Obituaries

Ethel H. Deane, 80

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Ethel H. Deane, 80, of Bernard Gibbons Drive, Housatonic, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2002, at Fairview Hospital. Born in New Marlborough on June 20, 1921, daughter of...

Kitty Shumar

Kitty Shumar, 85, of Taconic Avenue died Friday at home. Born in Toledo, Ohio, on April 24, 1916, daughter of James and Genevieve Valiquette Hughes, she graduated from Lapeer (Mich.) High School...

Erna Burghardt

Erna Burghardt, 91, of Boynton Beach, Fla., formerly of Great Barrington, died Tuesday morning at Heartland Care Center in Boynton Beach. Born in Great Barrington on April 25, 1910, daughter of...

Bernice Brighenti

Bernice E. Brighenti, 78, of 289 Golden Hill Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a long illness. Born in Lee on Aug. 22, 1923, daughter of Leslie and Myrtle Webb...

Pasquale Lucchese

Pasquale L. "Pat" Lucchese, 69, of 245 Theresa Terrace died yesterday morning at Albany (N.Y.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Born in White Plains, N.Y., on April 29, 1932, son of Yolanda Cioce...

Mark J. Drury

Mark J. Drury, 43, of 135 Parkview Terrace died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 27, 1958, son of Betty Chapman Drury and the late Bartholomew Drury, he attended local schools and was...

James M. Farnum

James M. Farnum, 96, formerly of Cherry Hill Road, more recently of Martin Avenue, Lee, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Worcester on Jan. 11, 1905, son of Frederick Lamb Farnum...

James McMahon

James F. McMahon, 84, of Westfield died Tuesday at Laurel Lake Center, where he had resided since August. Born in Westfield on June 13, 1917, son of Thomas and Mary Ellen Donovan McMahon, he...

Romolo L. Guarda

Romolo L. Guarda, 68, of 5 Pine St., formerly of West Stockbridge, died Saturday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in Richmond on March 6, 1933, son of Dominic and Aurelia Pellizaro...

Richard Skinner

Richard E. Skinner, 48, of East Bridgewater, formerly of Lee, died Saturday at Brockton Hospital after a short illness. Born in Providence, R.I., son of Claire Dube Skinner and the late Richard...

John Lorette Sr.

John J. Lorette Sr., 75, of 65 Mandaley Road died yesterday at New Milford (Conn.) Hospital of a heart attack. Born in Lenox on Sept. 9, 1926, son of Charles and Ethel McKegg Lorette, he attended...

Regina Olszewski

Regina Olszewski, 80, of Ryan Terrace, Housatonic, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Easthampton on April 16, 1921, daughter of Peter and Mary Olbrys Olszewski, she moved to...

Palmira J. Bennett

Palmira J. Bennett, 91, of Hyde Place died Friday at Fairview Commons Nursing Center in Great Barrington, where she had resided since 1994. Born in West Stockbridge on March 20, 1910, daughter of...

Camile G. Ford

Camile G. Ford, 98, of Miami Lakes, Fla., died Thursday at Heart Land Health Care Center in Miami Lakes. Her husband, attorney J. Francis Ford, was a former resident of Lee. He died April 3,...

Margaret M. McDarby

Margaret M. McDarby, 93, of 415 Marble St. died yesterday at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Born in Lee on July 4, 1908, daughter of William and Mary Ann McHugo O'Brien, she graduated from...

Paul Cherney

Paul Cherney, 94, died Monday morning at Kimball Farms in Lenox. Born in Budpest, Hungary, sone of Adele Kohn-Cola and Edward Cserneyei, he grew up in Vienna, where he received his education and...

Robert J. Bersaw

Robert J. Bersaw, 73, of 193 Castle St. died Sunday at home. Born in North Adams on Nov. 30, 1928, son of Norman and Della Jennings Bersaw, he moved to Williamstown as a child and attended schools...

James Christmann

James W. Christmann 37, of Arlington died Wednesday morning at home of cancer. He was the son-in-law of Frederick and Nancy Costello of Lee. Born in Camp Springs, Md., on April 18, 1964, son of...

Helen Kelley

Helen Kelley 89, of Nohoval, County Cork, Ireland, formerly of Troy, N.Y., and mother of Mary Edwards of Stockbridge, died Wednesday at Cork University Hospital. Born in Bedford on March 16, 1912,...

Alfred J. Calvano

Alfred J. Calvano Sr., 81, of Silver Street died Tuesday at Fairview Hospital. Born March 27, 1920, in Brooklyn, N.Y., son of Salvatore and Provendenzia Circardo Calvano, he attended Brooklyn...

Raymond Brownson

Raymond Louis Brownson, 83, formerly of Great Barrington, died Sunday in Brooksville, Fla. Born in Great Barrington on March 28, 1918, son of Edward S. and Cora L. Turner Brownson, he attended...

Jack E. Kissinger

Jack E. Kissinger, 67, of RR5, Wellsboro, Pa., formerly of Lee, died Sunday at home. Born in Carlisle, Pa., on Oct. 25, 1934, he was the son of the late Ralph K. and Lorraine Smith Kissinger. He...

Dorothy Armstrong

Dorothy M. Armstrong, 79, of 155 Marble St. died Saturday at home. Born in Lee on Dec. 24, 1921, daughter of Augustine and Victoria Monachina Julieano, she attended schools there. Mrs....

Gladys H. Race

Gladys H. Race, 98, of North Street, Housatonic, died Saturday at Fairview Commons Nursing Home. Born in Housatonic on Sept. 28, 1903, daughter of Walter L. and Ida Hastings Nicholas, she...

Ruth E. deSousa

Ruth E. deSousa, 79, of 149 Louis Road, Springfield, a former resident of Tyringham, died Sunday at East Longmeadow Nursing Home. She was a former member of the Tyringham School Committee and former...