Obituaries

Emilia Vazquetelles

Emilia L. Vazquetelles, 97, of Stockbridge Road died yesterday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Isabela, Puerto Rico, on Nov. 2, 1904, daughter of Onofre and Pascasia Galvan Lopez, she was educated...

Marya Cunningham

Marya E. Cunningham, 48, of Becket died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Manchester, N.H., on Aug. 22, 1953, daughter of June Richard Dahl Dawson of Suncook, N.H., and the late Henry...

Arnold D. Hall

Arnold D. Hall, 85, of East Otis Road died yesterday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in Otis on May 30, 1916, son of William D. and Ida E. Humason Hall, he attended Otis and Lee...

Olive Stafford

Olive Stafford, 100, of East Street died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She had been a resident of the Village at Laurel Lake in Lee since January. Mrs. Stafford was the...

Floyd J. Beckwith

Floyd J. Beckwith, 68, of Spring Hill, Fla., formerly of Great Barrington, died Nov. 6 at home. Born in Housatonic on Feb. 1, 1933, son of Paul and Hedwig Stehlin Beckwith, he moved to Florida 16...

Marian Doolittle

Marian A. Doolittle, 79, of Bostwick Garden Apartments died Saturday in Sheffield at the home of her daughter Susan Law. Born in Hudson, N.Y., on Nov. 19, 1921, she was the daughter of John and...

Marian Premerlani

Marian I. Premerlani, 89, of Woodhaven Drive, Scotia, N.Y., formerly of Great Barrington, died Tuesday at Baptist Health Center in Scotia. Born in Great Barrington on July 1, 1912, daughter of...

Margaret V. Wells

Margaret V. Wells, 76, of 46 Railroad St., Hyde Place, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Laurie M. Forfa of Lee. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 27, 1925, daughter of Edward and Elsie Dorman...

Anne Friedl

Anne Friedl, 81, of Gideon Drivedied Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Vienna, Austria, on July 25, 1920, daughter of Karl and Rose Kurz Weiser, she studied music in Europe...

William E. Perusse Jr.

William E. Perusse Jr., 76, of 251 Benton Hill Road died Friday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. Born in Agawam on May 15, 1925, son of William E. Perusse Sr. and Bessie Stone Perusse, he...

Nancy E. Meagher

Nancy E.H. Meagher, 58, of 11 Church St. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 5, 1943, daughter of Bertha Voisin White and the late Edward White, she attended schools in Lee and was...

Annette J. Heon

Annette J. Heon, 96, of 620 Laurel St. died Saturday at Laurel Lake Center. Born in Beacher Falls, Vt., on Jan. 2, 1905, daughter of Omer and Julia DuPont Dupuis, she moved to Springfield as a...

Isaie Pelletier

Isaie Pelletier, 89, of 710 Jacob's Ladder Road died Monday at home. Born in Baker Lake, New Brunswick, Canada, on Dec. 12, 1911, he was the son of Dennis and Elizabeth Nadeau Pelletier. Mr....

Irene M. Williams

Irene M. Williams, 80, of Park Avenue, Sturbridge, formerly of Great Barrington and Housatonic, died Saturday at Providence House Nursing Home in Southbridge. Born in Turnbridge Wells, England, on...

John W. Gutowski

John W. Gutowski, 53, of 443 West 66th Terrace, Kansas City, Mo., died Sunday at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City. He was the son of Edward R. and Jean Helstowski Gutowski of Great...

Fulbert J. Daigle

Fulbert "Pete" J. Daigle, 75, of 3235 Main St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Mr. Daigle was an assessor for the town of Becket for 12 years, retiring in 1995. Born in...

Natalie Bye

Natalie Steele Bye, 74, of Greenwater Pond died Monday in Bethlehem, Pa. Born in Brockton on Nov. 7, 1926, daughter of George A. and Disa M. Lawson Steele, she attended Brockton schools. Mrs....

Adelaide Schwarz

Adelaide B. Schwarz, 87, formerly of Mill River and more recently of Great Barrington, died Tuesday at the Great Barrington Rehab and Nursing Center, where she had resided since 1994. Born in...

Prescott Coan

Prescott Coan, 84, of Stillwell Street, formerly of Boardman Street in Sheffield, died yesterday morning at Fairview Commons Nursing Home, where he had resided since 1996. Born in Haverill on July...

Johanna A. New

Johanna A. New, 94, of 899 South Main St., Bostwick Gardens, died Saturday at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Home. Born in Norfolk, Conn., on April 16, 1907, daughter of Battista and Maria Zanzi...

Harry E. Budz, 85

GREAT BARRINGTON -- Harry E. Budz, 85, of 123 Front St., Housatonic, died Wednesday at Laurel Lake Center for Rehabilitation in Lee. Born in Housatonic on July 2, 1916, son of George and Anna...

Marilyn Rose Hayes

GREAT BARRINGTON -- Marilyn Rose Hayes, infant daughter of Nicholas and Amy Heath Hayes of Housatonic, died Tuesday morning at Fairview Hospital after complications at birth. Besides her parents,...

Hilda Kaminsky, 81

GREAT BARRINGTON -- Hilda Kaminsky, 81, of Mahaiwe Street died Tuesday. Born in Newark, N.J., on Dec. 28, 1919, daughter of Jacob and Ruby Diamond Hoffer, she graduated from Irving High School and...

Hazel V. Dunham, 65

GREAT BARRINGTON -- Hazel V. Dunham, 65, of Silver Street died Tuesday. Born in Sharon, Conn., on April 25, 1936, daughter of Arthur and Gladys Surdam Ostrander, she attended schools in...

Henry Andrews Sr., 54

BECKET -- Henry J. Andrews Sr., 54, of Becket, a former selectman and assessor, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Mr. Andrews served as a selectman from 1980 to 1990 and from 1991 to 1998....