Obituaries

Gary Mekdeci

Gary Mekdeci, 52, of 27 Temple St., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on March 12, 1954, son of Mary Crockwell Mekdeci and the late Samuel J. Mekdeci, he...

Cecelia Lucy Krzanik

Cecelia Lucy Krzanik, 90, formerly of 5 Marshall Ave., died Tuesday at River Garden Hebrew Home in Jacksonville, Fla., where she had resided for the past four years. Born in North Adams on Dec....

James K. Chapman Sr.

James K. Chapman Sr., 89, of 149 Osceola Road, died Friday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox following a long illness. Born in Newberry, S.C., on July 22, 1917, son of Francis W. and...

Wildred Irene Briggs

Wildred Irene Briggs, 94, of 722 West Shaft Road, died Thursday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Aug. 21, 1912, daughter of Arthur and Mary Jane Daniels Hosley, she attended local...

Sophie A. Perron

Sophie A. Perron, 89, of 730 Main St., died Sunday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since December. Born in Dalton on Feb. 20, 1917, daughter of Rudolf and Agatha...

Carol M. O'Keefe-Stachura

Carol M. O'Keefe-Stachura, 66, of 14 Aztec Drive, died Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., while on vacation. Born in Philadelphia, on Dec. 15, 1940, daughter of the late Charles A. and Margaret...

Paul W. Miner

Paul W. Miner, D.V.M., 84, of 17 Cherry St., died Saturday at home. Born in Chicago on Jan. 17, 1923, son of Frederick T. and Marion Potts Miner, he was a 1942 graduate of the Pennington (N.J.)...

Floyd W. Curtiss Jr.

Floyd W. Curtiss Jr., 49, of State Road, died Saturday after being struck by a tractor-trailer in Lenox. Born in Great Barrington on April 24, 1957, son of Eleanor Koncelik Curtiss and the late...

Joan F. Buckley

Joan F. Buckley, 76, of Northampton Street, Holyoke, died Friday at home. Born Nov. 10, 1930, daughter of John and Irene Lawrence Buckley, she graduated from Henry W. Bishop III Memorial School of...

Isabelle Helen Leonesio

Isabelle Helen Leonesio, 88, of 9 Mill St., died Wednesday at home. Born in Adams on July 28, 1918, daughter of Alexander and Sophie Kuna Konat, she attended St. Stanislaus' Elementary...

Harold G. Oles Jr.

Harold G. Oles Jr., 78, of Park Circle Drive, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 16, 1929, son of Harold G. Oles Sr. and Sara Benson Oles, he was a 1946 graduate...

Julius Lawrence "Toots" Iemolini

Julius Lawrence "Toots" Iemolini, 91, of Goodrich Street, died yesterday at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 22, 1915, son of Lucio and Ermenia Sartor...

Shirley B. Carrozza

Shirley B. Carrozza, 76, of 375 North Plain Road, Housatonic, died Friday at home. Born in Great Barrington on Jan. 17, 1931, daughter of Oliver Curtiss Sr. and Ethel McCormick Boutin Curtiss, she...

Carleton Godfrey Bechard

Carleton Godfrey Bechard, 84, of 94 Emerald Lane, Williamstown, formerly of 21 Bob's Hill, Adams, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted nine days ago. Born in...

Dorothy Beaupre, 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Beaupre, 81, of 10 Grant St., died Friday, Feb. 9, 2007, at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth. Born in North Adams on Dec. 4, 1925, daughter of Giuseppe (Joseph)...

Helen Lawson Trayon

Helen Lawson Trayon, 84, of 2 Haley St. died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 11, 1922, daughter of Joseph H. and Helen Lawson Trayon, she graduated from Drury High School and...

William P. Smith

William P. Smith, 86, of 21 Prospect St. died Saturday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 21, 1920, son of Henry and Bessie Caul Smith, he attended local schools. He was an...

Alphonse A. Seney

Alphonse A. Seney, 81, of 42 Meadow St. died Saturday at home. Born in Schuylerville, N.Y., on June 29, 1925, son of Arthur A. and Florence Bentley Seney, he attended schools there. He moved...

Marjorie L. O'Brien, 59

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Marjorie Lynn O'Brien, 59, of 174 White Oaks Road died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on...

Christine Dupré

Christine Dupré, 66, of Laurinburg, N.C., mother of Christine E. Dupré of Dalton, died Friday at Scotland Memorial Hospital in Laurinburg. Born in Milford on Jan. 24, 1941, she was the...

Thomas W. Ciuk

Thomas W. Ciuk, 90, a former resident of Camp Hill, Pa., died Saturday at Claremont Nursing Center in Carlisle, Pa. He was a native of Adams. Born on Aug. 5, 1916, son of Jacob and Anna...

David C. Canterbury

David C. Canterbury, 58, of 44 Gould Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. He was a former director of the Lee Youth Association for 20 years and a former co-chairman for the Berkshire...

Dorothy J. Tatro

Dorothy J. Tatro, 92, of Sandisfield Road, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in West Haven, Conn., on Aug. 9, 1914, daughter of Walter Galaske Sr. and Helen Bieth...

Mary M. Orts

Mary M. Orts, 65, died Wednesday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for 2 1/2 years. Born in Succasunna, N.J., on Dec. 24, 1941, daughter of Martin L. and Eleanor Bell Orts, she...

J. Scott Hurley Jr.

J. Scott Hurley Jr., 95, of Coburg Village, N.Y., a former resident of Pittsfield, died Monday at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y. Born in Seaford, Del., on June 10, 1911, son of J. Scott...