct. 27, 1940, daughter of Edward F. New...

Mary E. Klahn

Mary E. Klahn, 81, of Summer Street died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Lee on Nov. 9, 1920, daughter of Harold and Dorothy Buckbee Soules, she moved to Sheffield at...

Areitta M. Rado

Areitta M. Rado, 81, of 29 Benton St., Winsted, Conn., a native of Great Barrington, died Tuesday at home. Born in Great Barrington on July 28, 1921, she was the daughter of Clayton and Ethel...

Jovina Osnato

Jovina Osnato, 88, of Castle Hill Road, Glendale, died Saturday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in New York City on Sept. 19, 1913, daughter of Henry and Pauline...

Virginia I. Storti

Virginia I. Storti, 86, of Beachtree Commons, Silver Street, died Saturday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 11, 1915, daughter of Thomas F. and Irene O'Brien Graham, she was...

Blanche Banach

Blanche Banach, 83, of 220 Grove St. died Saturday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in Housatonic on April 6, 1919, daughter of Joseph J. and Aleksandra Ptak Zarimba,...

Robert Crine Sr.

Robert J. Crine Sr., 57, of 160 Christian Hill Road died yesterday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Great Barrington on Dec. 13, 1944, son of John E. Crine Sr. and Helen M. Briggs Crine, he attended...

Audrey LaFontana

Audrey M. LaFontana, 82, a longtime resident of Castle Hill Avenue, died May 26 at Sharon (Conn.) Hospital. Born in Mansfield, Wash., on Oct. 8, 1919, daughter of Thomas and Valborg Christine...

William S. Lis

William S. "Jock" Lis, 84, of 1027 Main St., Housatonic, formerly of 17 Kirk St., died yesterday at Fairview Commons. Born in Great Barrington on Oct. 16, 1917, son of Joseph and Virginia Zdun...

Nicholas M. Williams

Nicholas M. Williams, 5-week-old son of Timothy and Diane Gop Williams of Lee, died May 20 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Besides his parents, he leaves his twin brother, Dominic J....

Dorothy Green

Dorothy Green, 93, of 5 West Lane, Latham, N.Y., formerly of Lee, died Monday at Northwoods at Rosewood Gardens Extended Care Facility in Rensselaer, N.Y. Born in Lee on March 1, 1909, daughter of...

Mary A. Prejsnar

Mary A. Prejsnar, 79, of 44 East St. died Tuesday evening at Laurel Lake Nursing Center, where she had been a patient for several weeks. Born in Stockbridge on Jan. 20, 1923, daughter of Roman and...

Elmer E. Wright

Elmer E. "Al" Wright, 88, of Lady Lake, Fla., formerly of Great Barrington, died April 30 at Leesburg Regional Medical Center in Leesburg, Fla. Born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., on June 12, 1913, son of...

Marjorie A. Oles

Marjorie Alice "Sis" Oles, 76, formerly of Locust Street, died Monday at the home of her daughter, Linda Welch of Pittsfield. Born in Great Barrington on April 21, 1926, daughter of Earl H. and...

Prudence DiGrigoli

Prudence R. DiGrigoli, 88, of 11 Robert St. died yesterday at home. Born in Hinsdale on Sept. 25, 1913, daughter of Ignatius and Maria Cencia Panetti, she moved to Pittsfield as a child with her...

Barbara A. Russell

Barbara Ann Russell, 70, of 14 Navin Heights died Friday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Born in Louisville, Ky., on March 26, 1932, daughter of Thomas and Edna Von Allmen Harris, she...