Obituaries

The Rev. Donald Platt

The Rev. Donald Platt, 90, of 80 Taconic Ave. died Monday at the Great Barrington Rehab and Nursing Center. Born in Everett, Wash., on June 18, 1916, son of Thomas and Bessie Martin Platt, he...

Norman T. O'Brien

Norman T. O'Brien, 77, of 315 Upper Valley Road died Sunday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield Aug. 19, 1929, son of Norman B. and Irene Pratt O'Brien, he was educated in...

John Merola

John Merola, 80, of 8 Mapleview Drive died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Rome, Italy, on Nov. 28, 1926, son of Adolfo and Antoinette Tucheron Merola, he moved with his family to New...

Irene V. McDonald

Irene V. McDonald, 79, a former Broadway singer and dancer and a longtime drama teacher at Berkshire School, died Sunday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born Alice Reid in Brooklyn,...

Matthew David Masiero

Matthew David Masiero, 34, of 171 Magnolia St. in Dorchester, formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Born in Pittsfield on March 16, 1972, son of the...

Mary Ann Gwozdz

Mary Ann Gwozdz, 93, of 418 Fales Road died Monday at her home. Born in Adams on May 16, 1913, daughter of Johann and Maria Breidenbach Schneider, she moved with her family to a farm on Stafford...

Adrienne Eve Cornellier

Adrienne Eve Cornellier, 96, formerly of Dartmouth Street, died in Nashua, N.H., on Saturday. Born in Lac Megantic, Canada, Dec. 14, 1910, daughter of Adelard and Marie Lamontagne Charland, she...

Rita M. Brassard

Rita M. Brassard, 89, formerly of Elm Street, died Sunday evening at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where she had resided since August 2002. Born in Pittsfield Dec. 15, 1917, daughter of Robert...

Susan T. Dimanche

Susan T. Dimanche, 61, of 82 Wilson St. died yesterday at home after a long battle with cancer. She was the owner and operator of Chipper Clipper Beauty Shop in Dalton. Born in Pittsfield on...

Gertrude E. Delaronde

Gertrude E. Delaronde, 90, of Chicopee died Wednesday at Holyoke Medical Center. She was the mother of Linda Hutton of Great Barrington. Born in Springfield on Sept. 10, 1916, daughter of Levi...

Edward P. Whalen, 84

ADAMS, Mass. — Edward Patrick Whalen, 84, of 2 Kittler Ave., a longtime Adams teacher and coach, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2006, at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Dec. 9, 1922, son...

Carolyn Ann Dicranian Ultimo

Carolyn Ann Dicranian Ultimo, 66, of 645 Washington Road died Saturday at her home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 21, 1940, daughter of Augustus and Zabel Ann Dicranian Ultimo, she was a 1957...

Hazel TenBroeck Curtis O'Hara

Hazel TenBroeck Curtis O'Hara, 89, formerly of Copake, N.Y., died Friday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in Copake on Aug. 3, 1917, daughter of Raymond and Meta Harvey...

Elizabeth J. "Betty" Mahoney

Elizabeth J. "Betty" Mahoney, 74, of 184 Doreen St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Pownal, Vt., on Nov. 5, 1932, daughter of Earl and Delia King Hatch, she was a longtime...

Helen Eleanor Kordek

Helen Eleanor Kordek, 87, of 19 Spring St. died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Dec. 15, 1919, daughter of Frank and Rose Grzib Kordek, she attended schools...

Wilfred J. Kergaravat

Wilfred J. Kergaravat, 80, of East Street died Saturday at home after a brief illness. Born in Lenox on May 4, 1926, son of Pierre M. and Marie-Anne LeGuera Kergaravat, he moved to France with his...

Esther Gelston DuBois

Esther Gelston DuBois, 92, of Springside Nursing Center, formerly of Goodrich Street, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Montreal on March 14, 1914, daughter of the late Robert and...

Stanley Frank Chwalek

Stanley Frank Chwalek, 88, of 36 Crandall St. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on Nov. 8, 1918, son of Joseph and Mary Jacubicz Chwalek, he attended schools...

Mary M. Svenson

Mary M. Svenson, 91, of Orlando, Fla., a native of Otis, died Tuesday at Westminster Care of Orlando after a long illness. She formerly lived in Mount Dora, Fla. Born on Feb. 20, 1915,...

John Joseph Sokolowski Sr.

John Joseph Sokolowski Sr., 74, of 59 Harris St., a former Pittsfield firefighter, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 22, 1932, son of Nicholas and Mary Sauwick...

Andrea O. Sadowy

Andrea O. Sadowy, 44, of 1883 Route 32 North, Gansevoort, N.Y., a native of Pittsfield, died Tuesday at Saratoga Springs (N.Y.) Hospital after a short battle with lung cancer. Before moving to...

Sylvia Sarah Joppich

Sylvia Sarah Joppich, 78, of 70 East St. died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Patchogue, N.Y., on Aug. 12, 1928, daughter of William and Concettina Tomassone Venero, she...

Ruth I. Melle

Ruth I. Melle, 79, of 68 Gale Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 23, 1927, daughter of Roy Nash Sr. and Nellie Foster Nash, she was a...

Sylvia Sarah Joppich

Sylvia Sarah Joppich, 78, of 70 East St. died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Patchogue, N.Y., on Aug. 12, 1928, daughter of William and Concettina Tomassone Venero, she...

Lucia DiPrimio

Lucia DiPrimio, 92, of 161 Newell St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Hillcrest Commons for two years. Born in Turrivalignani, province of Pescara, Italy, on...