Obituaries

Ernestine "Nina" Allessio

Ernestine "Nina" Allessio, 87, of 676 Dalton Division Road died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for 3 1/2 years. Born in Pittsfield on July 14, 1918, daughter of Peter and...

Robert "Rob" Payne

Robert "Rob" Payne, 58, of East Street, died on Tuesday evening at Noble Horizons in Salisbury, Conn. Born on Jan. 22, 1948, in New York, son of the late George and Jean Rose Payne, he was raised...

Susan M. Melle

Susan M. Melle, 88, of 123 Everett Road, Barre, a former Pittsfield resident, died Wednesday at the Christopher House in Worcester, where she had resided since Dec. 2005. Born in Pittsfield on...

Helen C. Mela McConnell

Helen C. Mela McConnell, 88, of Clearwater, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at Harbour Wood Nursing Center in Clearwater. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., on March 11, 1917, daughter of Sidney...

Carol A. Cassidy

Carol A. Cassidy, 59, of 127 Full Circle St., Forestville, Conn. and formerly of Great Barrington, died Wednesday at Bristol Hospital, Bristol, Conn. Born in Great Barrington on Sept. 4, 1946,...

Bernard G. Blanchard, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Bernard George Blanchard, 80, of 227 Franklin St. died Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2006, at North Adams Commons. He was a past chairman and longtime member of the North Adams...

Gary P. "Goober" Roosa

Gary P. "Goober" Roosa, 52, of 101 Center St. died Tuesday afternoon in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 7, 1953, son of Margaret "Peg" Holian Roosa and the late Gordon "Giggles" Roosa, he...

Jennie L. Melito, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jennie Louise Melito, 92, of 231 North St. died Tuesday evening, Feb. 7, 2006, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on July 7, 1913, daughter of Alfonso and...

Ann Terese Kirchner

Ann Terese Kirchner, 63, of 529 Kirchner Road, a long-time resident of Dalton, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 21, 1943, daughter of Norman J. and Grace...

Leo E. Ethier

Leo E. Ethier, 59, of 1287 Main Road died Wednesday at North Adams (Mass.) Regional Hospital. Born in Milford, Mass., on Feb. 8, 1947, son of the late Edgar and Lea LaPierre Ethier, he attended...

Corinne L. Shapiro

Corinne L. Shapiro, 79, of 43 Bishop Parkway died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., on June 20, 1926, the daughter of Arthur and Sally Lubin, she attended...

Charles Michael Pallos

Charles Michael Pallos, 74, of 34 Howe Road died yesterday morning at UMass Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Monroe, Mich., Feb. 11, 1931, a son of Michael C. and Mary J. Sever Pallos, he was...

Viola L. Jacobs

Viola L. Jacobs, 84, formerly of 11 Stearns Road, died at Springside of Pittsfield on Saturday. She had resided there since September 2002. Born in Nassau, N.Y., Feb. 20, 1921, the daughter of...

Donald P. Brookman, 79

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Donald Phelps Brookman, 79, of 370 Pine St., Springfield, a formerly of Williamstown, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born on...

Dorothy Roche

Dorothy Roche, 84, of 101 Brooklyn St. died Sunday at the Sweetbrook Health Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on May 8, 1921, daughter of Alfred and Mary Timothy Foote, she attended...

Patricia Kibby

Patricia Kibby, 73, of 1645 West Housatonic St. died at her home Sunday morning. Born Sept. 22, 1932, in North Adams, daughter of Leo C. and Julia A. Reardon Gagnon, she graduated from St....

Howard S. Frye

Howard S. Frye, 79 of 58 Meadow Lane died Saturday at his home. Born in Adams on Sept. 5, 1926, son of the late Howard Frye and Anita Fitzroy Frye, he attended schools in New Ashford and also...

Nathan Edward Kulis

Nathan Edward Kulis, 86, formerly of Columbia Arms Apartments, 65 Columbus Ave., died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since December 2004. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27,...

Frances D. Callahan

Frances D. Callahan, 91, of 74 Beverly St. died Thursday at home. Born in Dalton on Feb. 4, 1914, she attended schools there and graduated in 1936 from Syracuse University with a bachelor's degree...

Anthony Vigna, 85

ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony Vigna, 85, of 14 Haggerty St. died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006, at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Sept. 1, 1920, son of Frank and Carolina Gaglianese...

Gerardo C. Murano

Gerardo C. Murano, 95, of 580 East St. died Friday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had resided for a short time. Born in Cairano, province of Avellino, Italy, on April 13, 1910,...

John W. Palomba

John W. Palomba, 68, of 16 Depot St., Housatonic, died Saturday at home. Born in Waterbury, Conn., on April 8, 1937, son of the late Rocco and Jane Kirdzik Palomba, he lived in Oakville, Conn.,...

Gertrude Stella Noel

Gertrude Stella Noel, 86, of 25 Adams Road, Williamstown Commons, died there Saturday. She had resided there for five years. Born in Clarksburg on April 10, 1919, daughter of William and Agnes...

Gladys Campoli

Gladys Campoli, 82, formerly of 100 Commonwealth Ave., died Friday evening at Williamstown Commons in Williamstown, where she had resided since 2004. Born in North Adams on Dec. 7, 1923, daughter...

Elizabeth Pearl Young

Elizabeth Pearl Young, 88, of 3246 Main St. died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where she has lived since Oct. 8, 2004. Born on May 23, 1917, in Leicester, daughter of Amos E. and...