Obituaries

Cecelia Bertha Verchot

Cecelia Bertha Verchot, 63, of 123 Danforth Ave. died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 8, 1943, daughter of the late Bertha Benson Shaw Ballato and the late Arthur Shaw, she...

Ruth L. Northrup

Ruth L. Northrup, 62, of 28 Hubbard Ave. died Wednesday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 13, 1943, daughter of William and Helen McGurk Stanger, she was a 1961 graduate of St. Joseph's...

Idele R. Huff

Idele R. Huff, 95, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, died Wednesday at Providence Care Center after a long illness. Born in Araduck, Russia, on Oct. 5, 1910, daughter of Berel and Sora...

Sadie E. Woodard

Sadie E. Woodard, 92, of 187 E. Dugway Road died Tuesday night at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 18, 1913, daughter of Edward J. and Sara A. Ellery Munsinger, she attended...

Dorothy R. Porio, 73

ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Rose Porio, 73, of 48 Melrose St. died in her sleep Wednesday morning, Feb. 1, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on April 15, 1932, daughter of...

Rachel C. Daniels

Rachel C. Daniels, 84, of 813 Simonds Road died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Williamstown on May 8, 1921, daughter of J. Fred and Ruth C. Torry Cummings, she attended...

Dorothy G. Connelly

Dorothy G. Connelly, 81, of 76 Fassell Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Born Nov. 26, 1924, in Westfield, daughter of Harold L. and Violet Merritt Hunt, she...

George J. Ciuk

George J. Ciuk, 87, of 47 Leonard St. died early Wednesday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Oct. 28, 1918, son of Jacob and Anna Mlecek Ciuk, he attended Adams schools. A veteran of the...

Catherine M. Sullivan

Catherine M. Sullivan, 85, died Sunday evening, Jan. 29, at Fairview Commons, where she had been a resident for the past few years. Born on June 23, 1920, in Pittsfield, she was the daughter of...

Arthur H. Brown

Arthur H. Brown, 92, of 135 Orchard St., died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Cranston, R.I., on Aug. 15, 1913, he was the son of Arthur and Laura Harrop Brown. He graduated...

Robert Theodore Posey

Robert Theodore Posey, 62, of Plymouth Lane died Sunday evening at home. Born in Fall River on May 29, 1943, son of Theodore and Azilda Yokel Posey, he graduated from Monsignor Prevost High...

Jane Chard England

Jane Chard England, 86, of 233 East New Lenox Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Aug. 10, 1919, daughter of Harold E. and Margaret Chard...

Eleanor Cumm

Eleanor Cumm, 86, formerly of 567 State Road, died Sunday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Dec. 2, 1919, daughter of Samuel and Addie Chittenden Foster, she attended schools there and in...

Gertrude Mary "Peggy" Falvey Churchill

Gertrude Mary "Peggy" Falvey Churchill, 98, of 1096 North Hoosac Road died Saturday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Clarendon, Vt., on May 13, 1907, daughter of Fred and Catherine McAllister...

Marian Claire Bradley

Marian Claire Bradley, 90, of 110 Riverside Drive died Sunday at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Williamstown on July 16, 1915, daughter of Willard and Katherine Hastings Perry, she graduated...

Stella Oparowski

Stella Oparowski, 79, of 139 Willow Cove Road died Thursday at home. Born in Adams on Sept. 29, 1926, daughter of Walter and Tekla Musialek Jzyk, she attended schools there. She moved to...

Richard Henry Frew Sr.

Richard Henry Frew Sr., 52, of 196 Phelps Ave. died yesterday at home from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig disease. Born in Walpole on Sept. 19, 1953, son...

Martha Blanchard

Martha Blanchard, 89, of 23 Gilead St. died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Sept. 1, 1916, daughter of Fritz and Elfreida Kleiner Koch, she was 1933 graduate of the...

Rosie L. Anthony

Rosie L. Anthony, 94, of 219 Church St. died yesterday at Williamstown Commons in Williamstown, where she had resided since July 2004. Born in Adams on July 4, 1911, daughter of Walter and Nancy...

Frank P. Consolati

Frank P. Consolati, 96, of 325 Fairview St. died yesterday at his home. Born in Canaan, Conn., on Jan. 14, 1910, son of Revino and Mary Brighenti Consolati, he was educated in Lee schools,...

Irene Novak

Irene Novak, 69, formerly of 61 Dewey Ave., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Sand, Hungary, on Aug. 20, 1936, daughter of the late Pal and Julia Szmodics...

Thomas Francis Burke

Thomas Francis Burke, 71, of 131 Hale St. Extension died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 7, 1934, son of Louis and Mary Hart Burke, he attended Dalton schools and...

Marian C. Brace

Marian C. Brace, 96, of 334 East St. died Saturday morning at home. Born in Stamford, N.Y., on June 6, 1909, daughter of Richard P. and Margaret Thiem Canfield, she was a 1928 graduate of Stamford...

Ina Gordon

Ina Gordon, 89, of Worcester and Great Barrington, died yesterday at the Jewish Healthcare Center in Worcester following a brief illness. Born in Worcester on April 1, 1916, daughter of the...

Wanda E. Dolle, 99

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Wanda E. Dolle, 99, of 541 West Road died Wednesday evening, Jan. 24, 2006, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on March 18, 1906, daughter of Paul and Selma Thiel...