Obituaries

Carol Ann Schneider

Carol Ann Schneider, 71, of 9 Elm St. died Tuesday afternoon at her home. Born in Adams on Jan. 15, 1935, daughter of Alphonse and Dorothy Steele Brodeur, she attended Adams schools, graduating...

Beatrice Meranti, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Beatrice Meranti, 90, of 34 North St. died Wednesday morning, Jan. 25, 2006, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on June 28, 1915, daughter of Antonio and Rosaria...

Rita McLear

Rita McLear, 78, of 49 Meadow St. died Tuesday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Nov. 4, 1927, daughter of the late Josephat and Katherine Scott Daigneault, she...

Louis P. Schmitz Jr.

Louis P. Schmitz Jr., 83, formerly of Route 183 in Interlaken, died Sunday at the Veteran's Hospital in Albany, N.Y. He had lived in Nassau, N.Y., for the last two years. Born on Dec. 29, 1922,...

Leonore Elizabeth McDermott

Leonore Elizabeth McDermott, 81, of Colonial Gardens, a former longtime resident of Broadway, died yesterday morning at her home. Born in Pittsfield, Aug. 28, 1924, a daughter of Arthur C. and...

Irene E. Hewitt, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Irene E. Hewitt, 84, of 200 East Quincy St., died Monday, Jan. 23, 2006, at home surrounded by her family. Born in North Adams, Jan, 1, 1922, a daughter of Levi and Odna...

Edna R. Grossenbacher

Edna R. Grossenbacher, 85, of 21 Marlboro Drive, died at her home on Monday. Born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, April 2, 1920, she was the daughter of Carl and Ella Matz Cohrs. She was graduated...

Dennis E. Whalen

Dennis E. Whalen, 57, of 1 Jerusalem Road died yesterday at home. Born in Saco, Maine, on Sept. 28, 1948, son of Joseph P. Whalen and the late Marion Hines Whalen, he was educated in Lee schools,...

Hazel E. Rondot, 92

POWNAL, Vt. — Hazel Emily Rondot, 92, of Route 346 died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2006, at Williamstown (Mass.) Commons. Born in Chesterfield, N.Y., on May 6, 1913, daughter of Albert and Louise Hull...

Lucie W. Lyall

Lucie W. Lyall, 93, died Saturday at Kimball Farms, 235 Walker St., where she had resided since 1989. She was a former resident of 47 Beverly St. in Pittsfield. Born in Richfield, Utah, on...

Delphine Martha Jenks

Delphine Martha Jenks, 84, of 3 Myrtle St. died early yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in West Stockbridge on Oct. 18, 1921, daughter of Andrew and Maria Balardini...

William Todd Vidal Sr.

William Todd Vidal Sr., 41, of 44 Meadow St. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Westfield on May 29, 1964, son of Marlene Shaw Vidal and the late Harvey Vidal, he moved to Adams as a...

Frank Zultek

Frank Zultek, 88, formerly of 41 Park St., died Friday afternoon at the Northampton Veterans Hospital. Born Sept. 15, 1917, son of the John S. and Katherine Mesioszek Zultek, he attended schools...

Mary S. Smith

Mary S. Smith, 90, of 379 East St. died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons Health Care Facility where she resided for the past week. Born in Gilbertville on June 20, 1915, she was the daughter of...

Annie Cowley Phelan

Annie Cowley Phelan, 86, of 330 Paradise Road, Swampscott, died Friday at the Jewish Rehabilitation Center where she had resided since July 2004. Born Oct. 17, 1919, in Schenectady, N.Y., the...

Frederick A. McGinnis

Frederick A. McGinnis, 63, of Paradise Hill Road, Bellows Falls, Vt., a Pittsfield native, died Friday at his home from cancer. He was born in Pittsfield, March 31, 1942, son of the late Harry and...

Evelyn C. Burke

Evelyn C. Burke, 92, of 67 Gale Ave. died on Thursday at her home after a brief illness. Born in Springfield, July 19, 1913, the daughter of Mathias and Phoebe Brunette Dion, she attended the...

Theresa Yarter

Theresa Yarter, 68, of 448 Union St. died Friday at Sweet Brook Transitional Care and Living Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams on March 5, 1937, daughter of the late Andrew and Ursula...

Shirley A. Wells

Shirley A. Wells, 70, of Francis Avenue died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Alford on May 4, 1935, daughter of Richard and Gretrude Wheller Dellea, she attended local...

John E. Maniatis

John E. Maniatis, 90, of 70 Donna Ave., a longtime restaurant owner, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Langadia, Greece, on July 1, 1915, son of Efthemios...

Grace S. Gross

Grace S. Gross, 99, a longtime resident of Bennington, Vt., died Saturday at Crescent Manor Care Centers in Bennington. She was the mother of Geralyn Barschdorf of Pittsfield. Born in Rutland,...

Lorraine Frances Galli

Lorraine Frances Galli, 71, of 23 Royal Ave. died Saturday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in North Adams on March 7, 1934, daughter of Joseph and Mary Louise Benoit Durocher, she...

Mary M. Coleman

Mary M. Coleman, 84, formerly of 21 Lakeview Drive, died Friday at Craneville Place in Dalton, where she had resided since 1999. Before that, she lived at Ashmere Manor in Hinsdale for three...

Martha Hill

Martha Hill, 101, of Newton, formerly of Lenox, died Tuesday morning at The Stone Institute in Newton. Born in Newton on Aug. 8, 1904, daughter of Albert and Elizabeth Cheney Carter, she was a...

Susan Dunning Grillon

Susan Dunning Grillon, 60, a 25-year resident of 1046 Washington Mountain Road, died Thursday morning at her home. Born in Middletown, N.Y., on Aug. 31, 1945, daughter of Georgine Cross Dunning...