Obituaries

Dorothy M. Betti, 93

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Dorothy M. Betti, 93, of 227 Franklin St., Apt 2B, died Monday, Oct. 24, 2005, at North Adams Commons. Born in Lafayette, N.Y., on Dec. 23, 1911, daughter of Elwin and Laura...

Margaret Saunders

Margaret Saunders, 84, of Williamstown and Eastham died Oct. 18 at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in Watervliet, N.Y., on Sept. 18, 1921, daughter of Moses Minoogian, who...

Joseph Anthony Rodovick

Joseph Anthony Rodovick, 72, of 30 Grove St. died Sunday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Adams on March 8, 1933, son of Joseph and Adrienne Kuza Rodovick, he was a 1951 graduate...

Nellie L. Pultorak

Nellie L. Pultorak, 84, of 11 Fairview Road, Housatonic, died Sunday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in Great Barrington on Dec. 16, 1920, daughter of Louis and Louise...

Azalia Mary Hinkley

Azalia Mary Hinkley, 87, formerly of Sugar Hill, died yesterday morning at Craneville Place of Dalton, where she had resided since June 2004. She was a former resident of Brighton Avenue in...

JoAnn M. Aloisi

JoAnn M. Aloisi, 67, of 16 Highland Drive died Sunday at home. Born in Great Barrington on Aug. 17, 1938, daughter of Harland B. and Marsella McCormick Foster, she graduated in 1956 from the...

Jeanette M. Petronick

Jeanette M. Petronick, 85, of 28 Anthony St. died Thursday at the Commons Nursing Home in North Adams after a long kidney illness. Born in Adams on July 8, 1920, daughter of Wojciek and Felixa...

Joseph J. Laflamme

Joseph J. Laflamme, 19, of 510 East St. died Thursday as the result of an auto accident in Schodack, N.Y. A first-year student at Maryland Bible College and Seminary in Baltimore, he was heading...

Stanley Francis Krupski

Stanley Francis Krupski, 86, of 6 South Road died Tuesday afternoon at his summer home in Hartland, Maine. He was a former town wire inspector and served on the Building Committee. Born in...

Phyllis Billings

Phyllis Billings, 81, of 21 Versailles Ave. died Friday at home. Born in Adams on March 11, 1924, daughter of William and Blanche Northup Gannon, she graduated in 1942 from the former Adams High...

J. Gordon Adams

J. Gordon Adams, 89, of Hendersonville, N.C., a former resident of West Stockbridge, died Friday at Elizabeth House in Hendersonville. Born in Pawtucket, R.I., on May 10, 1916, son of James P. and...

Casey J. Norton

Casey J. Norton, 48, of Scotia, N.Y., a native of North Adams, died Saturday at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y., after a short illness. Born on Aug. 4, 1957, son of James W. and Mary Martin...

John B. Cimini

John B. Cimini, 88, of 10 Lillybrook Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 24, 1917, son of Alberico and Angela Caropreso Cimini, he was a...

Veronica B. McAndrews

Veronica B. McAndrews, 91, of 3 Myrtle St. died yesterday morning at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on April 7, 1914, daughter of Albert and Katherine Muron Gebarowski, she attended local...

Ethel B. Hathaway

Ethel B. Hathaway, 86, of 293 High St., Pomeroy Manor Apartments, died Saturday morning at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, where she had resided since Oct. 18. Born in Peru on...

Claire Marie Lepine

Claire Marie Lepine, 92, of 30 Church St. died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Aug. 19, 1913, daughter of Henri and Martha Melancon Lepine, she attended schools...

Joan Patricia Anton

Joan Patricia Anton, 73, of 183 Eagle St. died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on April 30, 1932, daughter of Arthur and Agnes Cowhey Gallese, she attended Drury...

Emelie Porter

Emelie Porter, 98, formerly of Wahconah Heights, and a longtime resident of Cheshire, died Tuesday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on Dec. 21, 1906, daughter of Henry...

Sheila A. Mack

Sheila A. Mack, 63, formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday at Ellis Hospital, Colonie, N.Y., surrounded by her loving family. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 21, 1941, she was the daughter of Margaret...

Elizabeth L. Karl

Elizabeth L. Karl, 82, of 45 Church St. died Tuesday at her home. Born in Amsterdam, N.Y., on Oct. 29, 1922, daughter of Charles and Anna Bender Blinzinger, she was educated in Albany, N.Y.,...

Stella Caroline Young

Stella Caroline Young, 82, of 25 Centennial Ave. died Monday afternoon at Craneville Place. Born in Hinsdale on Oct. 28, 1922, daughter of Joseph and Caroline Slowik Jakubiec, she was a graduate...

Velma Louise Shank

Velma Louise Shank, 77, of 115 Plunkett St. died Monday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided in Williamstown for five years, Hancock for 15 years and Pittsfield for the past five...

Mary Elser Refeen

Mary Elser Refeen, 93, formerly of Old North Rd in Worthington died Monday at Curtis Manor in Dalton, where she had been a resident since July. Born in Mansfield on Aug. 16, 1912, daughter of...

Albert A. Papirio

Albert A. Papirio, 82, of 582 Cheshire Road died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had resided since March. Born in North Adams on Dec. 24, 1922, son of Nicholas and...

Frances "Betty" Walsh

Frances "Betty" Walsh, 84, formerly of 1641 North St., died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for the past year. Born in Milton on July 16, 1921, daughter of Joseph and Ada Bauer...