Obituaries

Rina DiOrio

Rina DiOrio, 97, formerly of 27 Joan Drive, died Monday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since June 17. Born in San Gimignano, Italy, on June 23, 1908, daughter of...

George H. Champagne, 79

FLORIDA, Mass. — George Henry Champagne, 79, of 207 Whitcomb Hill Road died Monday, Dec. 5, 2005, at home. Born in North Adams on Nov. 15, 1926, son of Henri and Corine Filliault Champagne,...

Charles Michael Weslowski

Charles Michael Weslowski, 89, of Balance Rock Road died Friday morning at home. Born in Adams on Feb. 18, 1916, son of John and Anna Wlodasz Weslowski, he attended school in Cheshire. A dairy...

Russell F. Morey

Russell F. Morey, 89, of 14 Arnold St. died Monday morning at home following a long illness. Born in Adams on Jan. 5, 1916, son of William and Eva Gravel Morey, he attended the former Adams High...

Ferris Elias Kalill

Ferris Elias Kalill, 78, of 55 Velma Ave. died Monday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Waterville, Maine, on June 26, 1927, son of Elias and Anna Stevens Kalill, he was a graduate of...

Marjorie June "June" Bergeron

Marjorie June "June" Bergeron, 81, of 20 Hermon Ave. died early Monday morning at the Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on June 1, 1924, daughter of John F. and...

George P. "Pete" Mathes Sr.

George P. "Pete" Mathes Sr., 57, of 47 Circular Ave., died Wednesday at home following a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 7, 1948, son of the late George F. and Mary Layden Mathes, he...

Joseph F. Cyrulik

Joseph F. Cyrulik, 90, of 22 Meadow St., died yesterday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on February 2, 1915, son of Simon and Katherine Walczak Cyrulik, he attended schools in Adams and...

Nancy Scalise Cozzaglio, 66

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Nancy Carol Scalise Cozzaglio, 66, of 150 Ashland St., died Friday, Dec. 2, 2005, at her daughter's home in New Hartford, N.Y., after a brief battle with lung cancer. Born in...

Bernard F. Brophy

Bernard F. Brophy, 80, of 282 Elm St., died yesterdayat Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 5, 1925, son of Matthew and Anna Roy Brophy, he attended Dalton schools. An Army...

Richard H. Mezejewski Jr.

Richard H. Mezejewski Jr., 62, of 714 NE 147th Ave., Vancouver, Wash., formerly of 60 Stratford Ave., Pittsfield, died Saturday at home of a heart attack. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 1, 1943, son...

Dorothy Mae Smith

Dorothy Mae Smith, 76, of 379 East St. died Saturday at home. Born in Meriden, Conn., on July 17, 1929, daughter of Thomas R. and Dorothy Mae Spencer Smith, she was a graduate of Pittsfield High...

Erina "Jane" Shuts

Erina "Jane" Shuts, 75, of Berkshire School Road died Monday evening at home. Born in Sheffield on June 5, 1930, daughter of Rudolf Peter and Paulina Bartholomew Straleau, she was a graduate of...

Rita Georgianna Kateley

Rita Georgianna Kateley, 84, of 24 Kateley Lane died Tuesday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on April 24, 1921, daughter of Joseph A. and Arthemise Stringer Chouinard, she was a 1938...

Mary C. Glodt

Mary C. Glodt, 85, of Appletree Point on Onota Lake, and Houston, Texas, died Saturday at her home in Houston after a short illness. Born in Detroit on July 22, 1920, daughter of Arthur and Judith...

Leta I. Busby

Leta I. Busby, 87, of 4 Balwin Hill, South Egremont, formerly of Kirk Street, Housatonic, died Monday at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Born in New Ashford on Oct. 13, 1918, daughter of...

Robert Charles Pizzuto

Robert Charles Pizzuto, 72, a 31-year-resident of 368 West Housatonic St., died Wednesday at St. Vincent's Hospital in Worcester. Born in Pittsfield on March 20, 1933, son of Frank and Gloria...

John Walter Kotleski

John Walter Kotleski, 76, of Silver Street died Thursday at Great Barrington Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Great Barrington on July 12, 1929, son of Stephen and Victoria Bazonski...

Kevin E. Trombley, 18

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Kevin Edward Trombley, 18, of 54 Prospect St. died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005, on Union Street as the result of an automobile accident. Born in Clovis, N.M., on March 22,...

Eugene K. Steele

Eugene K. Steele, 81, of 231 Park Ave., co-founder of Berkshire Custom Coating Inc., died Friday at home. Born in Harvard, Ill., on May 31, 1924, son of Blair M. Steele Sr. and Anne O'Mara Steele,...

Maryann D. Vallieres Robert

Maryann D. Vallieres Robert, 67, of 35 Angeli St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Feb. 16, 1938, daughter of Harold Palmer and Mary Ann Benoit...

Dolores A. Parker

Dolores A. Parker, 72, of Walnut Drive, Spring Lake Heights, N.Y., died Saturday at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, New York City. Her daughter, Kimberlee Conrad, was formerly of...

John N. Panasevich

John N. Panasevich, 52, of Maplewood Avenue, Marlboro, died Saturday at home, following a long illness. His parents own homes in Stockbridge. Born in Boston on May 20, 1953, son of Leo...

John B. Moro Sr.

John B. Moro Sr., 88, of 148 Maple Ave., died yesterday at Fairview Hospital. He was formerly of Hart Street, Housatonic. Born in Great Barrington on Dec. 23, 1916, son of Andrew and Martha Bona...

Rosemary Gannon

Rosemary Gannon, 95, of Lyman Street, Westborough died Saturday at the Beaumont Nursing Center after a long illness. Born in Worcester on Sept. 14, 1910, daughter of Dr. John F. and Mary O'Connell...