Obituaries

Melissa R. Padilla, 24

GREAT BARRINGTON -- Melissa Rebecca Padilla, 24, of Denver, formerly of Park Street North, died Sunday in Commerce City, Colo. Born in Denver on Dec. 3, 1976, daughter of Daniel Padilla of Denver...

Irene Nettleton, 96

BECKET -- Irene Nettleton, 96, of Melbourne, Fla., formerly of Becket and Lee, died Sept. 15. Born in Delaney, W.Va., on Nov. 20, 1904, she was the daughter of Ernest and Hannah Little McGranahan....

Barbara L. Davis, 72

BECKET -- Barbara L. Davis, 72, of Pleasant Street died Monday. Born in Sharon, Conn., on Jan. 28, 1929, daughter of George and Flavia Surdam Doty, she graduated from Housatonic Valley Regional...

Dorothy E. Long, 81

OTIS -- Dorothy E. Long, 81, of 130 Ridge Ave. died Sunday at the Governor Center in Westfield. She was the mother of Shirley E. Lynn of East Otis. Born in Thurmont, Md., on June 11, 1920,...

Catherine Nault, 94

GREAT BARRINGTON -- Catherine Nault, 94, formerly of 899 South Main St., died Saturday at Timberlyn Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where she had resided since December 1999. Born in...

Rue G. Staton, 52

GREAT BARRINGTON -- Rue G. Staton, 52, of Dresser Avenue died yesterday at home. Born in Darlington, S.C., on July 23, 1949, daughter of Ruby Dolford Ellerbee Hargraves Fuller and the late Wisdom...

William E. Curtiss, 80

GREAT BARRINGTON -- William E. Curtiss, 80, of 43 Monument Valley Road died Friday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in Mount Washington on Dec. 25, 1920, son of William...

James M. Shanahan, 61

GREAT BARRINGTON -- James M. Shanahan, 61, of 265 North Plain Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Born in North Adams on July 5, 1940, son of James and Frances...

Wesley C. Mitchell, 19

LEE -- Wesley Collins Mitchell, 19, of Manchester, Vt., died yesterday morning in an accident in Sewanee, Tenn. He was a grandson of Bernard and Ann Collins of Lee. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 9,...

Maria Lysy, 80

GREAT BARRINGTON -- Maria Lysy, 80, of 205 High St., Housatonic, died Saturday. Born in Poland on Sept. 1, 1921, daughter of Prohor and Julianna Nikita Osasko, she emigrated to the United States...

Charlotte Lester, 72

LEE -- Charlotte A. Lester, 72, of 156 West Park St. Born in Great Barrington on April 1, 1929, daughter of Charles E. and Martha T. Nodine Felton, she was a 1947 graduate of the former Searles...

David D. Fay, 38

OTIS -- David D. Fay, 38, of 48 Corn Tassle Road, Naugatuck, Conn., son of David W. and Karen Lynn Sheldon Fay of Otis, died Sept. 26. Born in Milford, Conn., on Feb. 2, 1963, he attended schools...

Caroline McGuire

Caroline E. McGuire, 78, formerly of Cottage Street, died Monday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Great Barrington on Aug. 17, 1923, daughter of Bertolo and Serafina Costa, she attended local...

M. Antoinette Drumm

M. Antoinette Drumm, 90, of Park Street, formerly of Alford, died Sunday at the Village at Laurel Lake Nursing Facility, where she had been a resident since 1999. She was the Alford town clerk for...

Robert Broderick

Robert E. "Captain" Broderick, 77, of 25 Cliffwood St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 27, 1923, son of Edward and Marion Holland Broderick, he...

Margaret Besancon

Margaret R. Besancon, 84, formerly of 909 South Main St., died Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore. She had resided with her granddaughter, Christine Begley, in Baltimore since...

Alan DuBois Vaber

Alan DuBois Vaber, 74, of 185 George St. died Monday at home after a year-long battle with cancer. Born in Great Barrington on Feb. 9, 1927, son of Louis F. and Mildred DuBois Vaber, he grew up in...

Yvonne Castegnaro

Yvonne L. Castegnaro, 61, of 361 Bradley St. died Sunday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a long battle with Crohn's disease. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 28, 1939, daughter...

Martha Schecter

Martha N. Schecter, 77, of 64 Lake Drive and 1060 North Northlake Drive, Hollywood, Fla., died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Oct. 19, 1923,...

Edward Forfa

Edward Forfa, 81, of Englewood, Fla., formerly of Lee, died Sept. 13 at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Center in Englewood. Born in Housatonic on Dec. 28, 1919, son of Walter and Helen Kopacz...

Edith Quinn

Edith Quinn, 91, formerly of Ghent, N.Y., died yesterday at home following a lengthy illness. Born in New York City on Dec. 5, 1919, daughter of Frederick and Hilma Peterson Wallengren, she was...

Dennis T. Loran

Dennis T. "Dan" Loran, 69, of 70 Prospect St. died Monday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield after a long illness. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., on Aug. 30, 1932, son of Harry and Fern Fisher Loran, he...

Francis Ciullo Sr.

Francis L. Ciullo Sr., 84, of The Birches Apartments, Ross Road, Old Orchard Beach, Maine, formerly of Lee, died Saturday at Southern Maine Medical Center. Born in Lee on Feb. 3, 1917, son of...

Carl R. Heflin

Carl R. Heflin, 68, of 40 William Parkway died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after suffering a heart attack at home. Born in Texarkana, Texas, on July 22, 1933, son of Alfred...

Ray J. Cuevas Sr.

Ray J. Cuevas Sr., 74, of Theresa Terrace died yesterday morning at home. Born in Laurel, Miss., on Feb. 19, 1927, son of Louis and Elizabeth Murray Cuevas, he attended schools there, including...