Obituaries

Helen J. Burke

Helen J. Burke, 92, formerly of Deming Street, died Monday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on July 21, 1913, she was the daughter of the Charles and Eva Galok Gerwaski...

Wayne Edward Ballou

Wayne Edward Ballou, 60, of 156 Main Road, Monroe, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Oct. 18, 1945, son of the late Richard Ballou and Genevieve Marie Risch...

Rita M. Aragose, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Rita Maria Aragose, 79, a longtime resident of North Adams, died Monday evening, Jan. 9, 2006, following a long illness. Born in the province of Caserta, Italy, on July...

R. Bruce Andrews

R. Bruce Andrews, 86, of 41 Church St. died Tuesday at his home. Born in Lee on Nov. 7, 1919, son of William F. and Elizabeth Cheney Andrews, he was educated in the Lee schools and was a 1937...

George L. Quinn Jr.

George L. Quinn Jr., 79, of Agawam, formerly of North Adams, died Monday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in North Adams on Jan. 11, 1926, son of George L. Quinn Sr. and Ethel...

Roy A. Mullett, 47

STAMFORD, Vt. — Roy A. Mullett, 47, of 276 Arcadia Drive died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006, at North Adams (Mass.) Regional Hospital, where he was taken after being stricken early in the morning at...

Claire Menkel

Claire Menkel, 87, of Rockridge Retirement Community in Northampton, formerly of Williamstown, died Sunday at Cooley-Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. Born in Ogdensburg, N.Y., on Oct. 20, 1918,...

Jean Mattimore

Jean Mattimore, 96, of 287 Mohawk Forest Boulevard, died Monday at North Adams Commons. She was a resident of Clarksburg for 75 years before moving to North Adams. Born in Tillicoultry,...

Irving M. Lazerus

Irving M. Lazerus, 88, formerly of Pittsfield and Boca Raton, Fla., died Sunday at Doctors Health Center in Dallas, where he had resided for 10 years. Born in Springfield on Aug. 2, 1917, son of...

Allan J. Hoskeer

Allan J. Hoskeer, 70, of 68 Burke Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on May 28, 1935, son of Irving and Viola Pelkey Hoskeer, he was a 1954...

Catherine A. Cooney

Catherine A. Cooney, 94, formerly of 12 Maple St., died Sunday evening at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for four years. Born in Lenox on Oct. 19, 1911, daughter of John J. and...

Alice Cecelia Carrigan

Alice Cecelia Carrigan, 82, of 584 East St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 15, 1923, daughter of Francis and Mary Grace Pelissier Carrigan, she was a graduate...

Laura Alexander

Laura Alexander, 96, of Paisley Terrace died Saturday at home. Born in New York City on Oct. 28, 1909, daughter of Israel and Frieda Linder, she was educated and attended design schools in New...

Barbara Ellen Sedgwick

Barbara Ellen Sedgwick, 75, of 109 Housatonic St. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 12, 1930, daughter of Allen J. and Olla Graham McIntyre, she was a 1947 graduate of Pittsfield...

Richard John Masefield

Richard John Masefield, 50, of 11 Cardinal St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 13, 1955, son of Gladys Westover Masefield Frank and the late John A....

Giulio G. Brondoni, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Giulio Gino Brondoni, 83, of 189 State St., a resident of North Adams for 71 years, died Monday morning, Jan. 9, 2006, at home. Born in Voghera, province of Pavia,...

Richard R. "Rip" Vanasse Jr.

Richard R. "Rip" Vanasse Jr., 59, of Furnace Colony Drive, Pembroke, a native of Pittsfield, died yesterday at Tufts-NEMC Hospital after a long illness. Born on Dec. 25, 1946, son of Richard R....

Robert A. Martin Sr.

Robert A. Martin Sr., 62, of 152 North Summer St. died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Jan. 6, 1943, son of the late William N. and Marian...

Robert H. Flagg

Robert H. Flagg, 53, of 42 Taft St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Pownal, Vt., on March 3, 1952, son of George Flagg and Pauline Lincoln Flagg Ames, he attended Drury...

Joyce A. Cote, 65

FLORIDA, Mass. â€' Joyce Anne Cote, 65, of 69 Moores Road died Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Florida on March 30, 1940, daughter of R. Harold and Albina...

Barbara A. Soule

Barbara A. Soule, 72, of 46 Merriam St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 10, 1933, daughter of Francis and Laura Fiehrer Duggan, she was a 1951 graduate of...

Joan A. Phelan

Joan A. Phelan, 62, of 6 Bow Center Road, Bow, N.H., died Friday at Kindred Hospital of Boston/Northshore in Peabody, following a long illness. She left the Berkshires in 2002. Born in...

Margaret T. McKeever

Margaret T. McKeever, 94, of 379 East St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 26, 1911, daughter of John and Agnes Tully Fitzgerald, she graduated in 1928 from St....

Lola Belle Johnson

Lola Belle Johnson, 82, formerly of Haley Road, died Tuesday at Berkshire Place in Pittsfield, where she had resided for about two years. Born in Seguin, Texas, on Sept. 23, 1923, daughter of Dr....

Preston L. Smith III

Preston L. Smith III, 47, of 163 Pleasant St. died Saturday at North Adams Commons after a long illness. Born in North Adams on April 22, 1958, son of Preston L. Smith Jr. and Patricia Roy Smith,...