Obituaries

Grace Hakes

Grace Hakes, 78, of 3 Myrtle St. died Saturday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Wilmington, Vt., on Sept. 18, 1928, daughter of Henry P. and Isabella Cardinal Arigoni, she...

Raymond L. Garand, 71

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Raymond Lionel Garand, 71, of 1175 Main St. died Friday, Sept. 29, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Sept. 27, 1935,...

Sylvia Conte Reid

Sylvia Conte Reid, 86, of Yarmouth died Sunday at the Mayflower Place Nursing Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 1, 1920, daughter of Ottavio and Lucia Lora Conte, she...

Deanna Rose Litano

Deanna Rose Litano, 39, of 341 West St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 1, 1967, daughter of Louis C. Litano Jr. and Mary Ratigan...

Enes L. Grassis

Enes L. Grassis, 93, of Sylvan Road, Monterey, died yesterday at Timberlyn Heights, where she had resided for the last several years. She had been a summer resident of Monterey since 1950 and a...

Michael M. Ferris, 86

NORTH ADAMS,Mass. - Michael M. Ferris, 86, of 26 Chase Ave. died Monday, Oct. 2, 2006, at his home. Born in Danbury, Conn., on Sept. 27, 1920, son of George and Sadie Matney Ferris, he moved to...

Nancy McGlynn Doan

Nancy McGlynn Doan, 82, of 51 Dorchester Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Adams on July 17, 1924, daughter of Joseph A. and Augusta Dach McGlynn,...

Carolyn M. Casteel

Carolyn M. Casteel, 74, formerly of 76 Lexington Parkway, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons where she had resided for several years. Born in Kansas City, Mo., on July 5, 1932, daughter of...

Rosemary Frances Bush

Rosemary Frances Bush, 74, of 54 Winter St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 31, 1931, daughter of Philip D. and Mary J. Monterosso Litano Mathes, she was...

Robert Allen Bodine

Robert Allen Bodine, 57, of 338 Maple St. died Sunday at home after an eight-month battle with bladder cancer. Born in Lewes, Del., on April 26, 1949, and adopted at birth by Robert A. and Jane...

Joseph M. Blair

Joseph M. Blair, 68, of 201 Mohegan St. died yesterday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 17, 1938, son of the late Milton and Elizabeth Russell Blair, he was a 1956...

Walter Bieniek

Walter Bieniek, 88, formerly of 66 Park St., died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Savoy on Oct. 1, 1917, son of Kazimierz and Katarzyna Glowacki Bieniek, he moved to...

Doris N. Vallone

Doris N. Vallone, 80, of 349 Lenox Ave. died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in West Stockbridge on July 9, 1926, daughter of Giulio and Rose Sondrini Delmolino, she attended schools...

Mary E. Reilly

Mary E. Reilly, 87, of 92 Mohegan St. died Wednesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 7, 1919, daughter of George and Mary Favre Dausch, she graduated from St. Mary's High School in Lowell...

Eleanor Louise Previtali

Eleanor Louise Previtali, 71, formerly of 379 East St. died Thursday at the Hannah Duston Health Care Center in Haverhill. Born in Pittsfield on June 1, 1935, daughter of Abrian and Lucy Daly...

Lino E. Piantoni

Lino E. Piantoni, 74, of 40 Richmond Lane died yesteday at his home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 16, 1932, son of Erminio and Lucy Cattaneo Piantoni, he was educated there and graduated from...

Stanley Henry Leja

Stanley Henry Leja, 89, of 44 East Hoosac St. died Thursday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Sept. 16, 1917, son of John and Mary Banas Leja, he attended Adams schools....

Valmore S. Cloutier Sr.

Valmore S. Cloutier Sr., 72, formerly of 490 Savoy Road died Thursday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Nov. 8, 1933, son of Valmore R. and Mildred Stone Cloutier, he attended schools...

Nellie A. Quinn

Nellie A. Quinn, 86, of 110 Depot St. died at the home of her granddaughter, Tracy Crouch, with whom she had made her home for three years. Born in Belton, S.C., on Feb. 9, 1920, daughter of...

Mary E. Reilly

Mary E. Reilly, 87, of 92 Mohegan St. died Wednesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 7, 1919, daughter of George and Mary Favre Dausch, she graduated from St. Mary's High School in Lowell...

Marion Notis

Marion Notis, 84, of 7 Kalliste Hill Road died Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New York on April 13, 1922, daughter of Leo and Jean Schwartz Fish, she was raised in...

Yvonne Rita Neville

Yvonne Rita Neville, 88, of 67 Langlois Ave., The Spruces, died Wednesday at her home. Born in North Adams on Nov. 12, 1917, daughter of Homer J. and Mary Kennedy Smith, she attended schools...

Rose Angela Moore

Rose Angela Moore, 89, of 75 Briggs Ave. died Tuesday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for three months. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 18, 1917, daughter of Francesco and Angela...

Darla J. Ciempa, 59

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Darla Jean Ciempa, 59, of 215 Houghton St. died Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006, at her home. Born in Adams on June 13, 1947, daughter of Evelyn Kleiner Ciempa and the late...

Lisa Vollmer

Lisa Vollmer, 45, of Welcome Street died Sept. 15 in a two-vehicle accident in Lee. Born in New York on Jan. 6, 1961, daughter of Dr. Albert Vollmer and Dorothy Hood Vollmer, she was raised in...